Our Nursing programme was new for 2019 entry and is a four-year course leading to an MSci Nursing degree and registration as an Adult nurse, with the possibility for some students to achieve a dual registration in Adult and Mental Health Nursing.
Nurses make healthcare. As healthcare is changing in the UK and around the world, the role of nurses is changing too. Nurses are occupying more and more senior positions across the healthcare sector – in management, policy-making, research and education. And, of course, nurses continue to be at the forefront of treating patients, in all sorts of settings; from working in ultra-modern super hospitals, to caring for the vulnerable at home, to providing critical support in refugee camps or countries affected by natural disasters.
Our aim is for Exeter Nurses to be outstanding in all areas of nursing, and healthcare more widely. The University of Exeter is committed to developing the future of nursing, and our radical vision is reflected in the structure and content of this programme.
The programme is structured around Exeter’s unique ‘six pillars’ of nursing: patient and public involvement; fundamental essentials of nursing care; evidence for practice; no health without mental health; leadership and management of healthcare; global health. By the time you have completed your studies you will be able to take your place anywhere as a highly professional nurse capable of leading exceptional, comprehensive, person centred and evidence-based care in a true partnership with the people you are caring for.
Year 1
The first year of your MSci is an exciting introduction to the world of modern nursing. You will study and get hands-on experience across the Six Pillars of Nursing, developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours that will be the foundation for the rest of your working life as a registered nurse.
- Clinical Immersion 1
- Core Values and Complexity in Nursing Knowledge and Interventions
Year 2
- Clinical Immersion 2
- Exploring Evidence and Uncertainty in Nursing
Year 3
- Clinical Immersion 3 (Adult and Mental Health) Compulsory for Pathway A
- Managing Complexity Compulsory for Pathway A and B
- Introducing Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century Compulsory for Pathway A
- Clinical Immersion 3 (Adult) Compulsory for Pathway B
Year 4
- Clinical Immersion 4A (Adult and Mental Health) Compulsory for Pathway A
- Leading and managing change in nursing Compulsory for Pathway A and pathway B - Options 1 and 2
- Using Evidence-based Practice for Quality in Mental Health Care Compulsory for Pathway A
- Enhancing Clinical Judgement and Decision Making in Adult Nursing Compulsory for Pathway B, Options 1 and 2
- Clinical Immersion 4B (Adult) Compulsory for Pathway B - Option 1 and 2
- Clinical Internship Compulsory for Pathway B, Option 1
- Academic Internship Compulsory for Pathway B, Option 2