Adult Nursing (BSc (Hons))

The BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing degree course at City, University of London prepares you for a fulfilling and rewarding career at the forefront of modern healthcare leading to eligibility to apply for professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Who is it for?

The Adult Nursing degree is designed for students who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the healthcare sector.  We will help you develop the skills and knowledge needed to care for adult patients in a variety of hospital and community settings.

Graduates must meet eligibility criteria to gain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Objectives

The BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing degree prepares you for a career caring for adults of all ages who have suffered accidents and been injured, acquired infections and developed diseases or have a range of healthcare needs. As an adult nurse you need to be committed and dedicated with the willingness to give time to others with care, empathy and compassion.

Teaching includes a combination of classroom theory, simulated practice and clinical placements. Simulated practice takes place within our well-equipped Clinical Skills Centre at our Northampton Square campus, a facility designed especially for students to practice their skills in a safe environment.

As a City student you will benefit from clinical placements at London's leading healthcare Trusts. Your placements will occur in settings including hospital wards, specialist units, community and rapid response teams, acute and emergency departments, GP practices and within patients' homes. This range of placements will help you develop the skills and confidence to deal with the many different environments Adult Nurses work in. Choosing to study in London also means that you will gain experience working with the diverse range of patients and conditions treated within the capital.

If you have already graduated with a primary degree, City also offers a two year fast-track Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Nursing.

Accreditation

On successful graduation you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which provides an internationally recognised professional qualification enabling you to practice in the UK and overseas.

Additional qualifications may be required in some countries.

Requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements

Due to the high demand for places on Nursing and Midwifery courses shortlisted prospective applicants will be required to attend an assessment day held at City, University of London where they will be required to demonstrate their numerical and literacy skills in addition to values that match those of the NHS Constitution. For further information and example tests, please visit our Selection Day page.

• 'A' Level - Typically BBC or a combination of 'A' levels and other relevant qualifications.
• UCAS tariff - 112 points. For more information on the new UCAS tariff system, please visit the UCAS website.
• IB - 32 points.
• Extended Project Qualification (EPQ): We welcome applications that include the EPQ. Where relevant, this may be included in our offer, resulting in an 'A' Level offer reduced by one grade.
• BTEC - DDM (Health and Social Care or Science-related subject only).

In addition, the following is required:

• GCSE: A minimum of five passes at grade 4 (C) at GCSE, including English Language and Mathematics. We also accept Functional Skills English and Maths at Level 2, other equivalent GCSE qualifications are considered on an individual basis.

Access to HE Diploma

Pass in a QAA recognised Access to HE Diploma in a Nursing, Midwifery, Health, Science, or Social Care subject NOT Nutrition or Paramedic Studies with full award (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 credits must be at Level 3 including 24 credits at Distinction. Applicants must also hold either GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade C (4) or above, or Functional Skills English and Maths at Level 2. Other equivalent English Language and Mathematics qualifications will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Special requirements: Students are required to have occupational health and enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) clearance. Academic and character references are also required.

English requirements

Applicants educated outside of an English speaking country, without GCSEs are required to hold IELTS at:

IELTS: 7.0 overall band score; with at least 7.0 in the listening, reading, writing and speaking sections.

Visa requirements

If you are not from the European Economic Area / Switzerland and you are coming to study in the UK, you may need to apply for a visa or entry clearance to come to the UK to study.

The way that you apply may vary depending on the length of your course. There are different rules for:

• Students on courses of more than six months
• Students on courses of less than six months
• Students on a pre-sessional English language course.

If you require a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK, you cannot undertake any City courses on a part-time basis.

For more information see our main Visa page.

How to apply

Applications for degree courses must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). You can apply through your school or college using the Apply system, which enables you to submit your application directly to the UCAS website.

www.ucas.com

You can apply to up to five universities or institutions on the form. The UCAS code for City, University of London is C60.

Please take care to enter the correct course code when applying, particularly for subjects with a Foundation year or with BEng (Hons) and MEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons) and MSci (Hons) options.

UCAS has implemented an 'invisibility of choices' policy so that, on the initial application and while you are receiving decisions, each institution can see only their entry and not those of other institutions you have chosen. This ensures that your application for a course at City is considered solely on your academic and personal qualities.

You should submit your completed application form to UCAS with a £23 application fee. If you want to apply to City, University of London only, you can make a single choice application at a reduced rate of £12.

When to apply

Your application for entry in September 2018 should arrive at UCAS between September 2017 and 15th January 2018. Applications that arrive after 15th January 2018 will be considered only at City's discretion.

When your application is acknowledged by UCAS, you will be sent a personal identification number so that you can access your records via Track on the UCAS website.

Enquiries

For general enquiries about the admissions process at City, please contact our Admissions Office:

Email: ugadmissions@city.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7040 8716.

If your enquiry is about admission to a particular course, please use the contact details provided on the course page.

Contacting UCAS

Website: www.ucas.com
Address: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 3LZ
Telephone: from inside the UK 0871 468 0468; from outside the UK +44 (0)871 468 0468
For callers with hearing difficulties: from inside the UK use the Text Relay service on 18001 0871 468 0468; from outside the UK dial +44 151 494 1260 (text phone) and then ask the operator to dial 0871 468 0468.

Teaching and learning

The Adult Nursing degree is taught by academics who are leaders in their field of practice and education. Many are also leading researchers, directly influencing today's practice; this means that you will study the most up-to-date curriculum and practices, directly from those informing the nursing profession.

The course is delivered using a blended approach which includes face to face and on-line teaching and learning. You will learn through lectures; seminar groups; laboratory practicals; practice experience; simulated practice; facilitated group work and enquiry-based learning opportunities with access to online course materials, resources, interactive activities and assessment and communication tools. The Clinical Skills Online (CSO) resource provides step-by-step video demonstrations on clinical skills.

Simulated practice will enable you to practise your skills in a safe environment in preparation in transferring these skills to a 'real life' setting.

Assessment methods

You will be assessed using a variety of methods, depending on module choices:

• Practice Assessment Document (PAD): used to demonstrate achievement of practice competencies and also to record the number of hours of practice experience
• Written assignments, including essays: these may take the form of care studies in which you will be expected to relate your essay to a particular service user or as support another assessment such as a poster presentation
• Written examinations: including short answer questions, multiple choice questions, calculations, scenario based
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCEs): practical skills assessments which enable you to demonstrate particular clinical, communication or teaching skills
• Dissertation: this final project will enable you to choose a relevant topic of interest to you and demonstrate an in depth knowledge of this.

Percentage of the course assessed by coursework

The balance of assessment by examination, practical examination and assessment by coursework will to some extent depend on the optional modules you choose. The approximate percentage of the course assessment, based on 2016/17 entry is as follows:

Year 1

25% written, 63% practical,12% coursework

Year 2

13% written, 63% practical, 24% coursework

Year 3

0% written, 50% practical, 50% coursework.

Modules

On the BSc Adult Nursing course you will study a range of theoretical and practice modules. Alongside these, in your second year you will have the opportunity to choose an elective module, tailoring the course to your specific interests.

Year 1

The first year focuses on relationship-centred care and considers the psychological, social and biological factors influencing health. Students are required to undertake a practice placement.

• Foundations of Relationship Centred Practice, HS1011 30 credits
• Relating Social Sciences to Healthy Communities, HS1012 15 credits
• Developing Relationship Centred Care in Professional Practice, HS1021 15 credits
• Valuing health and Social Care Across the Lifecourse, HS1022 15 credits
• Understanding Concepts of Biology for Health, HS1023 15 credits
• Introducing Clinical Practice HS1002 15 credits
• Engaging in Practice 1 HS1001 15 credits

Year 2

In the second year, students continue to explore these themes in the context of acute and long-term care. Students can also pursue specific clinical interests on a two-week elective practice placement in addition to course clinical placements.

Core modules

• Core Biological Principles Relating to Pathophysiology and Therapeutics in Adult Nursing, HS2131 15 credits
• Experiencing Acute Care, Diagnosis and Treatment: Adult Nursing, HS2132 15 credits
• Experiencing Long Term Care, Rehabilitation and Recovery, HS2043 15 credits
• Developing Clinical Practice, HS2002 15 credits
• Engaging in Practice 2, HS2001 45 credits

Elective modules

You will choose one of the below

• Family Centred Practice: Challenging perspectives of risk and resilience, HS2441 15 credits
• Work based /work focused project, HS2442 15 credits
• Infection Prevention and Control, HS2444 15 credits
• Making a Difference: Research and Development in Care for Older People, HS2445 15 credits
• Communities and Health, HS2446 15 credits
• The Care of Children and Adults with Long Term Conditions, HS2447 15 credits
• Introduction to Critical Care Nursing (Adult Nursing), HS2448 15 credits
• Engaging Technology in health and social care, HS2003 15 credits
• Working Collaboratively with People with Mental Health Issues, HS2004 15 credits

Year 3

In the final year, the emphasis is on leading and managing in professional practice. Students undertake a 6,000-word dissertation. As part of the clinical placement experience, students spend the final 12 weeks of the course in practice and have a placement base and opportunities to identify practice experiences with their mentor.

• Leading and Managing in Health Care Practice, HS3051 15 credits
• Dissertation, HS3061 45 credits
• Managing Complex Care, HS3002 15 credits
• Preparing for Registration, HS3003 (attendance only)
• Engaging in practice 3, HS3001 45 credits

Download the relevant programme specification

Overall workload

• Overall the programme hours are 2475 theory and 2512.5 practice experience
• When in practice you will work the equivalent of 37.5 hours per week
• Theoretical hours will consist of approximately 22 direct contact hours per 150 total hours allocated for each 15 credit module
• In the remaining theoretical hours you will be expected to pursue guided independent study and self-directed study, some of which may be online
• Time is also allocated within the programme for you to complete your assessments.

The approximate percentage of the course assessment, based on 2016/17 entry is as follows:

Year 1

17% scheduled learning, 64% independent learning, 19% placement

Year 2

14% scheduled learning, 42% independent learning, 44% placement

Year 3

9% scheduled learning, 29% independent learning, 62% placement.

Career prospects

On successful graduation you will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which provides an internationally recognised professional qualification enabling you to practice in the UK and overseas*.

Career prospects are excellent, with graduates securing employment with trusts including Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.

Nursing is a lifelong career where you can develop your skills and interests in a range of specialisms and achieve promotion throughout your career. Graduates often also go on to further study at Masters level including City's advance practice programmes.

*Additional registration maybe required in some countries.

90% of graduates in employment or further study six months after completing the course Type%In employment77.5Work and study2.5Further study10Unemployed10

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