BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing

What you will learn

With career opportunities for qualified nurses expanding, our course aims to ensure you're a skilled, confident and problem-solving individual best-placed to work as a qualified professional.

You will study modules alongside colleagues from other fields of nursing - and with other health and social care professionals - to fully appreciate the complexities of working within a dynamic and challenging environment.

Year One

You'll focus on the range of modules listed below while developing your clinical skills in University and practice. Placements are in the clinic, outpatients, hospital wards and community settings.

• Applied Biological Sciences for Health
  
• Professional Practice & Accountability
  
• Developing Evidence-Based Practice
  
• Introduction to Communication & Interpersonal Skills
  
• Concepts of Health & Social Policy
  
• Introduction to Adult Nursing
  

Year Two

You'll learn about acute care, trauma and managing complex patients. Placements are in hospital medical and surgical areas with short placements in theatres, recovery and high dependency areas such as ITU, CCU and A&E. There is the opportunity for you to organise your own enrichment placement for a unique experience.

• Pharmacology & Medicines Therapeutics
  
• Living with Long Term Conditions across the Lifespan
  
• Learning From the “Lived Experience”
  
• Communication and Relationship Management in a Therapeutic Context
  
• Primary Care & Community Practice
  
• Secondary & Tertiary Care
  

Year Three

You'll learn about managing chronic conditions, palliative care and end of life care whilst refining your management and service improvement skills, helping you develop ready for a staff nurse role. Placements are generally in the community and the hospital.

• Clinical Decision Making & Complex Care
  
• Contemporary Issues and Change Management in Professional Practice
  
• Public Health
  
• Leading and Managing Health & Social Care
  
• Consolidation of Adult Nursing Practice
  

SELECTION CRITERIA

96-120 UCAS tariff points - To include GCSE in English Language and Maths at grade C or above. Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English and Adult Numeracy and Literacy are also accepted.

A successful recent study within the last 5 years at GCSE level or higher (NVQ3 accepted and NVQ2 not accepted).
Alternate qualifications accepted for entry include:

• Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits overall to include 45 graded Level 3 credits; 24 at Distinction and 21 at Merit.
• Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma MMM-DDM.
• CACHE Technical Level 3 and Level 3 Extended Diploma.
• OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma MMM-DDM.
• 96-120 tariff points from a maximum of 4 Scottish Highers.
• 96-120 tariff points from a maximum of 4 Irish Leaving Certificate Highers.
• Old NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (pre 2014), plus a minimum 2 years' experience in health care setting.

Going to higher education can transform a person’s life. We use contextual admissions to make sure that we are accessible to everyone who has the potential to succeed. Qualifications and grades are important, but they are considered alongside other information that helps universities to identify potential and widen access to university level study. For some individuals, the disadvantages they have experienced in their life mean that they have not been able to demonstrate their full academic potential. Where a person lives and their personal circumstances can all affect their educational attainment. We take this context into account and look for an applicant’s potential when making admission decisions.

For 2022 the University of Cumbria will make offers to applicants that live in postal code regions with the lowest participation in Higher Education (Polar 4 quintile 1 – you can check your postcode here  ) and care leavers, offers will be made at the bottom of any UCAS Tariff range.

Attendance at our Masterclasses and Summer Schools will also allow applicants to receive an offer lower within the tariff range.

Contact ugadmissions@cumbria.ac.uk for more information.

Experience in health/social care-related settings such as a hospital or primary care health centre prior to application is preferred.
As part of the application and selection process, you will need to demonstrate a commitment to Adult Nursing. This means that your application will not be considered if you have applied to us for more than one field of nursing (or for additional professional courses other than nursing). In your personal statement, you should demonstrate your motivation for choosing Adult Nursing, and reflect upon any practical experience you have gained.

All places are offered subject to successful interview, Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (DBS), medical fitness to practice and proof of qualifications.

FITNESS TO PRACTISE

All offers of a place are subject to satisfactory health screening. Further information will be provided following the offer of a place.
Please note that Professional Bodies, such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), have certain requirements regarding the health and character status of applicants. Please read the NMC and HCPC information to find out more.
For more information about core competencies and medical fitness to train please click here.

In some instances, an applicant may be invited to attend a professional practice panel to discuss any recommended reasonable adjustments, and whether or not core professional competencies are achievable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

If you are offered a place we require you to comply with an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) background clearance check. Details on the policy can be found here.

 

Language requirements

• GCSE English Language Grade 4 (C), or equivalent.