This course prepares students for a career in nursing through a 3-year Diploma in Higher Education. Nurses are trained to provide care within a multicultural society and prepared for a role in health promotion and nursing care in hospital and community settings.
All students take a foundation programme and then specialise in a particular branch of nursing.
The course is part of the Faculty's Modular Degree Scheme and takes students through to Diploma level over 3 years. At the end of the 3 years, successful students can apply to the UKCC for registration as a registered nurse in one of the four branches. The course is divided into two parts. The first 18 months of the course is a foundation programme which explores the basis of nursing knowledge and its relationship to fundamental disciplines such as physiology and social sciences. The course concentrates on the student's academic, personal and professional development, and begins with an introduction to study skills and progressively introduces theoretical material in nursing theory, research appreciation, physiology and the psychological, social and policy context of care.