Nursing (Adult)

Our innovative Nursing (Adult) degree will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills needed for this rewarding career where each day gives you the opportunity to make a difference to people’s health and wellbeing. As an adult nurse you will provide person-centred care throughout the spectrum of health and wellness through to acute and complex illness, long-term conditions and end of life care.

Adult nurses work with people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds challenging inequalities and social injustices often linked with disadvantages which can negatively impact on people’s health and wellbeing.

On this course, you will be able to develop as a competent and confident critically thinking adult nurse who can support, empower and advocate for the people you care for to positively impact their health and wellbeing outcomes.

Throughout your studies, you’ll actively engage with contemporary research and gain a solid understanding of how to promote health and educate people how to live healthier lifestyles. You’ll learn how to assess, lead, co-ordinate and deliver compassionate, sensitive and culturally-informed care to people and their families at home, in the community or in hospital.

You’ll build your knowledge and skills of therapeutic interventions and the pharmacological management of disease, including the safe administration of medication. You’ll learn and practise your clinical skills in a safe and controlled environment through teaching sessions in dedicated facilities, including clinical suites and replicated community settings, supported by digital health technologies.

Through shared learning opportunities and collaboration with students from related disciplines, you’ll develop your ability to appreciate the contribution other healthcare professionals make to people’s care and health outcomes. Service users and carers will also contribute to your learning through their lived experience of health and social care services.

Placements
In each year of the programme, you will spend 50% of the time on campus studying theory and clinical skills in the safe environment of our simulation suites and 50% in real-world practice, on placement in healthcare settings with local NHS trusts or in private or voluntary organisations. Practice placement blocks are 37.5 hours per week and there are two 11-week blocks in each year of the programme. During this time, you’ll be supported by experienced practice supervisors and assessors who will provide tailored feedback and you’ll complete an online portfolio to monitor your progress and achievements while on placement.

Graduate opportunities
On successful completion of the Nursing (Adult) degree, you will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to practise as a nurse (on the relevant part of the register) in the UK. The vocational nature of this degree means most graduates progress quickly into employment within their chosen field of Nursing.

Adult nursing careers exist within NHS Trusts on a variety of wards, including intensive care units, coronary care units, theatres, Accident and Emergency departments, community teams and primary care. You could also consider a career working in social care nursing within the local authority, private hospitals, the voluntary and independent sector, charitable organisations, the pharmaceutical industry, the armed forces, the prison service, research and education or specialist practice, many of which offer opportunities to work either in the UK or overseas.

Please note that direct entry via RPL to level 6 (Year 3) of this course is NOT available for January 2025 entry.

Our Nursing curriculum incorporates six key themes, which you will study with increasing complexity over the three years of your degree.

• Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Values, Responsibility and Interprofessional Working
• Policy, Legislation and Ethics
• Pharmacology, Medicines Management and Optimisation
• Numeracy, Literacy, Information and Digital Technology
• Clinical Skills and Mandatory Training

Modules by Year

Year 1
Core modules (students are required to take):

Fundamentals of Contemporary Nursing Care
Practice 1
Psychosocial Concepts of Health and Wellbeing
Communication and Relationship Skills for Person-centred and Holistic Care
Practice 2

Year 2
Core modules (students are required to take):

Developing Competence in Contemporary Adult Nursing Care
Practice 3
Promoting Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan
Evidence-based Practice and Informed Decision Making
Practice 4

Year 3
Core modules (students are required to take):

Leading and Coordinating Contemporary Adult Nursing Care​
Practice 5​
Managing Complex Care Needs in Adult Nursing​
​Preparation for Professional Registration​
Practice 6

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Nursing and Midwifery Council