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.

 

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

1. 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.

2. The programme develops 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.

3. It develops graduate attributes including decision making skills, criticality, and research mindedness to influence safe and compassionate adult nursing practice.

4. Prepares the nurse to be responsive to the social, political and economic influences on population health and health care.

5. Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing.