FdSc NURSING ASSOCIATE DIRECT APPLY

A career in nursing offers opportunities for a career in a broad range of fields across the NHS and private sectors in hospital, community and social care. For example:

• Acute Hospital Trusts
• General Practice
• Community hospitals
• Nursing homes and care homes
• Private Hospitals and the Independent sector
• Key Industry Partners
• Local NHS partners across North East London.
• Independent and private sector

UEL will support you in your personal and professional development to play a vital role in person-centred high quality care.

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group works, exams and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides.

• Year 1 - 33 % practical, 33 % coursework, 17% Practice Assessment Documents (PAD), 17% Exams (Can be different headings: exam, assignment etc.)
• Year 2 – 33 % practical, 33 % coursework, 17% Practice Assessment Documents (PAD), 17% Exams

You’ll always receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve. We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days, although you will receive immediate feedback following many of our face to face assessments.

You’ll be based in the School of Health, Sport and Bioscience in Stratford, but this course integrates theory alongside practice, so you’ll also spend time undertaking placements in a wide range of clinical settings.

We have strong links with local NHS trusts and private-sector providers, which means you’ll have a range work placement opportunities.

When not on placement, you’ll enjoy practical and clinical sessions at Stratford in our Clinical Education Building. Our modern, purpose-built campus offers superb teaching facilities, as well as our Nursing Simulation Lab where you can practice what you have learnt in a safe immersive environment.

Each year you will spend around 300 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module. Via guided independent study and scheduled teaching you will have 600 hours per year to ensure you meet the criteria for the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

The approximate amount for this course are:

• Year 1: scheduled teaching – 300 hours; guided independent study – 300hours
• Year 2: scheduled teaching – 300 hours; guided independent study – 300 hours