Want to know what it's like to study this course at uni? We've got all the key info, from entry requirements to the modules on offer. If that all sounds good, why not check out reviews from real students or even book onto an upcoming open days?
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-24
3 Years
- Understand health sciences in the practice setting.- Gain the skills and values to enter highly skilled employment.- Develop a strong professional identity and confidence.- Learn to develop and deliver person-centred care.- Collaborate with other professional groups in health and social care.This unique course offers you an exciting opportunity to become a fully qualified adult nurse, transforming the lives of individuals and communities. You’ll consider the changing nature of health, illness and recovery – as well as the relationship between healthcare professionals and service users. You’ll graduate as a reflective, competent and employable professional.
How you LearnAll our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.On this course you’ll learn from enthusiastic academic staff who have a variety of clinical expertise and experience. You’ll apply your theoretical study directly to your practice setting, using the knowledge, skills and attributes you’ve gained.Nurses are an integral part of a multidisciplinary team. So in some modules you’ll learn and collaborate with students from other health and social care courses. This approach will help you to deliver person centred-care – with an understanding of how other professionals contribute to the person's journey through health and social care services.You learn through- practice-based learning (50%)- lectures- workshops- projects and group work- tutorials- presentations- simulation- independent learning- skills rehearsal- technology-enhanced learning
Applied learningWork placementsYou’ll apply the theory you study to practice-based learning experiences. Here you’ll develop critical and ethical approaches to your practice – preparing you to become a life-long, competent professional. The experiences you’re provided with are compulsory to achieve the course’s practice-based learning outcomes.These experiences will help you build your skills, confidence, creativity, resilience, integrity, and curiosity. They’ll take place in different practice-based learning environments – reflecting the range of ways services are currently delivered. This might include simulated learning and virtual placements, alongside real-world experience of services delivered face to face to service users. We’ll ensure the practice-based learning element of your course complies with the requirements of the Professional and Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB) which governs the adult nursing profession. So by the end of your course, you’ll have the opportunity to show that you meet the requirements to register as an adult nurse.
Exam type
GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE/National 4/National 5:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents*Maths at grade D or 4 or equivalents*Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents**GCSE Maths equivalents• Level 2 Key Skills/Application of Number/Grade D at GCSE Maths/ Level 2 Maths credits from an Access course• maths equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk*GCSE English equivalents• Level 2 Literacy• Level 2 Key Skills*GCSE Science equivalents• OCR Science Level 2• science units gained on a Level 3 BTEC or OCR National Diploma or Extended Diploma Qualification• science credits gained on Access to Higher Education Diplomas (at least 12 credits gained at level 2 or 6 credits gained at level 3)• science equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk
Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.
Sheffield Hallam University is one of the largest modern universities in the UK....
Check out our
Sheffield city guide