**Why choose this course**
-Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and operating theatre, to practise real scenarios on lifelike adult manikins and actors.
-Spend half of your training in clinical placements, to practise your skills in a variety of healthcare settings, under the supervision of qualified practitioners.
-Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like cancer, dementia, ethics and compassiona...
**Why choose this course**<br/>-Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and operating theatre, to practise real scenarios on lifelike adult manikins and actors.<br/><br/>-Spend half of your training in clinical placements, to practise your skills in a variety of healthcare settings, under the supervision of qualified practitioners.<br/><br/>-Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like cancer, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.<br/><br/>-Get the academic requirements needed to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to work as an adult nurse once you’ve graduated. <br/><br/>**What you will study**<br/>On this course, you’ll gain experience of caring for people aged 16 years and over and will acquire an understanding of health and ill health within the adult population.<br/><br/>In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to adult nursing, including, but not limited to the themes of ethics, anatomy and physiology, evidence based practice, and public health promotion, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.<br/><br/>During your second year, you’ll understand how to provide care for long-term conditions and gain an appreciation for managing transition in care, including breaking significant news to patients. You’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills and will gain an interesting perspective into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided.<br/><br/>In your third year, you’ll learn how to effectively assess and manage deteriorating patients, analysing and debating a range of treatment options and evidence, to inform a choice of strategies for managing their holistic delivery of care, whilst developing as a professional ready for registration.<br/><br/>After graduating from our course, youll be a confident, autonomous practitioner, driven and committed to advocate and meet the needs of patients and their families, as outlined in the NHS Constitution.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
15/09/2025
Campus
Stag Hill
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
B744
Institution Code
S85
Points of Entry
Year 1
A levelB,B,C Overall: BBC Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass. Recent study within the last five years required. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers. UCAS TariffScottish HigherB,B,B,B,B Overall: BBBBB Recent study within the last five years required. GCSE or Equivalent: Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C While not required, applicants with a C in National 5 Science will be preferred. Access to HE DiplomaD:21,M:24 Overall: QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 21 at Distinction and 24 at Merit. Recent study within the last five years required. Required subjects: Must include 15 level 3 credits in Science. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme31 Overall: 31 overall including 5,5,5 at Higher Level. Recent study within the last five years required. GCSE or Equivalent: English language A HL4/SL4 or English language B HL5/SL6 and mathematics (either course) HL4/SL4. While not required, applicants who achieve HL4/SL4 in a science subject will be preferred. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE English Language, Mathematics at Grade C(4) (equivalents may be considered). Alternatively, Pass in Functional Skills in Literacy and Numeracy can be accepted in place of GCSE English Language and Mathematics. While not required, applicants with a 4 Scottish Advanced HigherB,B,C Overall: BBC Recent study within the last five years required. GCSE or Equivalent: Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C While not required, applicants with a C in National 5 Science will be preferred. Extended ProjectA Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects. Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey. Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)Overall: Pass overall with BBC from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted. Recent study within the last five years required. T Level |
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