A nurse needs to be able to assess needs and plan, implement and evaluate care for people with acute or chronic illness – requiring communication skills and compassion as well as the range of specialist knowledge and nursing skills you will acquire from this degree.
Gain experience in medical and surgical nursing, care of older people, community nursing and nursing in an acute setting.
Successful completion of this course leads to the award of both an Honours degree and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a registered nurse, allowing you to practise as an adult nurse and in accordance with the NHS Constitution.
NHS Constitution
The NHS constitution brings together details of what staff, patients and the public can expect from the National Health Service. It sets out the principles and values that guide how the NHS should act and make decisions. The NHS Constitution states that the NHS "aspires to the highest standards of excellence and professionalism. "
Applicants are expected to demonstrate their understanding and application of these values throughout the selection process. View the Constitution here
This course enables you to learn in a variety of ways in academic, simulated and actual practice settings. You will experience 50% of your time in practice, supervised by practitioners, who are trained to support your learning, learning to provide care and experience a diverse range of practice settings. 50% of your time will be university based, learning in the classroom, in individual study and simulated practice environments.
You will engage in a Service Improvement Project that will enable you to develop the skills to make a real change to the quality of service provision in practice. You will have support for your learning in theory and practice from a team of lecturers, all of whom are experienced, registered nurses.
Graduates from this course have the knowledge and skills to care for adults in varied multi-professional contexts, collaborating with health colleagues and other services to deliver high quality, evidence based, compassionate nursing care to adults.
The nursing team recognise the importance of assessment for student learning and have carefully considered university guidance. The courses assessment scheme aims to align with the learning outcomes and to provide a variety of assessments which consider different learning styles and give opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills with application to practice, as well as developing their academic skills. A wide range of assessment methods are used to ensure that the breadth of knowledge, understanding, skills and attributes are assessed appropriately. In addition, a range of assessment methods ensures that the students who may be more or less skilled at a particular type of assessment are given a variety of opportunities to demonstrate their abilities.
The assessment process includes appropriate and constructive feedback on all coursework performance. The assessment strategy aims to: - Encourage deep learning - Assess the learning outcomes identified in the UIFs - Assess and encourage the development of employability skills - Differentiate between the requirements of levels 4, 5 and 6 - Use appropriately reliable and valid methods - Incorporate transparent marking criteria for the various types of assessment using current best practice Be challenging and meaningful.
Five GCSEs at grade 4 (or grade C if taken before 2016) including English language or English literature and mathematics (or equivalent), plus one of the following:
Note: NVQ Level 3 is not accepted for any of our professional healthcare courses.
You can work out how many UCAS points your qualifications are worth with the UCAS tariff calculator
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2020/21 is £9,250 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs.
See www.gov.uk/student-finance
The University of Bedfordshire offers a number of scholarships and bursaries to help you finance your studies.
See www.beds.ac.uk/scholarships
The University reserves the right to increase tuition fees by no more than inflation.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
Additional NHS funding available. Click here to find out more.
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2020/21 is £9,250 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees.
See www.gov.uk/student-finance
The University of Bedfordshire offers a number of scholarships and bursaries to help you finance your studies.
See www.beds.ac.uk/scholarships
The University reserves the right to increase tuition fees by no more than inflation.
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2020/21 is £12,350 per year. A prompt payment discount is available if you pay the full Year 1 fee before or at registration. There are also special scholarships available.
The University reserves the right to increase tuition fees by no more than inflation.
Our new Aylesbury Campus opened in February 2020 in partnership with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, home to the world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre.
Healthcare students are now able to undertake the classroom element of their course at Stoke Mandeville, while at the same time getting experience of life in an integrated Trust which provides a range of specialist, acute and community services.
Specialist skills Lab, set out as a hospital ward allowing for simulated scenarios having been designed to provide invaluable learning opportunities to observe, develop and test how healthcare professionals work together and interact with their environment and equipment.
The suite has state-of-the-art simulation mannequins, anatomical models, audio visual technology and a range of other equipment to support and enhance all aspects of clinical care and educational delivery.
On the ground floor the campus library hosts a range of academic and healthcare specific resources for students.
PCs are provided for students to use offering access to a wide range of applications and to 80,000+ ebooks available in addition to the physical resources.
Alongside the campus library the social learning space provides a great group-work and simulated scenario reflection area as well as a dedicated silent-study room with further computer facilities.
The Aylesbury campus is located just outside of the centre of town at Stoke Mandeville Hospital which is within walking distance of train and bus stations. Aylesbury town is bursting with culture, international cuisine and plenty of things to do. It is 36 miles north of London which is approximately a one hour train journey away.
Application for most full-time undergraduate and foundation courses is via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
We expect to receive UCAS applications between 1 September and 15 January for courses starting in the following academic year, but may consider applications received after this date should places be available.
Please contact admission@beds.ac.uk for further details.
All UK schools and colleges are registered with UCAS to manage their students' applications. Advice on how to submit your UCAS application is available from your school or college.
If you are not at school or college (including mature students) you should apply independently via UCAS
EU students applying for a full-time undergraduate degree at the University of Bedfordshire should apply via UCAS or direct using our admissions form
International students applying for a full-time undergraduate degree at the University of Bedfordshire should apply direct using our admissions form or via our representatives in your home country
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