BN Adult Nursing

at Bangor University

You’ll have compulsory theoretical study and clinical placements in hospitals, community and/or residential settings in north Wales. Closely supervised placements, that enable you to observe professionals at work and participate in the delivery of nursing care, start early in the course. You will receive excellent support from a personal tutor who is a registered nurse and an academic member of staff and mentorship supervision from a practicing registered nurses while on placement. Theoretical and practical work is assessed through assignments, examinations, presentations and the All-Wales Assessment of Clinical Practice portfolio.

What will you study on this course?
The course is based equally on theory and practice – 50% is on theoretical study and 50% is spent in clinical practice developing competence needed for entry to the NMC’s register. You’ll develop skills and professional behaviours, values and attitudes expected of a nurse to ensure the safety and protection of people of all ages and their carers and families. There are opportunities to study alongside other student healthcare professionals and the School has a strategy for interprofessional learning giving you an invaluable insight into how the wide variety of healthcare professions interact to deliver high quality, person centred care.

Within the degree programme there are shared learning opportunities for all fields (Adult, Child, Mental Health and Learning Disability) to learn together about common or generic elements such as anatomy and physiology, psychology, sociology, communication, reflection, law and ethics. This inter-professional learning enables the multi-disciplinary working from the outset and an appreciation of how the elements of health care fit together in the patient journey. We have a blended approach to learning with on campus and online learning supported by our dedicated Adult Nursing Team. Placements for student nurses take place within the BCUHB area in north Wales which offers a wide variety of settings to give a real insight into different working environments.

For 2022 entry the Bachelor of Nursing programme for all four fields is mapped to the 2018 Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of proficiency for registered nurses and the Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency. The new programme ensures nurses have greater understanding of patient/client needs across all four fields of nursing practice, but remaining field focused. The programme prepares future registrants with team working and leadership skills and more knowledge in the area of public health needed to deliver care in different settings to support health and well-being for clients and patients.

Entry Process for Professional Courses
All applicants must satisfy a range of entry criteria, please see the NMC’s Standards for Preregistration Nursing Education. NMC entry requirements include demonstrating good health and good character. The School requires all candidates to undertake an enhanced criminal record check and other requirements for demonstrating good character; the local Health Board will be responsible for setting the requirement for good health. The criminal records check will include an enhanced DBS check for the child and adult workforce including a check of the barred lists.  Applicants who have lived or worked outside the UK are also required to undertake a criminal records check in their countries of residence.   Candidates with entry qualifications older than 5 years must demonstrate evidence of recent study at an appropriate level. For further information and advice please contact the School at health.applications@bangor.ac.uk  

Academic requirements
GCSEs: applicants must normally have, or be working towards, a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C/9-4 including GCSE Welsh or English first language and Mathematics/Numeracy (or a recognised alternative qualification*), but consideration is given to individual circumstances.

Offers are tariff based, 96 - 120 UCAS tariff points for the Bachelor of Nursing programmes:

• A Levels
• T-Levels in a relevant subject
• BTEC National/Extended Diploma and Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM
• International Baccalaureate Diploma
• Extended Project Qualification
• Access including Distinction / Merit profile (maximum 9 Passes)
• Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge
• Irish Leaving Certificate: 96 - 120 points from a minimum of 4 Higher Subjects
• FETAC QQI Level 5 Certificate in Nursing Studies: distinction profile

Home (UK) students

• The cost of a full-time undergraduate course is £9,000 per year (2021/22 entry and 2022/23 entry).
• The fee for all placement, international, and sandwich years is £1,350 (2021/22 and 2022/23).
• More information on fees and finance for Home (UK) students.
• International (including EU) students

International Student Tuition Fees

• International Student Living Costs and Scholarships

Additional Costs

• There are also some common additional costs that are likely to arise for students on all courses, for example:
• If you choose to study abroad or take the International Experience Year as part of your course.
• If you attend your Graduation Ceremony, there will be a cost for gown hire (£25-£75) and cost for additional guest tickets (c.£12 each).

Nursing is an ever growing and innovative profession and nurses are working in multi professional teams across health and care settings. Nurses are in a unique position to deliver care in partnership with people and carers, wherever care is needed. Across the health and care system there is an increased focus on preventing ill health, enabling people to self-care, to be partners in their care and to have a better quality of life. The rapid pace of advances in medical and nursing care, treatment and technology is creating new career opportunities for nursing with rapid developments in different service provision and ways of working. The career opportunities and roles can range from very unique options from front line staff to working in a leadership position or specialised nurse or consultant nurse.

They are many different types of nursing and varied opportunities for career advancement and work in a variety of settings. Nursing roles come in many forms and can progress in your career moving from a staff nurse to nurse specialist, ward manager, matron, leader, researcher, educator and nurse consultant. Nursing positions are split into different bands all of which have different salaries.

Opportunities for adult nurses range from caring for patients to becoming a specialist. A graduate career in adult nursing involves caring for the physical aspects of adults and developing your skills and progression, the management of people plus resources. This involves monitoring and assessing people and responding to changes quickly.

In the NHS there is a clear career structure supporting nurses in their development from staff nurse working on a ward, for example, to autonomous consultants managing a caseload of patients in the community. There is a wide range of opportunities available for adult nurses ranging from becoming specialists in promoting health, to caring for patients when they are at their most vulnerable whilst recovering from major illness or surgery. Settings are diverse, ranging from an intensive care unit to a patient’s own home. Newly qualified nurses who work in a hospital environment on a ward will generally look after a group of patients during a span of duty. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team acting as the main point of contact for the patient and coordinating the contributions of other healthcare professionals.