About Nursing Bn (hons) in University of Liverpool

The overall aim of this programme is to equip you with all the knowledge, skills and attributes you will need to meet the challenges of being a nurse in the changing context of healthcare and to succeed in the modern National Health Service.

This degree provides students with lifelong learning and working opportunities as well as a strong focus on nursing leadership. You will gain valuable theoretical knowledge alongside practical experience. The cohorts are small and this helps to ensure that our students receive the support they require to help them to get the best out of the programme.

Throughout the three years, you will gain extensive clinical experience in a variety of different settings, including hospital wards, clinics, community settings, critical care and palliative care. There is a global placement incorporated into Year Two to identify the public health needs of communities both in local and global settings.

In the Guardian's 2019 course league table, this course is 5th in the UK and 1st in England.

Programme in detail

The Bachelor of Nursing degree concentrates on caring for individuals with diverse physical and mental health conditions; the degree also concentrates on the supportive role of the nurse with families of individuals being cared for. The degree will prepare you to practice as a knowledgeable, caring and compassionate nurse, competent in professional and ethical practice, care delivery, care management and personal and professional development.

The taught modules will include Physiology, Pathophysiology, Behavioural sciences, Research, Critical care, Public health, Communication and clinical skills, incorporating skills associated with curative, rehabilitative and palliative care. A flexible approach to practice learning will allow individual students to achieve outcomes in a variety of settings at different points throughout each level. You will be well supported in both academic and practice learning environments.

Throughout the three years, students gain extensive clinical experience in a variety of different settings, including hospital wards, clinics, community settings, critical care and palliative care. There is also the opportunity, in Year Two, to work abroad, which makes up the practice placement for one of the modules looking at public health. Each year incorporates the award of credit for practice learning.

Career prospects

As a graduate of the School of Health Sciences you’ll be eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). You can look forward to a career in the National Health Service, Social Services or the private sector.

You will have gained a qualification that meets the Government’s criteria for ‘fitness for purpose’ and ‘fitness for practice’ as well as developing transferable skills such as communication, information technology, problem solving and teamwork.

Nursing is currently 2nd in the Guardian University Guide (2020) and in the 2017 National Student Survey the Directorate of Nursing was awarded a rating of 92% for student satisfaction and 100% for graduate employment/further study. 

On completion of the degree, Nursing graduates will be eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. There are many reasons you should consider a career as an adult nurse. It offers you the chance to make a difference, a high degree of flexibility and a career with excellent employment prospects. Your nursing career will mean working with adults of all ages. They may suffer from one or more long or short-term physical health conditions. This could include heart disease, injuries from an accident, pneumonia, arthritis, diabetes or cancer. This programme has an excellent record of graduate employment, and is well respected and valued in the UK and internationally.

Qualifying you for life

Students will develop skills including:

• Information gathering and analysis
• Problem solving
• Communication (written and oral)
• Numeracy
• Information and communication technology
• Working with others
• Time management
• Self-directed learning.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Successful completion of examinations at standard X and XII (Higher Secondary School Certificate) with minimum marks of approximately 70 to 85%, according to the course and exam board.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: A  minimum of IELTS band 6.0–7.0, with no component below 5.5.
• TOEFL iBT: 78-88 overall with 19-Listening, Writing, Reading, 21-Speaking.
• PTE:  55-62 with minimum score of 51 in any component

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University of Liverpool Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

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