About the course

Gain hands-on skills and experience on a course where 50% of your learning is practice based and course completion leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as an adult nurse. Plus, we have some of the highest graduate employment rates in the country.

A nurse needs to be able to assess care needs then plan, implement and evaluate care for people with a wide range of illnesses. This calls for excellent communication skills and compassion as well as specialist knowledge and nursing skills, all of which you acquire from this degree.

Fifty per cent of your time is spent in practice, learning to provide care across a range of settings including medical and surgical nursing, care of older people, community nursing and acute nursing. The other 50% of your time is university based, learning in the classroom, in individual study and simulated practice environments.

Areas of study include care across the lifespan; assessment and interventions; complex care; public health; planning, delivering and coordinating care; and advocacy, empowerment and protection.

Why choose this course?

• Develop the practical skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours needed to nurse adults professionally and compassionately
• Learn with a team of lecturers who are all experienced registered nurses. In practice settings, you are supervised by practitioners trained to support your learning
• Successful completion of the course leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, allowing you to practise as an adult nurse in accordance with the NHS Constitution (see below)

The NHS Constitution brings together details of what staff, patients and the public can expect from the National Health Service. It sets out the principles and values that guide how the NHS should act and make decisions. The NHS Constitution states that the NHS "aspires to the highest standards of excellence and professionalism". Applicants are expected to demonstrate their understanding and application of these values throughout the selection process. View the Constitution here

I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1993 and worked within a Coronary Care Unit for 5 years before a short child care break. I returned to the NHS, for the last 14 years as a Senior Resuscitation Officer and Critical Care Outreach Nurse (2 years).

I currently hold an honorary contract with the critical care outreach team and work a minimum of 1 clinical shift per month.

Throughout my career I have had a passion for teaching and I have had the privilege of being an Advanced Life Support Instructor for the Resuscitation Council UK for 12 years.