BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing
Overview
A place that cares
Please note that due to exceptionally high demand, this course is no longer recruiting for September 2020 entry.
Planning a career in nursing? Our state of the art laboratories, set up to simulate hospital ward and critical care environments, are the perfect place to learn, develop and practice your skills. If you choose to go into adult nursing, you’ll help care for people over 18.
Why Nursing at LSBU?
- Professional accreditation: our courses are approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Career opportunities: you’ll gain practical experience in leading NHS Trusts across London, and 97% of students are in employment 6 months after graduating.
- Dedicated facilities: We have two adult nursing skills laboratories at our Southwark campus and three at our Havering campus.
- Ranked joint 1st for graduate prospects in the UK (Complete University Guide 2020).
- No.1 in London for learning community (National Student Survey 2019).
Modules
On this course, you’ll be taught and supported by leading academics and nurses. You’ll apply your learning in a variety of clinical and health care settings, including placements on general medical and surgical wards, critical care areas such as A&E departments or intensive care units in leading NHS Trusts and hospitals across London. You may also spend this time in community placements or services for the care of elderly people.
Overall, the course is 53% coursework.
Some compulsory skills sessions may take place in the evening.
Year 1
- Biosciences for nurses
- Assessing needs and planning care in Adult Nursing
- Professional skills for adult nursing
- Communication for nursing
- Introducing evidence based practice in adult nursing
- Practice Placements Year 1
Year 2
- Providing care in Adult Nursing
- Appraising evidence-based practice in adult nursing
- Applied physiology for Adult Nursing
- Promoting health and preventing ill health
- Safe and effective practice
- Mother and new-born
- Practice Placements Year 2
Year 3
- Implementing evidence-based practice in adult nursing
- Enhancing and evaluating care in Adult Nursing
- Pharmacology and prescribing ready for Adult Nursing
- Complex and critical care of adults
- Transition to leadership
- Practice Experience Year 3
Entry requirements
- A Level BBC/A*A* and 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent; or;
- BTEC Extended Diploma DMM and 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent; or;
- Access to HE Diploma in Nursing or similar with 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits at Level 3 and 15 Credits at Level 2; and GCSEs Maths and English grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent; or;
- Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points; and 5 GCSEs including Maths and English at grade 4 or above (previously A*-C) or equivalent.
Foundation Year
Been out of study for a long time? Or maybe you haven’t met the entry requirements of your chosen degree? Our entry year acts as a bridge to degree-level studies.
English language
If your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying:
- 7.0 overall or equivalent
- 7.0 in the listening and reading sections
- 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections