Adult Nursing BSc (Hons)

Gain hands-on skills and experience on a course where 50% of your learning is practice based and course completion leads to registration as a qualified adult nurse. Plus we have some of the highest graduate employment rates in the country.

A nurse needs to be able to assess care needs then plan implement and evaluate care for people with a wide range of illnesses. This calls for excellent communication skills and compassion as well as specialist knowledge and nursing skills all of which you acquire from this degree.

Fifty per cent of your time is spent in practice learning to provide care across a range of settings including medical and surgical nursing care of older people community nursing and acute nursing. The other 50% of your time is university based learning in the classroom in individual study and simulated practice environments.

Areas of study include care across the lifespan; assessment and interventions; complex care; public health; planning delivering and coordinating care; and advocacy empowerment and protection.

Why choose this course?

• Develop the practical skills knowledge attitudes and behaviours needed to nurse adults professionally and compassionately
• Learn with a team of lecturers who are all experienced registered nurses. In practice settings you are supervised by practitioners trained to support your learning
• Successful completion of the course leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a registered nurse allowing you to practise as an adult nurse in accordance with the NHS Constitution (see below)
• Benefit from a course leading to a rewarding career in a range of healthcare environments including community hospital and residential settings. It can also provide a route into specialised clinical practice management or education

The NHS Constitution brings together details of what staff patients and the public can expect from the National Health Service. It sets out the principles and values that guide how the NHS should act and make decisions. The NHS Constitution states that the NHS . Applicants are expected to demonstrate their understanding and application of these values throughout the selection process. View the Constitution here

To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc) you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes and have the required English language qualification.

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country