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Code: B740
Attendance: Full-time, Part-time
Start: September 2024
Fees: £9,250 (UK) | £16,000 (INT)
Duration: 3 years full-time
Course Leader: Year 1: Monday Ugiagbe, Year 2: Aine Feeney, Year 3: David Ring and Kirstie Dye
Study mode: On campus
Location: Hendon campus
Entry Requirements: 112 UCAS points
Placement year: Yes
School / Department: Nursing

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Developed in partnership with the NHS trusts, this course will see you spend 50% of your time on placements with our partner hospitals. You’ll learn the essential nursing skills needed to take effective care of adult patients in a live environment.

Why choose Nursing (Adult) BSc at Middlesex?

Our highly-regarded course is based at the West Stand, at the StoneX stadium, Barnet which was recently part of a £23 million redevelopment.

You'll practice your clinical skills in fully equipped four-bed hospital wards and ICU suites. Use realistic patient mannequins or the latest VR simulations and receive evidence-based video feedback.

What you will gain

Our tutors will provide you with an excellent education, career guidance and opportunities from day one. Your skills will be developed through placements at our prestigious partner hospitals across north London.

Our lecturers are experts and active in their field: Middlesex academic, Emilie Edwards, received an award for her work in improving care and support for neurodivergent pregnant women and maternity staff (Educator of the Year Award at the 2022 Nursing Times Awards). And MDX lecturer, Kelly Ncube, has expanded a life-saving volunteering programme in Ghana.

You'll become an independent, self-motivated practitioner, able to reflect on your practice and adopt a critical and analytical approach to the care of adult patients.

After graduating, you will have a degree accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and excellent career prospects – 90% of our nurses are working in healthcare six months after graduating.

Accreditations

Our Nursing (Adult) BSc Honours degree is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) which means the course is professionally recognised for being of the highest quality, focused on developing the knowledge and skills that employers require.

What you will learn

Our dedicated academic staff will teach you the essential nursing skills needed to effectively take care of adult patients in a live environment.

We'll help strengthen your understanding of how to solve problems and make critical decisions while gaining the confidence to work in a high-pressure environment.

You'll also become confident at working collaboratively in teams, ensuring you are able to assess, plan and implement adult care effectively. You will also further develop your ability to communicate with care and compassion – demonstrating your dedication to making a difference to people’s lives.

Through your study, you'll gather a detailed understanding of the ongoing development of nursing as a profession and be confident in contributing to the debate about its future.

Placements and practice

Over 50% of your time will be spent on placements at our partner hospitals.

You will put also theory into practice in our high-tech simulation suites at the West Stand which feature:

The latest simulators for you to practice realistic emergency care and hospital scenarios
Life-like mannequins that can simulate symptoms, diseases and conditions you’ll encounter as a working nurse
Video recorders so you can receive evidence-based feedback from students and teachers watching you practice

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Ranked 2nd in London

For Nursing and Midwifery by the Guardian University Rankings, 2022

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New state-of-the-art facilities

Study in our West Stand facilities. These include our simulation labs with our Lucina VR equipment, the first one in a UK university to simulate an entire birth

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Student satisfaction

89% of students were positive about the quality of learning resources and facilities on their course (National Student Survey 2023)

About your course

This adult nursing degree is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) all modules are compulsory to meet its programme standards. Over 50% of your time will be spent on placements at our partner hospitals, you'll gain essential real-life experience and reflect in practice learning. In your first year, you will explore the foundations of learning and practice of adult nursing. These will be further developed in the second year and then consolidated in the third year.

To equip students to develop their self-awareness through critically reflective activities.
To offer students the opportunity to develop a range of applied skills through active enquiry, synthesis and reflection on their personal and professional identities
To encourage a broad understanding of the context and complexity of the health and social care issues that students may encounter in their learning journeys and professional careers.

Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in meeting the fundamental care needs of people across their lifespan, with a range of physical, mental, cognitive and behavioural health challenges. You shall demonstrate high standards of professional conduct in line with the NMC code in all aspects of their practice and be able to carry out a range of procedures, under supervision, that are expected of you at this level, in a variety of health and social care settings.

This module aims to start developing the role and function of the graduate adult nurse in health and illness. It will provide the fundamental nursing knowledge required to undertake basic nursing assessment, support and enable people across different life spans in managing and improving physical and mental health, as well as preventing ill health. Theories, evidence and models to support the art and science of nursing will be introduced to develop knowledge and understanding about the nature of nursing, the person, health, society and the environment.

This module will introduce and expand on the scientific principles underpinning nursing practice. This module is comprehensive and introduces principles which draw on scientific areas of biopsychosocial and behavioural sciences as related to all areas of nursing.

This module aims to provide the student with a foundation to enable the development of appropriate professional attitudes, values, knowledge, skills and conduct to be a graduate adult nurse.

To support students to develop their self-awareness through critically reflective activities, gain competence in evaluating their own learning needs and plan to address them.
To scaffold student learners with tools to develop their professional presentation and expand their interpersonal and communication skills with increased independence.
To provide students with an opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge of a subject of their choice and to encourage a broader understanding of the context and complexity of current health and social care.

You will demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills to meet more complex care needs of people across the lifespan with a range of physical, mental, cognitive and behavioural health challenges, across a range of health and social care settings in line with the new standards of proficiency. You will be expected to demonstrate increasing independence in your own field of adult health practice whilst maintaining high standards of professional conduct in line with the NMC Code, showing awareness of the implications of the Code for self and others.

This module aims to develop the knowledge and skills required of the graduate adult nurse to assess, plan and evaluate care across the lifespan during illness that is person centred and evidence-based. It will focus on interventions to address physical, cognitive, mental, spiritual, behavioural and social health needs during illness.

This module will build upon the scientific module of year 1 to further develop principles and deepen the knowledge and application to all fields of nursing.

This module will support you to develop your skills in understanding your own learning needs and respond professionally to those of others. Support you as a student learner to creatively evaluate, investigate and respond to complex problems. And will provide you with in-depth knowledge of a subject of your choice and to encourage critical, questioning and socially engaged nursing practice.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to work autonomously in the adult field of practice caring for all people across the lifespan with a range of physical, mental, cognitive and behavioural challenges. You will display advanced clinical skills and have the ability to integrate leadership in all aspects of care management. You will utilise a critical and reflective approach in delivering high standards of professional conduct in line with the NMC Code as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

You will be expected to demonstrate achievement of all the intended learning outcomes through critical appraisal of the evidence/research of an identified aspect of care management of individuals with complex care provision observed in your field of practice and a written proposal for a quality improvement (QI) initiative to improve practice.

This module will build upon the scientific module of year 2 to consolidate scientific principles and deepen the knowledge and application. It also aims to extend knowledge and application of pharmacological principles especially as to underpin nursing care within own field of practice and future potential prescribing practice.

The module aims to build upon and consolidate knowledge and skills to manage and lead as an accountable, responsible, emotionally intelligent registered nurse within health and social care environments. The module will facilitate critical examination of key concepts and theories of effective leadership and management.

To find out more about this course please download the Nursing (Adult) BSc specification (PDF).

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Teaching

You'll be taught by an experienced teaching team who have a wide range of expertise and professional experience. The team includes academics, professional practitioners, and technical staff. Graduate teaching assistants or trained postgraduate research students may also have input into your teaching under the supervision of the module leader. You will learn by attending lectures, seminars, laboratory sessions and tutorials. Seminars and workshops and laboratory sessions are a great opportunity to discuss what you have learnt in lectures and through independent study with your peers and tutors.

You will be studying at our exciting new West Stand facility at StoneX stadium and at our north London campus in Hendon. There are free daily shuttle buses between the two locations on weekdays.

Seminar topics range from skills rehearsals following lead lectures in anatomy and physiology to reflective, interactive, problem-based learning addressing the assessment and nursing management of children, young people and their families.

Lecturer-led laboratory sessions will allow you to develop knowledge in your subject area. This will be supported by a range of practice-based activities, both at University and in a practice environment.

Most seminar groups have about 30-35 students.

For one-to-one support, you will meet with either your personal tutor or module leader. Mentors, practice link lecturers and experienced clinicians will also be available to support you throughout your course.

Work is divided into credits of approximately 10 hours of study time. You will need to complete 120 credits per year, which are broken down into modules of typically 30 credits.

Timetable

Whether you are studying full or part-time – your course timetable will balance your study commitments on campus with time for work, life commitments and independent study.

We aim to make timetables available to students at least 2 weeks before the start of term. Some weeks are different due to how we schedule classes and arrange on-campus sessions.

Typical weekly breakdown

During your first year, your weekly timetable will typically consist of:

2–4 hours of lectures
4–6 hours of seminars, which will incorporate case scenario discussion, group work and presentations
2–6 hours of supervised practice and demonstrations in the clinical skills lab
2 hours of support from the Learning Enhancement Team (LET) for academic writing and 4 numeracy sessions per academic year
1 hour for personal professional development (a total of 6 sessions per academic year)

Teaching vs independent learning

Outside of teaching hours, you’ll learn independently through self-study which will involve reading articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, presentations and exams.

Practice-based learning amounts to 50% of the entire course and you must complete a set amount of hours to meet the professional body’s clinical criteria for professional registration.

Throughout the course, we emphasise the development of practical skills, and the course is split equally between theory and practice. By the end of the course, you'll have completed 2,300 hours of clinical training.

Here is an indication of how you will split your time:

Year 1

Percentage	Hours	Typical activity
15%	210	Teaching, learning and assessment
35%	482	Independent learning
50%	692	Practice-based learning

Year 2

Percentage	Hours	Typical activity
15%	210	Teaching, learning and assessment
36%	515	Independent learning
50%	718	Practice-based learning

Year 3

Percentage	Hours	Typical activity
15%	272	Teaching, learning and assessment
35%	618	Independent learning
50%	890	Practice-based learning

Academic support

Our excellent teaching and support teams will help you develop your skills from research and practical skills to critical thinking. Our Sheppard Library is open 24 hours a day during term time. And we offer free 24-hour laptop loans with full desktop software, free printing and Wi-Fi to use on or off campus.

Your learning will be assessed regularly. The exact balance will depend on the modules you are taking. The table below is a good guide.

Year	Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
1	57.5%	5%	37.5%
2	12.5%	50%	37.5%
3	75%		25%

We'll test your understanding and progress with informal and formal tests.

The informal tests usually take place at least once per module, from which you’ll receive feedback from your tutor. The grades from these tests don’t count towards your final marks.

There are formal assessments for each module, usually at the end, which will count towards your module and your final marks.

Assessments are reviewed annually and may be updated based on student feedback or feedback from an external examiner.

To help you achieve the best results, we will provide regular feedback.

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We offer lots of support to help you while you're studying including financial advice, wellbeing, mental health, and disability support.

Additional needs

We'll support you if you have additional needs such as sensory impairment or dyslexia. And if you want to find out whether Middlesex is the right place for you before you apply, get in touch with our Disability and Dyslexia team.

Wellness

Our specialist teams will support your mental health. We have free individual counselling sessions, workshops, support groups and useful guides.

Work while you study

Our Middlesex Unitemps branch will help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above. Visit the Middlesex Unitemps page.

Financial support

You can apply for scholarships and bursaries and our MDX Student Starter Kit to help with up to £1,000 of goods, including a new laptop or iPad.

We have also reduced the costs of studying with free laptop loans, free learning resources and discounts to save money on everyday things. Check out our guide to student life on a budget.

How can a degree in adult nursing support your career?

Nursing is a flexible and varied career with excellent prospects. The majority of our students have their preferred jobs before they graduate and 90% of our students are in graduate-level employment six months after graduation

There are many well-paid nursing roles within both the NHS and private sector. The skills you will formulate in your studies with us may support you to quickly progress up the nursing career ladder.

After successfully completing the course, you'll be eligible to enter the professional register for nursing. You will also receive career guidance from your professional development tutor.

Nursing is a profession requiring shift work throughout the 24-hour period. Duty rotas will reflect this and will include early, late, night, weekend and bank holiday shift patterns.

Graduate job roles

Our nursing graduates have gone on to work in roles such as nurses, health coordinators, ITU critical care specialists, ward managers and ward sisters.

Graduate employers

They've gone on to work in hospitals including North Middlesex, Whittington, UCL, Ealing, Royal London, Princess Alexandra, and the Royal Free.

MDXworks

Our employability service, MDXworks will launch you into the world of work from the beginning of your course, with placements, projects and networking opportunities through our 1000+ links with industry and big-name employers in London and globally.

Our dedicated lifetime career support, like our business start-up support programme and funding for entrepreneurs, has put us in the top 10 UK universities for students who want to be CEOs and entrepreneurs (Hitachi, 2021).

Global network

You’ll study with students from 122 countries who’ll hopefully become part of your global network. And after you graduate, we'll still support you through our alumni network to help you progress in your chosen career.

Placements

We maintain strong partnership relationships with NHS and independent health and social care organisations so that you’ll have access to excellent placement opportunities as a nursing or midwifery student.

We have approximately 500 pre-registration students out on placement at any one time, with over 400 placements being utilised.

Main placement providers

Our main placement providers are:

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
BMI Healthcare (being placed specifically at Hendon Hospital, Clementine Churchill Hospital, Cavell Hospital, and Kings Oak Hospital)
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Marie Curie Hospice
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust (Whittington Health).

In addition to a number of placements in both community and hospital environments in the NHS Trusts and independent sector that are highlighted above, we also have a range of placements in the following areas:

General practice nursing
Care homes
Schools
Nurseries and play schemes
Learning disability homes
Specialist areas such as children’s hospice care, eating disorders, forensics
Volunteering opportunities with a range of voluntary/ charitable organisations across London.

We also work with a number of other London NHS Trusts in supporting a range of pre-registration pathways. These include (but are not limited to):

Barts Health NHS Trust
Central London Community Health NHS Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
West London Mental Health NHS Trust.

How your placement will work

We work in partnership with placement providers to ensure that the practice learning environment meets your individual learning needs. We ensure there is a robust quality monitoring process of the learning environment.

Each practice area has an allocated link lecturer and practice placement information to further support clinical learning. You'll be expected to work with your assigned mentor/assessor two to three times per week.

Placements and internships greatly improve graduate employment prospects, and those who take part achieve excellent academic results through applying their learning in a professional setting.

Our specialist Employability Service and London location ensure that every year our students and graduates gain prestigious placement opportunities.

Adult nursing placements map (hospitals listed separately on the page)

Entry requirements

Our entry requirements provide a guide to the qualifications that you’ll need to study our courses. We have a personalised admissions approach and we make fair but aspirational offers. We want you to aim high and achieve great results.

Qualifications

UCAS Points: 112 UCAS Points
A-Level: BBC
BTEC: DMM
Access requirements: Overall pass: must include 45 credits at level 3, of which all 45 must be at Merit or higher
Combinations: A combination of A level, BTEC and other accepted qualifications that total 56-64 UCAS Tariff points

At Middlesex, we're proud of how we recognise the potential of future students like you. We make fair and aspirational offers because we want you to aim high, and we’ll support you all the way.

We’ll always be as flexible as possible and take into consideration any barriers you may have faced in your learning. And, if you don’t quite get the grades you hoped for, we’ll also look at more than your qualifications. Things like your work experience, other achievements and your personal statement.

Our entry requirements page outlines how we make offers.

We'll accept T Levels for entry onto our undergraduate degree courses (including our extended courses with a foundation year) with standard application of science requirements and GCSEs in line with UCAS tariff calculation.

Further requirements

You are required to demonstrate that you have work experience, which does not have to be in the field of healthcare
You are also required to provide evidence of study within the last 5 years
To begin the course you must also complete a satisfactory enhanced DBS Check, occupational health check, and provide suitable references. Visit the Gov.uk site for DBS info
We are unable to accept applications for deferred entry or defer existing offers for this programme to the next possible start date

Applicants must be digitally literate as all recruitment processes and many teaching and learning activities involve the use of technology and digital processes, reflecting the realities of healthcare practice.

Occupational health vaccination requirements

Please be aware of the recent UK Government policy update about the need to be fully vaccinated before you commence your programme with us in September. For more information see our guidance for Nursing, Midwifery and Nursing Associate Students.

All nursing and midwifery students are required to have the necessary blood tests, screening and vaccinations to ensure you comply with the Department of Health guidelines on immunisations and screening to protect both you and your patients. You will not be able to attend a clinical placement until you are fully assessed and cleared by occupational health advisors.

Our occupational health screening processes are designed to assess your medical suitability to work in a variety of healthcare settings.

If it is decided that you are unable to safely work in a clinical setting due to medical reasons the University will endeavour to guide you to a more suitable course.

Interviews

Interviews will be held virtually or at our Hendon campus.

If you are successful at interview, you will then be offered a place on the course subject to academic, health and DBS requirements.

Please find more information here about our application process.

We welcome students from the UK and all over the world. Join students from over 122 countries and discover why so many international students call our campus home:

Quality teaching with top facilities plus flexible online learning
Welcoming north London campus that's only 30 minutes from central London
Work placements and networking with top London employers
Career support to get you where you want to go after university
Global alumni network and connections

Qualifications

112 UCAS Tariff Points

We accept a wide range of international qualifications such as A level and International Baccalaureate. You can find out more on your country's support page. If you need help with your application, please contact your nearest regional office.

English language

You'll need good English language skills to study with us. That's usually an IELTS 7.0 qualification (with a minimum of 7 in all sections). And, if you need help, we offer an intensive pre-sessional English course.

Visas

To study with us in the UK, you will need a student route visa.

Please apply via UCAS using the UCAS code B740.

Need help with your application? Check out our undergraduate application page.

Fees and funding

New students in England studying pre-registration nursing and midwifery courses will have access to the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF). This includes a £5000 bursary for all new students from September 2020 entry.

For more information on funding arrangements for studying nursing and midwifery pre-registration courses and what it means for you, visit The NHS Business Services Authority website or check out their FAQ.

The fees below are for the 2024/25 academic year:

UK students¹

Full-time: £9,250

International students²

Full-time students: £16,000

Additional costs

The following study tools are included in your fees:

Free laptop loans for up to 24 hours
Free access to everything on your reading list
Free specialist software for your course
Free printing for academic paperwork
Free online training with LinkedIn Learning

Scholarships and bursaries

To help make uni affordable, we do everything we can to support you including our:

MDX Excellence Scholarship offers grants of up to £2,000 per year for UK students
Regional or International Merit Awards which reward International students with up to £2,000 towards course fees
Our MDX Student Starter Kit to help with up to £1,000 of goods, including a new laptop or iPad.
NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) includes a £5000 bursary for all new students from September 2020 entry visit The NHS Business Services Authority website or check out their FAQ.

Find out more about undergraduate funding and all of our scholarships and bursaries.

Fees disclaimers

1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase undergraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.

2. International fees: Tuition fees are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.

Any annual increase in tuition fees as provided for above will be notified to students at the earliest opportunity in advance of the academic year to which any applicable inflationary rise may apply.

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We’ll carefully manage any future changes to courses, or the support and other services available to you, if these are necessary because of things like changes to government health and safety advice, or any changes to the law.

Any decisions will be taken in line with both external advice and the University’s Regulations which include information on this.

Our priority will always be to maintain academic standards and quality so that your learning outcomes are not affected by any adjustments that we may have to make.

At all times we’ll aim to keep you well informed of how we may need to respond to changing circumstances, and about support that we’ll provide to you.

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Nursing (Adult) BSc Honours

Why choose Nursing (Adult) BSc at Middlesex?

What you will gain

Accreditations

What you will learn

Placements and practice

3 great reasons to pick this course

Ranked 2nd in London

New state-of-the-art facilities

Student satisfaction

About your course

Foundations of Expansive Learning (15 Credits) - Compulsory

Practice Learning 1: Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Foundations of Adult Nursing Knowledge (30 credits) - Compulsory

Foundations of Scientific Principles for Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice (15 Credits) - Compulsory

Developing Expansive Learning (15 Credits) - Compulsory

Practice Learning 2: Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Developing Nursing Knowledge in Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Developing Scientific Principles for Adult Nursing (15 credits) - Compulsory

Consolidating Expansive Learning (15 credits) - Compulsory

Practice Learning 3: Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Consolidating Nursing Knowledge in Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Consolidating Scientific Principles for Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Consolidating Professional Nursing Practice in Adult Nursing (30 credits) - Compulsory

Studying Nursing (Adult)

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Teaching

Where will I study?

Timetable

Timetable

Typical weekly breakdown

Teaching vs independent learning

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Academic support

Academic support

Coursework

Assessments

Feedback

North London campus

Facilities and support

Over 1,000 study spaces including rooms for group study and over 500 computers available.

We have one of London's biggest and best university campuses with everything you need in one place.

Student Support

Additional needs

Wellness

Work while you study

Financial support

How can a degree in adult nursing support your career?

Graduate job roles

Graduate employers

MDXworks

Global network

Placements

Main placement providers

How your placement will work

Entry requirements

Qualifications

Further requirements

Occupational health vaccination requirements

Interviews

Qualifications

English language

Visas

Fees and funding

UK students1

International students2

Additional costs

Scholarships and bursaries

Fees disclaimers

Related courses for you

Unistats information

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Next steps

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Open Days

Accommodation

UK students¹

International students²