18Oct
UndergraduateCoventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
You can choose to study this course in Coventry, London or Scarborough. This degree combines flexible, interactive digital learning with practical clinical placements to lead you to professional registration and a rewarding career as an adult nurse. Adult nurses work to improve people’s lives by offering comprehensive physical, emotional, mental and social support to people of all ages. This course aims to equip you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to independently address the diverse health and care needs of individuals across the lifespan. Our blended learning degree combines flexible, interactive digital learning and virtual simulated experience with practice-based learning. Half of your learning is on placement, where you will apply your theoretical knowledge to the real world. Please note that you are required to be in the UK for the theory and practice modules throughout the course. Some of the theory delivery requires you to be on campus. All clinical skills theory and assessment is carried out on campus.
- Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as an Adult Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (please see our website for more information).
- Gain the skills to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed care across a range of dynamic and diverse healthcare environments.
- Learn to collaborate and thrive as an adult nurse across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.
- Study one theory module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.
- Placement-based modules are longer to ensure that the requirements for the NMC are met. This learning will take place in diverse practice-based learning environments where you will apply your theoretical knowledge to the real world.
- All eligible learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.
- Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity and accountability as an adult nurse from day one.
- Develop your confidence and skills in preparation to lead, influence and supervise others.
- Delivered by a team that includes highly skilled, knowledgeable, nursing and allied health professionals.
- Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.
- Access to success coaches, placement supervisors and specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.
Modules
Your first year modules cover the essential theory and practical skills related to nursing health assessments and explore how these can be used to inform individualised care plans across the lifespan. The emphasis is on building therapeutic relationships and enhancing communication skills. All of this will help to prepare you for clinical placements. There is practical hands-on experience in the clinical skill lab to develop skills and knowledge that are essential to achieving the proficiencies within the clinical placements. You will learn about societal influences, health inequalities and determinants of health, exploring health policy and the different strategies you can use to help promote health and wellbeing. In the practice placement modules you will spend time in a nursing care setting, delivering hands-on patient care through guided participation under the supervision of your practice supervisors and assessors. You will work in the multidisciplinary team towards achieving practical proficiency and bringing your theoretical knowledge to life. You will demonstrate your professional values and gain feedback towards continuing to develop your nursing care and delivery. Year One
- Becoming a Professional Practitioner
- Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
- Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery
- Understanding Influences on Health and Care
- Placement 1: Introductions to Nursing Care
- Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care
- Therapeutic Interventions in Adult Nursing
- Complex Decision-Making Within Adult Nursing Environments
- Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity
- Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care
- Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care
- Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care
- Complex Care Coordination in Adult Nursing
- Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
- The Evidenced-Based Practitioner: Professional Project
- Preparing for your Career in Nursing
- Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care
- Placement 6: Practising Autonomously
Assessment method
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods may include:
- coursework
- practice placement
- formal examinations
- Virtual Simulated Placements (VSPs)
- simulations
- Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
- presentations
- vivas (discussions).
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
How to apply
14Jan
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
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
A level - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits
Scottish Higher - CCCCD
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 27 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start. Contact us via our website to find out more.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535* | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535* | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535* | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535* | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535* | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Additional costs/fee information
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Studying this course with a sandwich year incurs an additional £1,500 fee (£1,800 for international students) to cover your academic support throughout your placement year.
For full international fees and the most up to date information about tuition fees, please check the relevant course page of the Coventry University website.
Provider information
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB