Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 180
HEALTH
Nursing
Overview
The three year single honours degree programmes
lead to professional nursing registration (RN) in one
of the four specialist fields of Nursing. The following
fields of Nursing are available at Keele:
• Adult Nursing
• Children’s Nursing
• Learning Disability Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
The aim of the programme is to enable graduates to
be caring, competent and accountable nurses who
can apply knowledge and deliver a high standard
of skilled, safe and person centred care in a variety
of health and community care settings. Each year is
composed of one module to enable completion of
theory and practice requirements within taught study
and clinical practice blocks.
This is a direct entry course leading to professional
registration as a Registered Nurse (RN) with the
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) together
with the academic award of an honours degree on
successful completion.
Course content
The BSc (Hons) programme is designed to develop
students towards independent learning through a
programme of study which utilises both generic
and field specific themes in relation to the four
domains of nursing identified by the NMC. These
themes run through the three years in both theory
and practice blocks of study and allow you to
develop the requisite skills for both registration with
the professional body (NMC) and the attainment
of an academic qualification. The programme will
enable you to study your own field of nursing
throughout each module and collaborate with other
students in the study of generic themes to further
develop your knowledge and skill base. There is
also an opportunity to study with other health
professionals.
The programmes adopt an approach to teaching
and learning that ensures that service users are
the focus of activities and encourages you to develop
the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for
the delivery of safe and effective person centred
nursing care.
All modules integrate theory and practice elements
and contribute towards your preparation for
admission to the NMC Professional Register.
(Nursing cannot be combined with the study
of another principal subject.)
The main aims of the degree programmes are
to develop nurses who are caring, skilled,
reflective, knowledgeable, analytical, accountable
person centred practitioners who have achieved
the standards and competencies for entry to the
Professional Register (NMC 2010).
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Teaching and assessment
The majority of the taught sessions for the degree
programmes will be held at the School of Nursing
and Midwifery based at the Clinical Education
Centre (CEC), University Hospitals of North
Midlands NHS Trust, Royal Stoke University Hospital
in Stoke-on-Trent. The CEC has a world class Health
Library that is shared with students within the
Faculty of Health and clinical colleagues from local
healthcare organisations.
A variety of teaching, learning and assessment
strategies are integrated into the degree
programmes, including case based learning,
lectures, seminars, tutorials, presentations and
group work. Emphasis is placed on the learning
of skills through simulation and practice. You will
be given the opportunity to develop enhanced
clinical skills such as venepuncture and cannulation
during the programme which puts you in a strong
position when seeking employment at the end of
the programme.
In addition to our highly qualified and skilled
lecturers, clinical nurse specialists and practitioners
from local health care providers contribute to the
delivery of the programmes as do service users
and members from o F