STUDY

Undergraduate

BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing

Institution code:	S82
UCAS code:	B700
Start date:	September 2024
Duration:	Three years full-time
Location:	Ipswich
Typical Offer:	112 UCAS tariff points or above, BBC (A-Level), DMM (BTEC)

Institution code:	S82
UCAS code:	B700
Start date:	September 2024

Duration:	Three years full-time
Location:	Ipswich
Typical Offer:	112 UCAS tariff points or above, BBC (A-Level), DMM (BTEC)

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Overview

Studying Adult Nursing at the University of Suffolk is an excellent choice for someone looking for a fulfilling and rewarding career. You will feel welcome from day one by friendly, enthusiastic, and committed staff and study in a modern learning environment, taught by experts. University of Suffolk nurses are informed, enthusiastic, motivated, and competent registered practitioners. We help you become someone who makes a difference.

As a student, you will benefit from placements throughout your course to develop your practical skills and gain experience in a practice setting. You will have the opportunity to regularly meet and talk to people in the industry.

Graduates can progress to a range of careers outside of adult nursing, including further training for midwifery, health visiting, and school nursing. They benefit from excellent links with local hospitals and the NHS and our brand-new Health and Wellbeing Building features dedicated specialist nursing facilities.

Our Adult Nursing course sits within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health and embodies the six C’s of nursing (Department of Health and National Health Service Commissioning Board, 2012) as well as the NHS Values (Department of Health, 2015). The School is committed to embedding these values into everything we do.

Base sites are used for clinical practice placements and some theoretical sessions. Clinical placements offer the opportunity to gain a variety of practice experiences, typically covering the following areas/specialities:

Community Nursing
Acute wards in NHS Trust Hospitals
Specialist care areas
Outpatient departments
Placements in the voluntary and private sector

While in practice, you will be allocated practice supervisors and a practice assessor. As the course is full-time, this equates to 37.5 hours per week. Practice placements consist of a variety of shift patterns, including long days (12.5 hours), early, late, and night shifts. At times, you will also be expected to work weekends to ensure you spend the maximum amount of time with your allocated practice supervisors and a practice assessor. You will apply for the Ipswich campus via UCAS and will have the opportunity to request a base site once you are all enrolled.

Further information about the university's relationship with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is available in the PSRB register.

The University of Suffolk is world-class and committed to our region. We are proudly modern and innovative and we believe in transformative education. We are on the rise with a focus on student satisfaction, graduate prospects, spending on academic services and student facilities.

5th

in the UK for graduates in career 15 months after graduation for health professions

(Guardian University Guide 2023)

6th

in the UK for spend on academic services

(Complete University Guide 2024)

2nd

in the East of England for graduate prospects

(Complete University Guide 2024)

Course Modules

Our undergraduate programmes are delivered as 'block and blend', more information can be found on Why Suffolk? You can also watch our Block and Blend video.

The programme consists of twelve credit-bearing and three non-credit-bearing modules over the three years. Learning hours total 4,600 with a 50:50 division between theory and practice. The year is divided into three terms each of 14 weeks’ duration. Each year you will complete a 40-credit module that runs over two terms, incorporating simulated learning in the clinical simulation suite. In addition, each year contains one other 40 credit module and two 20 credit modules.

Each year has theoretical modules and a practice module which spans the whole year. Assessment takes place after each placement, with learning outcomes and skills aligned to your level of study.

Downloadable information regarding all University of Suffolk courses, including key facts, course aims, course structure and assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Records.

The student studies an introduction to the underlying beliefs, values, and behaviours of the nursing profession, along with their application and the role of evidence-based practice.

The student explores the body in homeostasis and all its systems.

The student gains a critical understanding of health promotion approaches for good health and disease prevention.

The student learns about the main philosophy guiding care delivery in the NHS: person-centred care.

The student is provided with an in-depth knowledge of the aetiology and development of disease processes at a systemic and cellular level.

The focus is the nursing care of the acutely and critically ill service-user, using a whole systems approach.

The place of the research process in providing informed and innovative practice is examined.

The student studies the purpose of ethical, legal and political frameworks in order to examine prevailing discourses that influence nursing practice.

The student builds upon previous learning to develop the knowledge and skills in relation to the holistic care of service-users with long term and complex conditions in a variety of settings.

The Dissertation module is introduced at an early point in the year and spans the year to enable the student to demonstrate problem identification, critical thinking and evidence based practice in a subject of particular interest to them.

The emphasis is on the transition to registrant and developing skills of leadership and delegation.

The effective and safe management of medicines is studied.

Course Modules 2024

Our undergraduate programmes are delivered as 'block and blend', more information can be found on Why Suffolk? You can also watch our Block and Blend video.

Each year has theoretical modules and a practice module which spans the whole year. Assessment takes place after each placement, with learning outcomes and skills aligned to your level of study.

Downloadable information regarding all University of Suffolk courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Records.