Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (Adult)


Institution code	H36
School of study	School of Health and Social Work
Course length	Full Time, 3 Years
Location	University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

Entry requirements

UCAS points A level BTEC
112-120 BBC-BBB DMM-DDM: in health and social care or other health related subject

Additional requirements

A Levels: at least 112 UCAS tariff points that include two A Levels.
Or
BTEC Diploma: 112 (equivalent tariff, depending on the field) in a in a health and social care or health-related subject.
BTEC National Certificate: 112 (equivalent tariff, depending on the field) in a health and social care or a health-related subject.
Access to Nursing Course: 112 (equivalent tariff).
GCSE: grade C/4 or above (or equivalent), to include English and mathematics. Science is required for some fields.
Shortened APL routes
English and mathematics GCSE grade C/4 or equivalent.
The completion of a foundation degree in health care is achieved while working as a health care assistant/support worker or an equivalent academic qualification and/or relevant practice experience.
Successful accreditation of any prior learning and/or practice experience against the current programme outcomes.
All offers will be subject to the applicant's demonstration of the NHS constitution's 'Values and Behaviours', satisfactory interviews, numeracy and literacy tests, health screening and the Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) checks. You can view the full NHS Constitution for England on the Government website.

UCAS points	A level	BTEC
112-120	BBC-BBB	DMM-DDM: in health and social care or other health related subject

About the course

Apprenticeship Standard: Registered Nurse

Final Award: BSc (Hons) Nursing

Nursing is a highly skilled, rewarding and caring profession where you can make a real difference to people’s lives. In adult nursing, you’ll promote health and provide whole-person care in hospitals and the community. Throughout this pre-registration course you’ll develop critical, analytical and reflective skills that allow you to make sound judgements and evidence-based care. Half the course will be spent at the University, where you’ll learn the theoretical foundations of nursing. The other half will be spent in a variety of clinical settings, developing your hands-on skills.

This integration of theory and practice will ensure you become a skilled, competent, compassionate and committed adult nurse.

Why choose this course?

Adult nursing is an exciting and rewarding career that can lead to work in a variety of settings.
You will complete placements in a range of adult settings, both within hospital and the community during your course, learning practical skills that underpin your theoretical knowledge.
You will develop a sound knowledge of ‘normal’ adult development and behaviours and develop skills in recognising and managing deviations from the norm.

Level 4

Module	Credits	Compulsory/optional
An Introduction to Interprofessional Education	15 Credits	Compulsory
The module is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn in groups, facilitating an improved understanding of professional roles and encouraging collaborative learning and practice. Learning will take place in lectures, seminars and tutorials with activities are designed to consolidate learning and promote engagement with the topic.
Promoting Health and Preventing Ill Health	15 Credits	Compulsory
This module is designed to provide the foundations that will enable students to actively participate in promoting health and preventing ill health, within the context of adult nursing and in a variety of care settings.
Communication and Relationship Management Skills for Nursing	15 Credits	Compulsory
This module will develop students' existing communication skills in line with the relevant nursing standards. It will enable students to develop their skills in searching and evaluating the literature, critical reading and writing skills aiding students to formulate and communicate scholarly arguments and ideas.
Enhancing Communication in Adult Care Settings	15 Credits	Compulsory
This module will equip students with knowledge of contemporary communication theories enabling them to communicate effectively with adults accessing healthcare services. Students will explore barriers to communication and investigate possible strategies to reduce these barriers and enhance holistic nurse-patient interaction.
Foundations of Health and Wellbeing	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module will examine bioscientific and professional concepts that underpin nursing practice. It will address how these inform nursing care and health and wellbeing. It will also consider wider social, political and economic issues and their impact on health and care delivery.
Fundamentals of Adult Nursing Practice	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module has a strong emphasis on simulated learning, supporting the development of holistic nursing assessment and practical care-delivery skills, whilst increasing empathy and resilience. The module supports student safety, encouraging them to challenge, question and reflect on evidence-based practice and their own experiences from placement.

Level 5

Module	Credits	Compulsory/optional
Developing Health and Wellbeing	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module builds on the knowledge acquired in Fundamentals of Health and Wellbeing. While the focus on the professional aspects of nursing practice continues, ideas of health and wellbeing alongside the social and political context of health and wellbeing are further examined. The focus on bioscience shifts to the pharmacological aspects of health and wellbeing.
Integrated Adult Nursing Care	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module will develop the students' ability to use evidence to underpin a holistic assessment to plan care for adults to meet health needs with focus on pathophysiology to discuss, interpret and plan care for patients experiencing, physical and psychological symptoms. Care will consider the spiritual, psychosocial, cultural, and emotional aspects with attitudes and beliefs.
The Evidence Base for Adult Nursing Practice	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module equips students with knowledge of the evidence-based model of nursing practice that underpins practice. Students will explore the available evidence and the need for different types of evidence for differing practice-based issues. Students will become familiar with practice-based question setting and how to create a focussed literature search.
Advancing Adult Nursing Practice	30 Credits	Compulsory
This interactive module has a strong emphasis on simulated learning. Authentic case scenarios are utilised to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of current best, evidence-based practice, whilst providing an opportunity to practice, challenge, question, refine and enhance their nursing skills in a safe environment.

Level 6

Module	Credits	Compulsory/optional
Enhancing Health & Social Care through Inter-professional Education	15 Credits	Compulsory
The module is designed to give students further opportunities of working in multi-professional groups in order to improve understanding across professional boundaries and encourage collaborative learning and working that will bring benefit to patient/service-users. The justification for inclusion of inter-professional working within health care is addressed. The module requires students to bring specialist in-depth knowledge of their profession and professional codes of conduct to a group setting so that health and social care pathways are critically reviewed in the context of professional practice.
Imagination and Innovation in Evidence Based Nursing Practice	30 Credits	Compulsory
Students on this module will be supported to create an evidence-based proposal to effect positive change in service delivery. It represents an exciting opportunity for students to engage in a negotiated work-based practice project proposal that will encourage them to focus upon a practice issue of personal and professional interest.
Clinical Decision Making in Adult Nursing	15 Credits	Compulsory
This module attempts to link theoretical knowledge into students' professional practice and to encourage increasing independence in clinical decision making. Students will develop their research skills in sourcing and applying evidence to clinical decision making.
Leading and Managing Adult Nursing Care	30 Credits	Compulsory
The aim of this 30-credit, level 6 module, is to facilitate the transformation the student nurse into a registered nurse capable of using leading and managing skills to make significant contributions to the co-ordination and management of people with complex care needs.
Co-ordinating Adult Nursing Care	30 Credits	Compulsory
This is an interactive, practical based module with strong emphasis on simulation and practical exercises to enhance in a pedagogically evidence-based way students' knowledge, curiosity and understanding of current best, evidence-based practice. This module has a strong emphasis on simulated learning, opportunity to practice, challenge, question, critically discuss, refine, and enhance their nursing skills in a safe environment.
Final Numeracy Exam	0 Credits	Compulsory
Using both lecture based teaching and online resources this module intends to enable the student to develop knowledge of the formulae used for calculating medication dosages for both enteral and parenteral medicine administration.

Professional Accreditations

Entitlement to apply to enter the professional register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the field of your chosen specialism - Adult Nursing.

Careers

Following successful completion of the programme, you will be entitled to apply for registration as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the Branch of Nursing in which you have specialised. You can now take advantage of the varied opportunities available to you, to put into practice all you have learned and make a positive contribution to the lives of individuals, and their families.

Areas in which you could work include:

acute services within the NHS
a range of community settings including general or specialised community nursing
private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI) Sectors e.g. hospices

You will meet many interesting people and each day will be different. You will always be learning, developing new and innovative skills through experience and education that will enable you to diversify or specialise in a particular area of Adult Nursing, giving the opportunity for promotion and job satisfaction.

For further information on careers in Nursing.

What job can I get?

This course entitles you to apply for registration as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. It opens up a wide range of career options, typically within hospitals or community-based services which can take you in several different directions. For example, you may discover you have talents in leadership and management and pursue this route or you may prefer to learn more about a specialist area of practice so you can work as a specialist or consultant nurse.

Course fact sheets
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) (Degree Apprenticeship)	Download
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) (Degree Apprenticeship)	Download

Programme specifications
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) (Degree Apprenticeship)	Download
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) (Degree Apprenticeship)	Download

Additional information
Sandwich placement or study abroad year	n/a
Applications open to international and EU students	No

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