BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing

Course details This course has been designed to give you all the skills you need to feel confident working as a nurse with adult patients in a variety of settings. As well as equipping you with all the theoretical knowledge you need, we'll ensure you're comfortable when performing a wide range of practical tasks. There is a strong emphasis on practical learning on this course, with 50% of your time spent on work placements. Our simulation suites replicate a range of clinical and community environments and allow you to practice various skills in a safe and controlled setting. You can view information on our facilities and take a 360 tour of our simulation suites here. Your placements will see you work in a number of locations and environments, from NHS hospitals to care homes, private hospitals and within community nursing teams. The BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing course is part of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences' Nursing Framework, which also covers the BSc (Hons) Children and Young People’s Nursing and BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing courses. Within the first year, some units are common to all courses in the Nursing Framework and you will have shared lectures. We strongly believe in interprofessional education and throughout your course you'll take part in shared workshops, lectures and learning events with other students on health-related courses. On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators and technicians. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Year 1 Core units Fundamental Communication Skills: Good personal and interpersonal communication skills are central to collaborating and the resulting quality of care. You’ll develop effective communication skills that promote the value of diversity. Anatomy & Physiology During the lifespan: The essential principles of anatomy and physiology will be explored in this unit. A lifespan approach will be taken to introduce field-specific content. Links will be made to clinical skills teaching as part of simulation activity. Personal and Professional Development: This unit will help you to not only cope in response to the many academic and professional demands you’ll face, but also achieve your full potential across a range of academic units and professional experiences. My Health and Wellbeing Through the Lifespan: This unit consideres the foundational knowledge, attitudes and skills for the Health, Ageing and Wellbeing themes in this course. You’ll develop an understanding of the multifaceted nature of health and its many determinants by exploring sociological and psychological perspectives. Exploring Adult Nursing: During this unit you’ll need to demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the context of nursing care to include the past, present and future of nursing. You’ll explore the philosophy of humanising care as a basis for nursing practice. Identifying Knowledge for Practice: You will learn the practical experiences that you’ll need to achieve the identified Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010) skills and professional behaviours by the first progression point. Year 2 Core units Exploring Evidence to Guide Professional Practice: You’ll evaluate professional and disciplinary practices that emphasise human sensitivity according to values for professional practice across disciplines. You’ll consider evidencebased practice and the range of research approaches and methods that contribute to evidence. Therapeutic Communication in Adult Nursing: Develop your theoretical and practical understanding of communication in healthcare with an emphasis on therapeutic relationships and antioppressive practice. Care of Clients with Acute and Long-term Conditions: This unit builds upon the Anatomy and Physiology during the Lifespan unit. It enables you to explore a range of acute and long-term conditions that are prevalent in the current healthcare system and will include both physical health and mental health illness. You’ll explore the care experience from a service user and carer perspective with the aim of exploring evidence-based, person-centred care. There are links to clinical skills where parts of the unit will be explored and practised in a simulated environment. Promoting Health & Wellbeing Throughout the Lifespan: You will explore the skills and competences needed for supporting and promoting the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups and communities. The unit encourages the development of non-judgemental, sensitive health promotion and evidence-based practice. This aims to empower and support the rights and dignity of people throughout the lifespan and those affected by ill health, disability, ageing, death and dying. Humanising Nursing Care: This unit examines how humanisation can be used to guide ethically-based nursing care. You’ll examine how care can be humanising and de-humanising and reflect on practice. Developing Knowledge for Practice: This professional practice unit will offer a range of experiences you’ll need to achieve the identified Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010) skills and professional behaviours by the second progression point. Year 3 Core units Service Improvement Project: Develop skills for working in small teams to improve the experiences of people who use services and their carers. Managing Complex Conditions: Caring for clients with complex conditions. You’ll show your knowledge of care management and explore the impact of complex conditions on the family, significant others and carers. Public Health: This unit raises awareness of the multidisciplinary scope of public health and allows you to think about health on an individual, community and international basis. There’s a focus on sustainable approaches to population health across the lifespan, the social determinants of health and inequalities in health. You’ll consider the future role of registered nurses in public health in a global context. Professional Role: Here, you’ll improve the personal and professional skills you’ll need as a graduate entering the world of professional work as a registered nurse. Gaining a personal and professional development portfolio is central to this unit and it ensures you reflect on your skills, recognise your limitations and respond to the changing needs of individuals, groups and organisations, locally, nationally and internationally. Reviewing the Literature to Inform Practice: You’ll evaluate a specific area of interest relating to your field of nursing and build on your understanding of research and literature reviewing and academic writing skills. You’ll develop a critical awareness of one particular aspect of practice in your field of nursing. Evaluating Knowledge for Practice: This professional practice offers a range of practical experiences for you to achieve the identified Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010) skills, knowledge, attitudes, values and technical abilities for entry to the NMC register. Scheduled learning and teaching activities Contact hours You will undertake scheduled learning and teaching, as well as placements to gain the practical skills necessary to work as an Adult Nurse. Your study time at BU will be split between scheduled learning and teaching activities and guided independent learning, such as preparing for and writing up coursework assignments. Year 1 – 24% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 214 hours Independent learning: 386 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 85 hours Placement hours: 600 Year 2 – 22% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 213 hours Independent learning: 387 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 6 hours Placement hours: 600 Year 3 - 14% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 189 hours Independent learning: 1011 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 6 hours Placement hours: 600 74% of the course is assessed by coursework Year 1: 79% Year 2: 57% Year 3: 87% In addition to coursework assessments which allow you to combine your practice and theoretical learning you will experience assessed practical exams and there is also a small amount of written exam work to complete. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing (with professional registration). Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance. 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