Study areas including health across the lifespan; physical and mental health; professional practice; legislation and ethics; assessment and management of patients; leadership, management and service improvement.
Develop the practical skills, knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviours needed to nurse adults professionally and compassionately.
Gain significant practical experience on a course comprising 50% theoretical learning and 50% practical learning – with some of the highest graduate employment rates in the country.
Benefit from a course that will lead you to a challenging and rewarding career as a registered adult nurse in a range of healthcare environments, including community hospital and residential settings, and can provide a route to specialised clinical practice, management or education.
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.
Course Details - Modules
Modules are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Nursing and Midwifery Council
How to Apply
26 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:
B740
Institution code:
B22
Campus Name:
Bedford Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
112 - 120 UCAS Tariff points
In addition applicants should have or be working towards five GCSEs at grade 4 (or grade C if taken before 2016) including English language or English literature and mathematics (or equivalent).
We will consider alternative qualifications but please note that NVQ Level 3 and A Level General Studies are not accepted.
If you would like to check if you would be qualified for our course please contact the Admissions Team.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
71%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
67%
Go onto work and study:
82%
Fees and funding
EU
9250.0
Year 1
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Republic of Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
International
13200.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Tuition fees are reviewed annually.
Additional Costs;
Travel from home to University - Your base may be in Aylesbury, Luton or Bedford depending on the offer you receive from the University. You will need to ensure you have funds to pay for parking, usually in public car parks. This could be up to £10 per day depending on where you choose to park.
Travel to alternate academic sites - Variable depending on mode of transport and whether car sharing. This may include travel to Aylesbury, Luton or Bedford campuses.
Travel to placements - You are required to attend a range of placements in hospitals or community settings. There will be travel on a daily basis and this should be planned for. This will be across a range of shifts and will involve you travelling at a range of times as shifts cover the 24 hour period. This will also require you to attend a range of shifts including early shifts at 7:00 a.m., across the week and throughout the course.
Parking costs at NHS sites - This is variable across practice partners. Parking permits purchased by students for some Trusts (costs vary).
Appropriate shoes for clinical placement (£20 - £60)
Stethoscope/Pinard (£5 - £100)
Fob watch (£5 - £20)
Smart clothes for community placement (£50 - £100)
Stationery - files, paper & pens (£20)
Costs of printing dissertation hard copy (£20 - £60)
Printer ink/poster (£25)
USB sticks (£10 - £40)
Books (£50 - £200)
Laptop Computer (optional)
Union Fees - You are advised to join a union such as the Royal College of Midwifery. Fees do vary and are paid annually
https://www.rcm.org.uk/core-membership
DBS - initial check and annual update service charge (£70)
Occupational Health Clearance - You may be expected to pay for additional services and vaccinations, if not available through your GP
Provider information
Park Square
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Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Luton
LU1 3JU
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