Adult Nursing

Throughout the course, you'll gain skills to assess and care for adults who have a wide variety of healthcare needs. You'll also develop the skills and knowledge you need to become a leader in the adult nursing profession and to contribute to service improvement.

Real life scenarios will be used within some sessions so you can discuss and share your thoughts and learning within a safe and confidential environment. In addition, your simulated practice sessions will be related to the theory you learn to help you make important links between this theory and caring for people in practice.

You'll explore areas including:

• nursing knowledge and skills
• health promotion
• evidence-based compassionate person-centred care
• clinical science
• collaborative working with a range of health and social care professionals.

You'll experience a wide range of practice placements and you'll also have the opportunity to work interprofessionally with departments that also care for adults, such as theatres and outpatients.

Most of the lecturers who facilitate your learning are nurses from a variety of different specialist backgrounds within adult nursing.

By the end of the course, you'll have developed a strong understanding of a wide range of health issues that people may face and you'll know how to deal with them effectively, to intervene quickly or early enough to reduce the chances of future health problems.

The University has general minimum entry requirements which all students must meet before they register with us.

At the point of registration onto the first year of a degree, we require you to have achieved:

• a minimum of two A Levels or
• a BTEC National Diploma or
• a combination of BTEC and A Level qualifications equivalent to two A Levels, such as a BTEC subsidiary certificate and one A Level or
• an Access to Higher Education Diploma or
• an International or Welsh Baccalaureate or
• a Higher National Diploma/Higher National Certificate or
• a minimum of two Advanced Highers from Scotland or
• the Irish Leaving Certificate or
• the European Baccalaureate Diploma or
• an equivalent overseas qualification.