Print this pageBSc (Hons) and Advanced Diploma in Adult Nursing
These courses follow the same structure for the first two years. The key difference is that in the final year of an Advanced Diploma you will undertake less intensive academic assessment.
Our courses enable you to gain an academic qualification as well as a Registered Nursing (RN) Professional Qualification in Adult Nursing.
We will help you become a competent, knowledgeable nurse able to deliver a high standard of effective care in a rapidly changing healthcare sector. Our courses are designed to prepare you to meet the needs of the patient/client and their family within a safe environment. Patients/clients are viewed as unique individuals with the right to receive health and nursing care of the highest quality based on the best research available.
Most students on nursing courses will have their fees paid by the NHS Students’ Grant Unit. Additionally, there are bursaries available. Courses last for three years, and must be completed within five years of starting. The course normally consists of both theory and practice blocks.
What will I study?
This challanging course focuses on the individual and their well-being. Your career will bring you into contact with a variety of people at different stages of life, and you will need to be able to address the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs that their condition may generate, including pressures on family and friends. As an adult nurse, you will work as part of an inter-professional team to promote preventative measures to the people in your care. This course will help you become adept at doing so in a variety of clinical settings. Our courses are 50% practice-based, allowing you to develop your skills in care settings while under the supervision of expert role models.
BSc (Hons) & Advance Diploma
in Adult Nursing
Year 1 - Level 4 - Adv Dip & BSc:
• Foundations of anatomy & physiology
• Foundations of psychology (health & illness)
• Foundations of sociology (health & illness)
• Communication and group working
• Essentials of nursing
• Practice Portfolio (1)
Year 2 - Level 5 - Adv Dip & BSc:
• Applied physiology for nursing practice (1)
• Promoting health & wellbeing
• Promoting safety in nursing practice
• Exploring evidence to guide practice
• Vulnerability
• Practice Portfolio (2)
Year 3 - Level 6 - Adv Dip & BSc:
• Evaluating complex health needs
• Practice 3 (adult) advanced diploma
• Portfolio 2
• Team working in health and social care (BSc only)
• Health assessment and physical examination (BSc only)
• Applied physiology for nursing practice (2)
• Transition to registered nursing practice or primary care (option)
• Practice Portfolio (3)
• Team working project (BSc only)
• Evidence base for contemporary practice (BSc only)
• Value base of nursing (BSc only)
Where could this course lead?
Once you have graduated from this course you will find a range of career opportunities open up for you within the NHS and in the independent sector. You will be able to work in a variety of settings including traditional hospital, emergency or community environments.
