Nursing (Adult Field, Child, Mental Health, Learning Disability)

Description

Glasgow Caledonian University is one of the largest nursing education providers in the country. With a fully-equipped simulated ward area on campus and close to Scotland's leading hospitals, studying at GCU gives you access to excellent facilities.

The Bachelor of Nursing programme will help you to build both theoretical and clinical experience, specialising in one of four fields: adult, child, learning disability or mental health nursing.

Adult Nursing is a varied career. You'll learn how to care for old and young adults with different health conditions. Some of the skills you'll gain include caring, counselling, managing and teaching and how to juggle your many responsibilities.

You'll also learn how to improve the quality of patients' lives, sometimes in difficult situations, and will spend 50% of the course gaining practical experience in various clinical placements - from Accident and Emergency to people's own hoes.

Adult Nursing graduates go on to a wide range of positions in the NHS, including community staff nurse posts.

Children's Nursing. This programme is designed to give you the skills and knowledge to care for children and young people.

Learning will take place within the University and in a variety of practice settings, including both hospital and community. Most practice learning experiences will be within the Greater Glasgow area but there are also opportunities elsewhere in Scotland.

You will learn to work as part of a team with children aged from newborn to adolescents, their families, carers and allied health professionals.

Learning Disability Nursing involves working with other professions and agencies to enhance the independence, health and equality of life of people with learning disabilities through inclusive and person-centred practice.

Most practice learning experiences will be within the Greater Glasgow area but there are also opportunities elsewhere in Scotland.

Graduates can go on to work in the NHS and third sector services in In-Patient Assessment and Treatment Units, Community Learning Disability Teams, hospital liaison services, Forensic services, services for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Epilepsy services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Mental Health Nursinginvolves supporting people who are finding it difficult to cope with aspects of their life, and helping them have wellbeing and independence.

Mental health nurses work in a range of settings including hospitals, day services and people's homes. This programme enables study with other student groups such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Radiologists and Social Workers.

As well as clinical posts such as staff nurse or charge nurse, careers can include management posts such as lead nurse or senior nurse, or specialist roles such as specialist clinical practitioner, academic researcher and nurse consultant.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 11000 Year (International)

• English

Course Content

To meet the professional requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council the programme runs over a 45 week academic year for each of the 3 years.

Adult:

• Year 1: Introduction to Adult Nursing, Adult Clinical Practice 1, Interprofessional Education modules including Foundations for Practice, Psychology, Sociology, Physiology.
• Year 2: Caring for Adults with Long Term Conditions, Unscheduled Care, Adult Clinical Practice 2, Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing, Interprofessionals Evidence-based Practice.
• Year 3: Management and Leadership, Nursing Adults with Complex Needs, Adult Clinical Practice 2, Interprofessional Investigation Professional Practice.

Child:

• Year 1: Introduction to Children's & Young People's Nursing; Inter-professional Education Modules including Foundations for Practice. Psychology, Sociology & Physiology. All fields, Exploring Patient Centred care.
• Year 2: Diversity in Health Care Provision for Children, Young People and their Families and Scheduled; Unscheduled Care for Children, Young People and their Families. All fields, Perspectives of Health and Wellbeing; Developing safe and Effective Practice. Inter-professional Education, Research in Health & Social Care Practice.
• Year 3: Management of the Highly Dependent Child/Young Person and their Families; Transition to Registered Nurse (Child). All fields, Leading and Managing Effective patient Centred Care. Inter-Professional Educations, Investigating Effective Practice.

Mental Health:

• Year 1: Introduction to Mental Health Nursing, Interprofessional Education modules including Foundations for Practice, Psychology, Sociology, Psychology, Sociology, Physiology, Exploring Patient Centred Care.
• Year 2: Contemporary Approaches to Mental Health Care, Recovery and Values Based Practice, Research in Health and Social Care Practice, Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing, Developing Safe and Effective Practice.
• Year 3: Leading and Managing Effective Patient Care, Investigating Effective Practice, Psychological Therapies in Mental Health, Complexities of Mental Health Care.

Learning Disability:

• Year 1: Developing Evidence-Based Learning Nursing Practice, Learning Disability Clinical Practice 1, Interprofessional Education modules including Foundations for Practice, Psychology, Sociology, Physiology.
• Year 2: Therapeutic Interventions for People with Leaning Disability and Complex Needs, Enhancing Effective Partnerships with Families and Professionals, Learning Disability Clinical Practice 2, Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing, Interprofessional Evidence-based Practice.
• Year 3: Management and Leadership, Person-centred Community Practice in Learning Disability Nursing, Forensic Learning Disability Nursing, Learning Disability Clinical Practice 2, Interprofessional Investigating Professional Practice.

Requirements

All applicants must satisfactorily pass a health screen and a criminal record check. A current employer or academic reference must be supplied. There should be evidence of assessed study within the last 3 years.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Glasgow Caledonian University.

Funding

GCU has a variety of scholarships available for new and continuting students.

Accreditation

On successful completion of the programme, graduates are eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.