Adult Nursing (Top Up)

An older woman needing stitches and care after a car accident. A distressed alcoholic patient refusing treatment after a serious fall. A cancer patient returning to your ward, only 19 and no longer in remission.  

This course is an entry route for registered Nursing Associates to join our existing cohort of students on the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing degree course.

We’ve designed our course around the core values of the NHS constitution so that you understand what’s required in caring for and supporting people. Our aim is to make sure we prepare you for the challenges you may face and develop the expertise you’ll need to become a leader in nursing.

You’ll spend half of this course on clinical placements or simulated practice in a variety of settings, these may include an operating theatre, accident and emergency, a community health centre, an intensive care unit, an outpatient’s department, or a nursing home.

When you’re on campus, you’ll practice clinical skills and techniques, such as how to give emergency care in our Clinical Simulation Suite.

As well as practical skills, some of the topics you’ll explore in lectures include how poverty impacts on health, leading and managing in healthcare and the ethics of being an adult nurse in today’s society.

All students must demonstrate in their personal statements an understanding of adult nursing in the UK incorporating the NHS core values and contemporary issues in nursing. You must evidence an understanding of the qualities required to be a nursing professional in the UK in order to be shortlisted for an interview. Successful applicants will be invited to attend a online group interview.

Features and Benefits

* Approved course- This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

* Employability- 94% of BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing graduates are employed/in further education six months after graduating. (Graduate Outcomes survey 2020/21 graduates – UK, full-time, first degree respondents. Contains HESA Data © HESA 2023 hesa.ac.uk).

Teaching excellence- Ranked 11th in the UK for nursing (The Guardian University Guide 2023). 

* Become a registered nurse- As a graduate, you’re eligible to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

* Real-world experience- You will spend an equal amount of time on clinical placements in community and hospital settings and attending University studying nursing theory. 

* Enhanced Content- You will have the opportunity to gain the added benefit of an additional experience in Acute Illness Management.

* Outstanding facilities- We have well equipped clinical skills lab complete with computerised sim-man manikins, used to demonstrate both basic and challenging conditions and nursing interventions.

* Shared learning- Opportunity for shared learning with other undergraduates and learning with the mental health nursing students within the integrated elements of the course.