BSc in Nursing/Registered Nurse - Adult
Kingston University
Key Information
Campus location
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 9,250 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* UK students: £9,250 per year | international: £16,200 for the first year
Introduction
Why choose this course?
If you're looking to make a positive difference in people's lives, the BSc in Nursing/Registered Nurse - Adult is for you. You'll gain the specialist knowledge and clinical skills needed to become a registered adult nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The course is highly practical, giving you hands-on experience. You'll spend 50% of your time on placement in hospitals, in the community and in our skills and simulation labs developing valuable hands-on skills. You'll work with patients, carers, clinical mentors and other healthcare professionals. Placement opportunities include medical and surgical wards, oncology, ICU, A&E, coronary care, operating theatres, district nursing, GP practice nursing and integrated community teams.
You'll learn in our award-winning simulation suite and experience a wide range of realistic environments, including hospital wards and community settings.
The course is taught by experts in A&E, ICU, neurology, cancer and palliative care, community nursing, health visiting and mental health. They will help guide you to practice your skills in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
The NMC commended the range of student engagement activities available in this course. You can engage in volunteering, fundraising, sports, societies, research and staff/student events. You'll explore concepts of nursing through arts-based education including plays, literature, museum visits, art exhibitions and drama workshops.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston is No.1 in London and No.6 in the UK overall for nursing and midwifery (Guardian league tables 2022).
- Kingston's award-winning simulation suite offers a wide range of realistic environments to learn in. These include hospital wards and community settings, with actors who play patients (Student Nursing Times Awards 2019).
- 98.9% of students from this course are in employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2016/17).
Accreditation
This degree confers both an academic award and a professional qualification in nursing. On completion of the programme, students are recommended to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for professional registration.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
NHS Training Grant
Nursing students on pre-registration courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back, subject to eligibility criteria.
Curriculum
What you will study
Your studies will include core learning relevant to all fields of nursing, and modules specific to Adult Nursing.
Year 1
In Year 1, you will be introduced to the core sciences underpinning nursing practice and the context of nursing and healthcare. This provides you with the knowledge and skills to establish and build professional relationships within all fields of nursing. You will also acquire an understanding of the factors that affect the health and well-being of individuals in a changing and diverse society.
Core modules
- Introduction to Life Sciences
- Introduction to Adult Nursing
- Introduction to Public Health and Health Promotion
- Introduction to Professional Practice
Year 2
In Year 2, you will develop your understanding of the application of person-centred care, assessment, clinical reasoning and decision-making. You will examine holistic care across the lifespan and focus on acute and long-term care within your chosen field.
Core modules
- Therapeutic Interventions in Nursing: Bio-Psycho-Social Approaches
- Developing Professional Practice
- Collaborative Working for Health and Wellbeing in Adults with Long Term Conditions
- Assessment and Care Process for the Acutely Ill Person
Year 3
You will be prepared for the transition to professional practice and employability. You will develop skills in management, leadership, team working and teaching and supporting learners. You will learn how to critically appraise evidence to support future practice and explore the complexities of nursing and service provision across health and social care organisations.
Core modules
- Safe and Effective Quality Care in Adult Nursing
- Co-ordinating the Care of Adults with Complex Health Care Needs
- Leadership in Adult Nursing
- Advancing Professional Practice
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
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Career Opportunities
After you graduate
Type of jobs
- Accident and Emergency (A&E)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
- Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
- Orthopaedics and Trauma
- Respiratory
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Renal
- General and Specialist Medicine
- General and Specialist Surgery
- Theatres
- School Nursing
- Community Nursing
- District Nursing
- Hospice Nursing
- Armed Forces
- Research Nurse