Win Hughes
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Nursing
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
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B700
Level
Undergraduate
Duration
3 years Full-time
Starting
September
BCC at A level
DMM at BTEC
Fees UK 24/25
Full Time: £9,250
Fees International 24/25
Full Time £17,700
Location
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The University of Northampton’s three-year Adult Nursing course will give you the ability to cope with a demanding and satisfying profession, leading to a BSc Adult Nursing degree and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) allowing you to practice in accordance with the NHS Constitution which is underpinned by the core NHS values. The structure provides a strong foundation in adult nursing with skills based upon the theory taught at the University and clinical placements. Our nursing training will develop your care, compassion, courage, commitment and communication skills to work with adults in nursing.
Top 12 For General Nursing
The University of Northampton is a top 12 institution for general Nursing in the Best UK University Guardian League table for 2024.
This Adult Nursing degree BSc has has been approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This means you can be confident that this programme meets the standards of education, training, conduct and performance required for nurses in the UK.
Updated 23/04/2024
Our BSc Adult Nursing course has been designed to contribute towards achieving the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: SDG3 of Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG5 Gender Equality.
Adult nursing is a rewarding career. As a qualified nurse, you’ll have the opportunity to provide care and help a wide range of adults with their health and wellbeing. Explore if the Adult Nursing profession is for you.
Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you in identifying the skills you’re learning during your nursing training, finding your strengths and securing practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd.
Our aim is to produce safe and effective nurses who embrace the highest standards of professional conduct and ethical practice. You will be introduced to a range of care settings to familiarise you with emerging patterns of care and allow you to choose a specialist area.
By studying our BSc Adult Nursing course you will learn to:
Our University is part of a well-established, professional European network for Nursing and Midwifery. The Florence Network offers opportunities for future health careers and development to staff, academics and students.
You will be expected to study a minimum of 2,300 hours theory and 2,300 hours practice across the 3 years. The practical placements that you will take throughout this Adult Nursing course will be in a variety of health, education and social care settings.
The practical experiences in healthcare are gained within private, voluntary and independent sector areas including social care, community trusts and hospitals within Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas.
This adult nursing course is compliant with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements.
Values Based Recruitment is an approach which attracts and selects students, trainees or employees on the basis that their individual values and behaviours align with the values of the NHS Constitution.
The purpose is to ensure that the future and current NHS workforce is selected against the values of the NHS Constitution, so that we recruit people with the right skills and values to support effective team working in delivering excellent patient care.
The University of Northampton is one of only four universities in the country to belong to the ENM. This offers the possibility of a two-week placement in one of around 24 different European countries.
Through this module, you will experience a different health system, culture and life experience and gain an insight into the issues that are faced in an overseas nursing environment. This opportunity is available at a specifically negotiated time during your adult nursing degree, usually within the second or third stage of study. You will have to meet the costs for this module yourself, though these are kept to the minimum possible and places are limited. The two weeks spent overseas for this module count as placement hours as agreed with the NMC.
Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 23/24. The modules relating to the academic year 24/25 will be available from June 2024.
Applicants must be 18 years old by the 2nd month of commencing pre-registration nursing programmes and all applicants must have 10 years of consecutive education.
We welcome applications from students with a mix of A levels and BTEC/Cambridge Technical qualifications.
Please note that we may consider other qualifications not listed above on an individual basis, please contact our Admissions team to discuss these in further detail.
All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:
For more information on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) English language entry criteria, please follow the NMC website.
For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.
Fees for the nursing adult degree quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 24/25 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
Potential additional costs include:
Students, studying nursing, midwifery and many of the allied health professions courses from September 2020, may be eligible for a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. They may be able to apply for Financial support at the university through the NHS Learning Support Fund (NHS LSF) which offers eligible students additional support while studying for their degree. This is in addition to the Student Loan from the Student Loans Company.
Financial contribution towards your travel, and expenses in relation to your practice learning opportunities, may be available to you from the NHS Learning Support Fund. Details, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the NHS website.
The information provided above is correct for the academic year 2023/24 but please check the NHS LSF website for full details, any changes and updates.
For more information about possible funding options, please visit our Fees and Funding pages.
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
At the University of Northampton, everything we do, from funded trips to paid internships, is to give you everything you need to make a difference when you leave.
If you join our full-time Adult Nursing degree at Northampton, you will receive a laptop when your course begins*. The laptops are built to a bespoke custom specification ideal for use in the seminar room, collaborative group work or studying at home.
Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.
To check out the full list of perks, visit our Student Perks page or dedicated International Perks page.
* UK fee payers only (see Terms and Conditions for further details)
All assessment is marked in accordance with the University’s regulations. There are a variety of assessments throughout the study, for example the students have simulations to work through, reflective accounts to write, essays, presentations, drug calculations exam and more. The students are also assessed in practice on the skills they are learning.
We supports the values stated in the NHS Constitution and these values are utilised in our recruitment and selection processes. Please visit the Health Education England website for more details.
Our external examiners are registered nurses who also hold recordable teaching qualifications approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The nursing skills labs, based at our Waterside campus, are used throughout the Adult Nursing course to enhance learning in the clinical settings. The Nursing labs have a purpose-built clinical ward where students can learn and develop their clinical skills through practice-based, hands-on education. You will practise scenarios from a real-life hospital ward in a realistic, yet safe clinical environment.
The fully interactive VR (Virtual Reality) system and mannequins allow students to ‘treat’ people in a variety of nursing settings, giving them ‘as close to real-life as possible’ training. This includes actual conversations with the characters in the scenario and gives clinical feedback that is matched to the student’s learning objectives.
From September 2019 we have been offering an exciting new curriculum based on The Nursing and Midwifery standards for education 2018. The curriculum is innovative utilising an active blend learning approach and an extensive range of support. The curriculum offers placement learning opportunities throughout Northamptonshire and beyond, including Europe and International.
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Adult Nursing BSc (Hons)
DiscoverStudying for our BSc Adult Nursing degree will allow you to pursue a wide range of professional careers in health and social care and research. Some of the roles available to you in the community and acute services after qualifying include: district nurse, practice nurse, prison nurse, community matron, occupational health nurse, health visitor, nurse consultant, theatre nurse, nurse educator, nurse researcher and manager.
You can explore a range of careers and opportunities available within healthcare on the NHS Health Career website or you could take the NHS Career quiz to discover what professions best suit you.
Within the NHS, nurses are paid on average between £28,000 to £43,000 a year, according to GOV.UK, based on their skills, abilities, experience and job responsibilities. To find out current job opportunities and salaries, visit Find a job service
Our Master’s courses are a great way to enhance the skills you have already learnt. Benefit from our 20% alumni discount on postgraduate fees.
Successful completion of this course could lead on to one of our postgraduate programmes: PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, MSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Top-Up), MSc Public Health, MSc Advancing Practice, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.
At the University of Northampton, we offer a range of short courses and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes. These will enable you to learn new skills, progress into specialisms or take on new responsibilities.
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