MSc Adult Nursing

If you have a related Honours degree along with the commitment to study and work full time, then this course enables you to become a registered nurse in two years. It supports you to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours needed to be an adult nurse, able to meet the demands of the role in a constantly evolving healthcare system. You study in both academic and clinical settings, with assessments that encourage you to make links between theory and practice.What will you studyStudying our Adult Nursing MSc course aims to provide you with the core knowledge and skills on adult nursing practice and healthcare. In doing so, we offer some introductory units such as the Essentials of Adult Nursing that will enable you to plan, deliver and evaluate targeted care based on the physical, social and psychological needs of people. You will learn to be adaptable to changing health needs and optimise patient recovery or management through your delivery of care. Using this knowledge, you will work in nursing teams under guided supervision to deliver care to adults with ill health in clinical environments in our Introduction to Adult Nursing Practice unit and our Developing Adult Nursing Practice unit.Eventually, you will develop the confidence to be able to coordinate care for people under indirect supervision through our Preparation for Adult Nursing Registered Practice unit. In other areas of study, you will be introduced to Health, Life and Social Sciences for Nursing to aid in your delivery of holistic care and to promote patient wellbeing. Similarly, you will engage in the planning and collaboration of delivering specialised, safe and holistic care in our Assessment and Decision Making in Adult Nursing unit. This process will enable you to make autonomous and informed judgements within clinical practice.In pharmacological aspects of care, you will gain the knowledge and skills to safely administer medicines in our Medicines Management and Pharmacology in Adult Nursing unit. Following professional standards and legislation, you will account for safeguarding, consent, pharmacology and medicines administration to ensure that you make appropriate decisions with medication. Aside from this, you will also be able to develop key skills to lead, collaborate, supervise and manage colleagues to promote best practice in our Improving Care: Principles of Clinical Leadership unit.To expose you to current healthcare environments, you will gain a critical awareness of the Professional Values and Governance in Nursing and Healthcare by examining the structure, function and governance of the NHS. Moreover, our unit in Research Methodologies for Healthcare will equip you with the skills and knowledge around key research methods, ethical and regulatory considerations and how to implement a research project. Furthermore, you will gain an awareness of how health and social care policy informs nursing practice. Finally, you will complete a Nursing Dissertation where you will conduct research that is focused on healthcare to analyse how this shapes and informs contemporary nursing practice.CareersOn successful completion of the course you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a registered adult nurse opening up career opportunities within the public private and not-for-profit healthcare sectors.Graduates are likely to go on to work in acute care; rehabilitation; community; specialist areas of practice; or residential care settings.

a 2:2 honours degree in a life, health or social science related subject.
GCSE grades 9 - 4 or equivalent in Mathematics and English Language
IELTS score of 6.5 overall, with a minimum score of 6 in any area, where English is a second language (for international
students unless already registered with the NMC as a Nurse or NA)
Completion of entry Portfolio showing evidence of having gained a minimum of 600 hours of recent direct healthcare
experience and 600 of learning from previous study