Nursing with Leadership Dual Field (Mental Health and Adult Nursing) (with foundation year) Master of Science (with Honours) - Msci (Hon)

Our MSci Nursing with Leadership (with Foundation Year) is designed to provide a pathway through to our highly-rated, accredited Nursing degrees - and a rewarding professional career.

With a solid foundation in Biology, this course will provide you with the fundamental knowledge of healthcare provision, healthcare professional roles and clinical skills to enable you to be successful on the first years of your chosen Nursing with Leadership degree and beyond.

On successful completion of Foundation Year, you'll progress on to your chosen specialist 4-year degree in MSci Nursing:

* Nursing with Leadership Single Field (Adult Nursing)

* Nursing with Leadership Dual Field (Mental Health and Adult Nursing)

* Nursing with Leadership Dual Field (Mental Health and Child Nursing)

Three quarters of the Foundation Year is common to a range of future healthcare professions, so it provides an ideal opportunity to learn about other roles and enables you to make informed decisions about your future career options. The course’s multi-professional nature breaks down interprofessional barriers and encourages an ethos of interprofessional collaboration when in practice.

Within the module specific to Nursing, you will be introduced to the profession’s broad scope of practice, professional values and how it contributes to the delivery of high-quality patient-centred care.

Following successful completion of the Foundation Year, you will move onto one of our Nursing with Leadership degrees. Led by the School of Healthcare, these unique programmes draw on the experience and expertise of more than 40 years of health education at the University of Leicester, partnerships with regional NHS trusts, as well as the expertise of our School of Business.

The four leadership modules, which are an integrated component of the programme, will enable you to develop your own leadership knowledge and skills. As part of the leadership modules, you will develop a leadership portfolio that will be part of your long-term career map - underpinning your accelerated career trajectory. You will prepare for professional practice, focussing on the knowledge and skills required for lifelong learning and professional practice, including specific interview preparation, presentation skills and numeric skills.

While at Leicester, you will study and work alongside other healthcare students in our superb facilities, which include a state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Unit with high-tech simulated mannequins to enable you to practise procedures in a safe environment. You'll even have lectures in Leicester Medical School's anatomy dissection room.

However, practical real-world experience is a vital part of training. You will spend at least 50% of your time on nursing placements, working alongside experienced nurses and the multidisciplinary team. Through these clinical placements, you will develop skills that enable you to act compassionately and professionally in a wide variety of clinical situations.

As part of the Professional Development Elective Module, you’ll also have the unique opportunity to undertake a four-week elective placement abroad, with funding available through the Turing Scheme. This invaluable experience enhances your global healthcare understanding while reinforcing the leadership skills gained through the programme. Student Learning Contract As part of the offer for a place on this course all students are required to agree to abide by the conditions of a Student Learning Contract which you will be asked to sign during the induction week at the beginning of the course. This learning contract will apply to the entire duration of the course and the signed copy will be stored as a PDF on your University electronic record.

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