Adult nursing is a fantastic career choice if you are committed, compassionate and keen to work with adults of all ages. Your adult nursing career can be as varied or as specialised as you choose. Whichever career route you follow, at UEA youll receive the very best education so that you can go on to provide high-quality adult nursing care.

On the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing programme at UEA, youll combine first-hand clinical experience with academic study. Youll join a supportive and dynamic community of students, who will go on to become sought-after healthcare professionals.

Youll gain the skills, experience and knowledge required to prepare you to provide expert care as a qualified nurse. Youll learn to provide nursing care for adults who have acute and long-term health conditions. At UEA we take an inclusive approach to adult nursing to ensure that you can help meet the needs of the UKs diverse adult population, including caring for people with mental health needs and people with learning disabilities who use adult health services. In addition to learning how to look after adults who are unwell, youll also learn about your own health and wellbeing and how to support people to develop and maintain healthy behaviours, contributing to their health and wellbeing throughout adulthood.

UEAs comprehensive programme includes working in partnership with other healthcare professional students, gaining a unique insight into a range of perspectives and approaches. This will enable you to develop the collaborative and adaptable approach that is essential to a successful nursing career. We also offer a wide range of placements including hospitals, community, public health and specialist units. Additionally, youll have access to our excellent facilities including an anatomy suite, up to date simulation skills rooms, technology and equipment.

Our adult nursing students graduate able to meet the physical, cognitive, emotional and social needs of adults, with a variety of clinical conditions and complex health challenges, in a wide range of healthcare settings. With the NHS Constitution at its core, the Adult Nursing degree provides rigorous education, varied placement opportunities and is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Teaching and Learning

Our degree programme employs a range of learning methods, designed to link the theory and practice of nursing.

Throughout the course youll cultivate your ability to learn autonomously and in partnership with others, including wider healthcare teams. In academic modules, youll learn through small-group teaching, lectures (in person and online) and self-directed study. In your clinical practice placements, youll gain hands-on experience working alongside registered nurses and members of the multi-disciplinary team. Your clinical practice placements are designed to reflect the typical working patterns of a qualified nurse.

Assessment

Youll be assessed using a range of methods, carefully chosen to reflect your ability to apply the relevant theory to practice.

Year One assessments include a range of contemporary approaches including written assignments, presentations and posters.