Adult Nursing

OVERVIEW
The BSc Adult Nursing (with or without Honours) prepares graduates to begin the study of nursing as a discipline and, following completion to the threshold standard of ordinary degree, to meet the requirements for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
An NMC accredited Honours pathway provides a competitive, optional additional year to progress to an Honours degree qualification. This has been aligned with the four pillars of nursing: clinical practice, research, education and leadership.
This degree enables nurses to meet the requirements of a modern health care system, work in multi-professional teams and demonstrate leadership and management abilities.

• the number of places available to undertake the Honours year are still to be confirmed. If demand is greater than capacity, it may become a competitive process.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

1. Successful students will be adaptable, proficient and safe practitioners who will have demonstrated the graduate skills required to engage in a range of therapeutic approaches, together with an underpinning knowledge of the evidence base for Adult healthcare.
2. The programme develops safe, proficient and adaptable nurses who can facilitate health promotion approaches including the nurturing of self-care at individual, family and community level with an appreciation of needs across the lifespan.
3. It develops graduate attributes including decision making skills, criticality, and research mindedness to influence safe and compassionate adult nursing practice.
4. Prepares the nurse to be responsive to the social, political and economic influences on population health and health care.
5. Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse (Adult).

PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Work-based learning makes up 50% of the BSc Adult Nursing (with or without Honours) and you will spend time on placement, working the equivalent of full-time and a variety of shift patterns, with our local NHS Health Board partners, or other health providers in their localities:
• NHS Ayrshire & Arran
• NHS Dumfries
• NHS Golden Jubilee National Hospital
• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde*
• NHS Highland
• NHS Lanarkshire
*UWS students access placements in the Clyde sector of NHSGG&C

STUDY ABROAD
Study abroad is extremely beneficial for personal and professional development and research has shown that worldwide employers value graduates with intercultural awareness and global competences.
Opportunities for study abroad may be an option at different points in the programme and you will be notified if/when these are available.