Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages; families, groups and communities; sick or well and in all settings. It includes the promotion of health; prevention of illness; and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Nurses are advocates for people in their care, are involved in management, education and research and use clinical judgement in the provision of best quality of care. This course integrates theory and practice with clinical placements in each year. It will enable you to deliver high standards of nursing care with confidence. You will experience interactive learning and assessment, including practice in the Clinical Simulation Suite. In Year One the focus is on the foundations of professional nursing care and placements reflect this. Using a case-based approach, you will explore a range of influences on health, professional issues, skills for nursing practice, aspects of a nurses’s role in different contexts and applied science. In Year Two, you will learn how to assess and care for ill adults. Real client and patient experiences are used as the focus for group learning. You will further develop your knowledge of applied science. Clinical placements are likely to be in the hospital setting. Year Three modules will help you to learn about caring for patients with acute and critical care needs, as well as rehabilitation and long term conditions. You will continue to learn more about the importance of using evidence to support your management of care. Year Four’s focus is on clinical leadership, management and research. Development of professional and academic interests are encouraged. For example, opportunities exist for students to select an area of clinical practise for the final placement. This may enhance your future career. You will also complete a dissertation We have implemented an Interprofessional Education (IPE) focus within all of our UG healthcare courses to help produce graduates who are confident in their own professional identity but with additional skills that will allow them to work as effective team members. The IPE component will develop your mutual understanding of roles, expertise and values of other team members; skills and strategies in working in teams; problem solving, team decision making skills; role flexibility; and ability to learn from others.

Graduates make a significant contribution to creative practice in nursing and have excellent career prospects. Recent graduates are currently working in acute medical and surgical areas, oncology, haematology, critical care, care of the elderly, rehabilitation, education and research. Opportunities for graduate nurses are many and vary from clinical nursing in hospital and community settings to teaching, management and research. Our graduates have chosen varied career paths in the UK and overseas.