Adult Nursing

Overview The BSc Adult Nursing programme 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). An NMC accredited BSc Honours pathway provides a competitive, optional additional year to progress to Honours degree qualification.

The programme enables nurses to meet the requirements of a modern health care system, work in multi-professional teams and demonstrate leadership and management abilities.

Programme highlights

• 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. • Develop 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. • Develop graduate attributes including decision making skills, criticality, and research mindedness to influence safe and compassionate adult nursing practice. • Prepare the nurse to be responsive to the social political and economic influences on population health and health care. • Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing.

Programme details

Theory makes up 50% of the BSc Adult Nursing programme. Theory is delivered in a flexible hybrid learning model, blending online and campus-based delivery to support application of theory to clinical practice. Work-based learning makes up 50% of the programme. You’ll spend time on placement with local healthcare partners and the wider community:

• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde • NHS Highland • NHS Lanarkshire • NHS Dumfries & Galloway • NHS Golden Jubilee

NB: Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council will be linked to an exit award of BSc Adult Nursing.

Careers

This programme will prepare you for a successful career as a Registered Adult Nurse within a hospital or community setting in the UK, EU countries, Canada and Australasia.

And with further study, your career can progress to areas such as school nursing and health visiting. Many graduates return to complete further study to enhance their career opportunities or improve their practice.