Nursing (Adult)
Successful completion of this adult nursing degree will allow you entry to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register as a qualified nurse.
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Key Course Details
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UCAS Code
B701
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Start Date
September
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Location
Pontypridd
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Campus Code
A
Fees
Home students
£9,000*
International students
£15,260*
- Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.
The adult nursing degree combines theory and practice in an innovative way, to focus on the care of people across a wide range of healthcare settings.
DESIGNED FOR
Those who can demonstrate an enthusiasm/passion for working in a healthcare environment, who are able to use initiative and complex thinking skills to be able to work in often challenging but extremely rewarding healthcare settings.
Accredited By
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
Career Paths
- Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Community Nursing
- Emergency Room Nursing
- Critical Care Nursing
- Medical/Surgical Nursing
Skills Taught
- Critical thinking skills
- Be able to manage care in complex settings
- Communication skills
- Professionalism and legal understanding of the role of the adult nurse
- Applied physiology
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Course Highlights
Module Overview
The course is 50% theory and 50% practice. Supervised placements are an integral part of the adult nursing degree. These are in our partner health boards, as well as in the community and independent sector. You will have practice opportunities across a wide range of healthcare settings that include community, hospital, palliative care, nursing homes and GP surgeries, developing key skills that will enhance your employability.
AU1D008 Essentials of Nursing Practice
Looking at the theory of nursing across all fields of practice, and introducing the student to anatomy and physiology, mental health conditions and professionalism and ethics in nursing practice.
AU1S005 Promoting Health and Well Being
Examines nurses’ involvement in health promotion, and the prevention of ill health. Explores demographical data, and variances in health amongst the local and national population.
AU1D009 Assessing Needs & creating therapeutic opportunities
Processes and techniques of person-centred assessment to include mental, physical, cognitive, behavioural, spiritual cultural, language and developmental influences on assessment process across a range of settings.
AU1S006 Developing Confidence in Practice Module
Introduction to the Practice Assessment documentation and application to fields of practice. Introduction to reflective practice, escalating concerns and safeguarding.
AU2D033 Enhancing assessment and evidence-based interventions
Explores concepts of critical/urgent/crisis care across varied client groups and care settings, and recognising and assessing urgent/crisis situations across a range of care settings.
AU2D034 Professional, legal and ethical issues in nursing
Explores professional, legal and ethical concepts and principles, the right to health care, upholding human rights, and becoming politically aware and influencing skills
AU2S014 Informed decision making in the practice environment
Explores the themes of being assertive and developing professional courage, accountability and decision making, and the processes of diagnostic reasoning.
AU2S015 Evidence based practice: evaluating care within the context of practice
Identify research methodologies and evaluate strengths and weaknesses, whilst exploring critical approaches to evidence to inform care and its application to processes of evaluation.
AU3D029 Advancing knowledge, skills & therapeutic interventions
Caring for individuals with complex conditions across a range of settings within the primary, secondary, private and community sectors.
AU3D030 Leading and managing quality care across settings
Clinical Governance, the duty of quality and definitions of quality care across the fields of practice.
AU3S061 The nurse as an educator
Educating for health & wellbeing: the role of the nurse in educating patients/service users, families and carers and promoting independence. Education and the context of information giving, informed choice, person centred care, supporting service user decision making
AU3S062 Becoming a proficient practitioner (Practice Module)
Evidencing standards of The Code (NMC 2018) and Being prescriber ready, the implications of safe and effective management of medicines related to fields of practice.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Typical qualification requirements:
- A Level: BBB to exclude General Studies
- Welsh BACC: Grade B and BB at A Level to exclude General Studies
- BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma Distinction Distinction Merit
- Access to HE: Must complete 60 credits overall with at least 45 at level 3 and 15 at Level 2. Of the 45 credits at level 3, you will need a minimum of 24 Distinctions, 18 Merits and 3 passes.
Application advice:
We strongly advise applicants to take advantage of the advice available online, from demonstrating you have the relevant qualifications or experience, tips on writing your personal statement to advice on preparing for interview, we have a wealth of support and guidance available to applicants to ensure you are able to demonstrate that you have what it takes and make your application the best it can be. Please read our application advice.
Additional requirements include:
- All applicants are required to attend an interview. For further support on preparing for interview and what to expect at interview, please read our application advice.
- One satisfactory reference from someone who is able to comment on your attitude and approach to learning in a professional or academic sense.An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check on the Child & Adult Workforce and Child & Adult Barring List and subscription to the DBS Update Service is required. (Overseas equivalent required for non-uk applicants).
- A satisfactory medical will be required once an offer has been made. We will contact you closer to your start date with details of how to obtain these.
- The University normally requires a minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics/Numeracy and English at Grade C or Grade 4 or above, or their equivalent, but consideration is given to individual circumstances.
- Equivalent qualifications considered are Essential Skills Level Two in Communication and Application of Number, or Functional Skills Level Two in English and Mathematics. (Must have been achieved since 2016)
International applications welcomed:
International applications welcomed through an approved agent for our April intakes only from green list countries only.
For our agent contacts, please check our country pages.
Please Note: Applications will open for our April 2025 intake on the 19th August 2024 and close on 30th August. Any applications received before/after this date will not be considered.
English language requirements
International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component or equivalent.
Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.
If you have previously studied through the medium of English IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.
If you do not meet the English entry criteria please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.
Contextual offers
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.
USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.
We're here to help
Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch and we'd to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.
Additional Costs
Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
*Obligatory
This fee includes £40 for the enhanced DBS certificate, the Post Office Administration fee and the online administration fee
Cost: £55.42
Subscription required for each year of the course for a yearly fee of £13. Please note the service has to be joined within 30 days of receipt of your enhanced DBS certificate.
Cost: £13
Course Highlights
How you’ll learn
Teaching takes place across a variety of settings, including classrooms, traditional lectures, seminars, tutorials and self-directed online learning.
Some sessions will be delivered at home, other sessions will be delivered at the university. Teaching also takes place in the placement setting, and 50% of the course is practice assessed.
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Teaching staff
Staff who teach on the adult nursing degree come with a wide variety of clinical expertise in both hospital-based and community-based care, including medicine, surgery, pain control, cardiac care, trauma care, critical care and infection control as well as practice nursing, community district nursing, caring for the older person, palliative care nursing and cancer care. Nursing and midwifery students enjoy exceptional student support at USW. Our open door policy ensures that there is always someone on hand to assist you when a problem arises and this is something our students really appreciate.
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Placements
Placements will take place in a variety of areas, notably hospitals, the community, and specialist centres, for example palliative care settings
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Facilities
As part of your adult nursing degree, you will learn in our impressive health facilities. Our Clinical Simulation Centre replicates clinical environments for education and training.
These include two, four-bedded bays to simulate a hospital setting, dedicated paediatric and maternity facilities, including a special care baby unit, an intensive care environment and an emergency department with a fully equipped ambulance simulator. There is also a two-bedroom flat to simulate providing healthcare in a home environment.
You’ll use the same equipment you will find in healthcare settings, and work on patient simulators that mimic the body’s reactions to illness, care and treatment.
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Why USW
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Top 20 in the UK for General Nursing (Guardian League Table 2023)
Top 20 in the UK for General Nursing (Guardian League Table 2023)
Why USW
94% of students are in work or further study fifteen months after graduating from USW.
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Top 20 in the UK for General Nursing (Guardian League Table 2023)
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Top 20 in the UK for General Nursing (Guardian League Table 2023)
