Adult Nursing BSc

**OVERVIEW**<br/>The BSc Adult Nursing (with or without Honours) 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). <br/>An NMC accredited Honours pathway provides a competitive, optional additional year to progress to an Honours degree qualification. This has been aligned with the four pillars of nursing: clinical practice, research, education and leadership.<br/>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.<br/>+ the number of places available to undertake the Honours year are still to be confirmed. If demand is greater than capacity, it may become a competitive process.<br/><br/>**PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS**<br/>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.<br/>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.<br/>3. It develops graduate attributes including decision making skills, criticality, and research mindedness to influence safe and compassionate adult nursing practice.<br/>4. Prepares the nurse to be responsive to the social, political and economic influences on population health and health care.<br/>5. Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse (Adult).<br/><br/>**PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES**<br/>Work-based learning makes up 50% of the BSc Adult Nursing (with or without Honours) and you will spend time on placement, working the equivalent of full-time and a variety of shift patterns, with our local NHS Health Board partners, or other health providers in their localities:<br/>• NHS Ayrshire & Arran<br/>• NHS Dumfries<br/>• NHS Golden Jubilee National Hospital<br/>• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde*<br/>• NHS Highland<br/>• NHS Lanarkshire<br/>*UWS students access placements in the Clyde sector of NHSGG&C<br/><br/>**STUDY ABROAD**<br/>Study abroad is extremely beneficial for personal and professional development and research has shown that worldwide employers value graduates with intercultural awareness and global competences.<br/>Opportunities for study abroad may be an option at different points in the programme and you will be notified if/when these are available.