You can opt to be based in Oxford at the John Radcliffe site of the School of Health Care, or at the Ferndale Campus in Swindon. Placements will be in the clinical areas, local to the base you have chosen. The field-specific modules are designed to provide you with the knowledge, confidence and skills required to nurse adults whilst the multiprofessional modules, which you take with students on other health care courses, give you a broad spectrum of health care skills. Flexibility in module choice is restricted due to the demands of the professional registration. To attain the honours degree, you will need to complete a double dissertation module which will focus on an aspect of Adult Nursing that you wish to explore in depth.
Nursing practice is a key element of the course.
You will have a practice placement in a clinical area for two days a week during term time, with a consolidation period of three weeks each term after formal teaching has finished. You will be supported in practice by a member of the School's academic staff and by a team of mentors in the clinical area. Teaching, Learning and Assessment Experience in the clinical setting is combined with lectures, seminars, workshops and laboratory work with discussion and debate plus case studies, group and tutorial sessions. This provides a broad repertoire of academic skills and the level of understanding necessary for competence as first level practitioners at honours degree level. Practice is assessed through clinical competency achievement, and is an integral part of the practice based modules.