Adult Nursing BSc (Hons)

De Montfort University

Adult nurses play crucial roles in healthcare settings by restoring and promoting health, supporting patients and their families, and responding to the varied healthcare needs of individual patients or communities.During this course – thanks to strong links with service providers across the region – we are able to offer a range of placement opportunities embedded within all three years of the course. These opportunities are in field specific areas including dementia care homes, coronary care units, specialist medicine discharge teams, brain injury units, along with GP Surgeries and District Nursing Teams.You will benefit from shared learning opportunities with students from the other fields of nursing practice, but will also engage in field of practice specific learning opportunities throughout the programme, to ensure that you develop your identity, knowledge and skills within the adult nursing field of practice. Students also have access to updated facilities, utilising simulation suites, VR technology and LearningSpace software.**Key features**- The programme is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and upon graduation of the programme, you will be eligible to register with the NMC.- Benefit from the teaching and research expertise of a highly-skilled and qualified team of academics, whose passion and commitment enables us to deliver high-quality professional education to our diverse studentship. - Study in our purpose-built facilities which comprise clinical skills suites, mock hospital wards, a moving and handling suite, and a cardiopulmonary resuscitation room– allowing you to apply theory to practice in a safe environment.- Our strong links with local health and social care providers allow you to experience real-world situations through clinical placements embedded in the course.- Have an opportunity to gain international experience as part of your studies with our DMU Global programme. Our adult nursing students visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to consider the incidence of acute and chronic kidney disease in the UAE, exploring treatment options, and visiting world class clinical areas.**Uniform policy**All students will be required to adhere to a uniform policy when in practice, in which they must be bare below the elbow. This is non-negotiable as it is an infection prevention requirement to safeguard the health and safety of all students and service users.

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