BNURS ADULT NURSING

Postgraduate programme

BNURS ADULT NURSING

Offered by THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

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Programme overview

Why choose this programme?

Our BNurs/MNurs Adult Nursing course will help you become a skilled and highly sought-after graduate nurse specialising in caring for adult patients in a range of settings.

You will split your time equally between learning theory on campus and applying your knowledge to practice alongside other health professionals in a range of healthcare settings.

You will receive support from both our staff and your fellow students throughout your time at Manchester, as well as from experienced colleagues in practice.

As a graduate, you'll have the choice of practicing as a nurse, going into a specialist or a leadership role, or undertaking further study, research opportunities or teaching.

The BNurs award is for the three-year undergraduate course. Depending on your performance in Years 1 and 2, you will have the opportunity to apply to extend your studies by a year to undertake an integrated master's in nursing. This will also involve an additional year of tuition fees.

By choosing to complete the integrated master's, you are preparing for career progression within nursing by developing your leadership and research skills.

The integrated master's will deliver units at postgraduate level, developing your skills in critical engagement with issues at the forefront of your chosen field of nursing. You will learn how to critically examine, reflect and develop new insights, contributing to nursing research, education and clinical practice agenda through your research study.
A study experience that makes a difference

We place social responsibility at the heart of your learning which means you can take advantage of unique ways to make a difference while studying with us, through your course or through extra-curricular activities.

- Complete our Ethical Grand Challenges to learn how you can create a better world and become more socially responsible.
- Work with an external organisation to tackle real-world sustainability problems through our University Living Lab.
- Discover subjects that broaden your horizon with our interdisciplinary learning opportunities.

Modality

ONLINE

UCAS entry grades

BBC

UCAS Tariff points

112 points

Tuition fee

£9,790

Entry requirements

BBC including at least one science from the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology, Health and Social Care, Applied Science.

Practical skills are a crucial part of science education and therefore will be a requirement to pass the practical element of any science A Level taken. Where applicants are applying for science and related degrees, this is likely to be made explicit in the offer you will receive.

Applicants taking A Levels are normally expected to offer three full A Levels. If you’re taking more than three A Levels, these won’t be included in your offer. We will only make offers consisting of three A Levels.

Dates and duration

3 years/4 years

SYLLABUS

Year 1

- Public Health, Society and Nursing
- Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing Practice
- Evidence Based Practice
- Collaborative Care Planning
- Simulated Practice Placement 1
- Clinical Placement 2 (Year 1)
- Clinical Placement 3 (Year 1)
- Values Based Nursing

Year 2
- Applied Biosciences for Nursing Practice (Bioscience 2)
- Year 2 Clinical Placement 2
- Year 2 Clinical Placement 1
- Year 2 Clinical Placement 3
- Developing Nursing Knowledge & Skills
- Mental Health and Mental Ill Health in Children and Young People
- Dementia: Empowering and Creative Practice
- Principles of Adult Critical and Intensive Care Nursing
- Tissue Viability Nursing and Infection Prevention
- Palliative and End of Life Care

Year 3

- Nurse as a Facilitator of Learning
- Year 3 Clinical Placement 1
- Year 3 Clinical Placement 2
- Year 3 Clinical Placement 3
- Nurse as an Inquirer of Clinical Evidence
- Nurse as a Leader, Manager and Coordinator of Care
- Advancing Care - The Social and Political Context of Health and Social Care

Year 4

- Research in Professional Practice (Major Project)
- Leadership in Professional Practice
- Shaping Nurses Recognition and Response to Serious Illness
- Year 4 Clinical Practice and Portfolio
- Nurse Educator in Practice