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Nursing Practice (Adult) (with a foundation year)

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time including foundation year
  • 21 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
University of Staffordshire (Centre for Health Innovation)
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Course summary

Help to improve people’s lives on a daily basis by specialising in the diverse and rewarding field of adult nursing.

As a student nurse, you’ll spend 50% of your time on placements. It will include caring for patients with serious illnesses or life-long conditions.

We also offer elective placements, where students can travel as far afield as Tanzania and the US. We can support you in securing funding for these opportunities.

You’ll spend up to three days a week on campus, learning theory and practising in our immersive spaces. On simulated wards, you could be treating injuries, doing assessments and higher level skills such as cannulation on high-fidelity manikins. Students also work with real service users.

We offer lots of careers support too. As the course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, you’ll be eligible to become a registered nurse on graduation. It can lead to lots of careers, ranging from becoming a staff nurse in an acute hospital to a nurse specialist or district nurse.

This Foundation year can be used for progression onto both our Nursing Practice (Adult) courses B742 and B744.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice (Adult)

Modules

Foundation Year: Fundamentals of Health Care Governance and Key Skills; Foundations of Clinical Practice; Basics of Body Systems; Diseases, Disorders & Injuries
Year One: Adult Nursing Care; Adult Nursing in Practice 1; Adult Nursing in Practice 2; Adult Nursing in Practice 3; Mental Health and Physical Health through the Lifespan (Rn); Professional, Legal and Ethical Considerations
Year Two: Adult Nursing in Practice 4; Adult Nursing in Practice 5; Adult Nursing in Practice 6; Altered Mental Health and Physical Health through the Lifespan; Human Factors: Risk, Decision-Making and Uncertainty; Physical Assessment and Preparation for Prescribing
Year Three: Adult Nursing in Practice 7; Adult Nursing in Practice 8; Adult Nursing in Practice 9; Peer Learning and Teaching in Professional Nursing Practice; The Evidence-Base for Practice

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • University of Staffordshire (Centre for Health Innovation)

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time including foundation year • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B745
Institution code:
S72
Campus name:
University of Staffordshire (Centre for Health Innovation)
Campus Code:
5
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
B745
Institution code:
S72
Campus name:
University of Staffordshire (Centre for Health Innovation)
Campus Code:
5

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
48 points

Any combination that meets the required tariff will be accepted.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Maths and English at Grade 4/C or above. For accepted equivalents, please contact enquiries@staffs.ac.uk

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