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Study Details: 2 years
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This course is approved by the NMC. An MSc Mental Health Nursing is also available.
Our exceptional teaching provision is based upon the latest research into practice (which is a key focus of the schools highly ranked research activity) and is grounded in modern clinical practice. The MSc Adult Nursing will equip graduates particularly well to thrive in rapidly changing environments, considering how behaviour, culture, socioeconomic and other factors, in the care environment and its location, can affect health, illness, health outcomes and public health priorities.
If you are considered a home UK student for tuition fees who can commit to working in Wales for two years after graduating, you could get your tuition fees covered in full through the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme and claim for a £1,000 bursary contribution towards living costs. You can also apply for the means tested bursary that is dependent on household income and other funding that has eligibility criteria for child care support, dependents allowance and parental learner allowance. If you would prefer not to work in Wales following your graduation you can apply for the master’s student loan funding for your fees and a reduced maintenance grant.
There are a limited number of international spaces available for this course (International self-funded tuition fees: £21,000 per year*).
*The Fee shown is correct for the advertised year of entry.
This course will develop you as an autonomous, reflective practitioner who has the qualities and values needed to deliver safe and effective care. You will develop leadership and management skills which can be further developed on qualification, enabling the practitioner to develop practice, promote and sustain change, delegate, supervise and manage self and others, whilst contributing to the planning, designing, delivering and improvement of future services.
The teaching and learning strategy for the course will take a student-centred approach and build on the graduate skills developed during your first degree. Whilst there will be some taught lectures for each module, the main emphasis will be on working as a group to develop your knowledge, clinical decision making skills and finding solutions to real life problems.
Applicants are normally expected to have achieved at least a 2.2 honours degree in a relevant subject within the last five years (namely a health / life or social science related subject) and be able to demonstrate that they have undertaken 700 hours of healthcare related experience which can be mapped to the NMC progression point one core competencies.
GCSE requirements: In addition to the attainment of a suitable degree, the NMC requires that all applicants must demonstrate evidence of communication and numeracy, and these must be demonstrated via GCSE grade C/4 or above in Mathematics and English or Welsh first-language or a recognised alternative.
‘Good Health and Good Character’: The NMC also require that evidence of ‘Good Health and Good Character’ be obtained, and in addition to the supportive reference to the application, the School has adopted the All Wales Good Character reference. Good Character is further assessed by way of a Full/Enhanced DBS report, and these are risk assessed by the partnership in accordance with the School’s policy. Good Health is assessed by the local Health Board’s Health at Work Unit, and students are monitored throughout the programme and supported where required.
Selection events and processes will involve lecturers in adult nursing, Health Board clinical staff, service user participants. Participants in the selection processes undergo training and support in diversity and equality as part of their professional development.
Applicants who successfully progress to part two of the selection process will be required to complete an RP(E)L reflective portfolio that demonstrates achievement of the Year 1 progression points outlined in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Education (NMC, 2018). As part of this portfolio, applicants must submit their BSc/BA certificate and a transcript of the modules completed during their degree.
This reflective portfolio must include specific examples and evidence showing how the applicant's healthcare experience demonstrates attainment of the required progression points. Evidence may include examples from practice experiences, study days attended, mandatory training, and references provided by employers. Applicants will also be required to complete a Declaration of Own Work, confirming they have exclusively completed the PRL/RPEL portfolio.
The assessment criteria for the portfolio are as follows:
The portfolio will be reviewed by an academic staff member and assessed as pass or fail.
Students successfully completing the MSc Adult Nursing are able to register their professional status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and seek employment as a registered nurse through the HEIW streamlining process.
Employability rates are high in comparison to other graduates, given the professional competence and qualification in association with a degree. Career opportunities once employed as registered nurse are excellent and can lead to promotion opportunities in clinical practice/specialism, research or education.
Careers advice is gained from healthcare professionals both in practice and in dedicated careers sessions and NHS Careers has more details of the career opportunities that are available.
You’ll gain the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviour required to meet statutory requirements to register as a practicing adult nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. When you graduate, you’ll have a thorough understanding of the competencies, principles and processes that underpin safe and effective person-centred care delivery and the ability to apply knowledge and principles to various care settings.
This course will develop you as an autonomous, reflective practitioner who has the qualities and values needed to deliver safe and effective care. You will develop leadership and management skills which can be further developed on qualification, enabling the practitioner to develop practice, promote and sustain change, delegate, supervise and manage self and others, whilst contributing to the planning, designing, delivering and improvement of future services.
Throughout the programme, practice placements are designed to provide a range of adult nursing experience. You’ll have compulsory theoretical study and clinical placements in acute and community hospitals in North Wales. During placements you are supernumerary and this allows you to work alongside your mentor and participate in delivery of nursing care. Support is available from a personal tutor who is a registered nurse and an academic member of staff and mentorship supervision from a practicing registered nurse on placement. Theoretical and practical work is assessed through assignments, examinations, presentations and the All-Wales Assessment of Clinical Practice portfolio.
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