Adult Nursing BSc

The BSc Adult Nursing prepares graduates to begin the study of nursing as a discipline and, following completion to the threshold standard of ordinary degree, to meet the requirements for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). An NMC accredited BSc Honours pathway provides a competitive, optional additional year to progress to Honours degree qualification.

This degree enables nurses to meet the requirements of a modern health care system, work in multi-professional teams and demonstrate leadership and management abilities.

Course Highlights

• Successful students will be adaptable, proficient and safe practitioners who will have demonstrated the graduate skills required to engage in a range of therapeutic approaches together with an underpinning knowledge of the evidence base for Adult healthcare.
• Develop safe proficient and adaptable nurses who can facilitate health promotion approaches including the nurturing of self-care at individual, family and community level with an appreciation of needs across the lifespan.
• Develop graduate attributes including decision making skills, criticality, and research mindedness to influence safe and compassionate adult nursing practice.
• Prepares the nurse to be responsive to the social, political and economic influences on population health and health care.
• Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing.

Course Highlights

• Successful students will be adaptable, proficient and safe practitioners who will have demonstrated the graduate skills required to engage in a range of therapeutic approaches together with an underpinning knowledge of the evidence base for Adult healthcare.
• Develop safe proficient and adaptable nurses who can facilitate health promotion approaches including the nurturing of self-care at individual, family and community level with an appreciation of needs across the lifespan.
• Develop graduate attributes including decision making skills, criticality, and research mindedness to influence safe and compassionate adult nursing practice.
• Prepares the nurse to be responsive to the social, political and economic influences on population health and health care.
• Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing.

Year 1:  Applicants must have completed the Certificate of General Secondary Education plus a relevant Foundation programme or Diploma Year 2:  Community College Diploma

If you do not fall into any of the categories above you will need to provide proof of your English language ability through the International English Language Test System (IELTS) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Duo Lingo

For 2022-23 entry, the University has approved the use of the online Duolingo English test as evidence of English language ability. UWS will accept an overall score between 90-115 with no component score below 90.

Placement Opportunities

Work-based learning makes up 50% of the BSc Adult Nursing and you will spend time on placement with our local healthcare partners:

• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• NHS Highland
• NHS Lanarkshire
• NHS Dumfries
• NHS Ayrshire & Arran
• NHS Golden Jubilee

Study Abroad

Study abroad is extremely beneficial to personal and professional development and research has shown that worldwide employers value graduates with intercultural awareness and global competences.

Opportunities for study abroad may be an option at different points in the programme and you will be notified if/when these are available.

This programme will prepare you for a successful career as a Registered Adult Nurse within a hospital or community setting in the UK, EU countries, Canada and Australasia.