Manchester Metropolitan University
BSc in Adult Nursing
Manchester, United Kingdom
BSc
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 21,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU and non-EU international students full-time fee
Key Summary
An older woman needing stitches and care after a car accident. A distressed alcoholic patient refusing treatment after a serious fall. A cancer patient returning to your ward, only 19 and no longer in remission.
We’ve designed our course around the core values of the NHS constitution so that you understand what’s required in caring for and supporting people. Our aim is to make sure we prepare you for the challenges you may face and develop the expertise you’ll need to become a leader in nursing.
You’ll spend half of this course on clinical placements or simulated practice in a variety of settings. These may include an operating theatre, accident and emergency, a community health centre, an intensive care unit, an outpatients department or a nursing home.
When you’re on campus, you’ll practice clinical skills and techniques, such as how to manually take a patient’s blood pressure and how to give emergency care in our Clinical Simulation Suite.
As well as practical skills, some of the topics you’ll explore in lectures include anatomy, infectious diseases, how poverty impacts on health, and the ethics of being an adult nurse in today’s society.
All students must demonstrate in their personal statements an understanding of adult nursing in the UK incorporating the NHS core values, National Midwifery Council Code, vision for nursing and the future nurse training standards as well as contemporary issues in nursing. You must evidence an understanding of the qualities required to be a nursing professional in the UK in order to be shortlisted for an interview. Successful applicants will then be invited to attend an online group interview.
Features and benefits
- Approved course - This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Employability - 95% of BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing graduates are employed/in further education six months after graduating. (Graduate Outcomes survey 2020/21 graduates – UK, full-time, first degree respondents. Contains HESA Data © HESA 2023 hesa.ac.uk).
- Teaching excellence - Manchester Met received Gold status in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), meaning it has been rated as an outstanding university for its student experience.
- Become a registered nurse - As a graduate, you’re eligible to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Real-world experience - On this course, you will spend an equal amount of time on clinical placements and simulated practice in community and hospital settings, and at University on nursing theory. Find out more about placements in Manchester by watching this video.
- Enhanced content - You will gain additional experience in Acute Illness Management.
- Simulation embedded throughout – We provide week-long simulated practice placements each year of the programme, which give you the opportunity to refine, build upon, and enhance your skillset in a safe and controlled environment.
- Shared learning - Opportunity for shared learning with other undergraduates and learning with the mental health nursing students within the integrated elements of the course.
- Outstanding facilities - We have well equipped clinical skills laboratories complete with computerised SimMan manikins, used to demonstrate both basic and challenging conditions and nursing interventions.
- GCSE help - We accept one equivalency test in either science or mathematics for the purpose of securing a place on our nursing courses - see the entry requirements section.
Course information
Adult nursing specialises in caring for and supporting vulnerable adults in a variety of settings, including hospital, community and the independent and voluntary sectors. Our undergraduate courses have been designed, developed and are delivered to recognise the core values of the NHS and the required standards of our accrediting body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Nursing is a challenging profession, both mentally and physically, which carries a great deal of responsibility. Adult nurses care for people across the lifespan including young adults and others with acute and long-term illnesses. They work as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside doctors, physiotherapists, anaesthetists, pharmacists, dieticians and many others.
This course provides an equal balance of theory and practice learning, with placements in both the hospital and community settings, as well as simulated practice. We feel that immersing our students in the reality of the profession as they train better prepares them for the challenges of nursing practice upon qualification and develops highly employable, accountable nurses.
You will learn how to assess the needs of the patient, communicate effectively with professional colleagues, and provide sensitive support for the patient and their families. You will also develop the leadership and management skills required to motivate and supervise others.
Year 1
In Year One, you will be introduced to key concepts of health and nursing practice, using a wide range of teaching and assessment modes. Theoretical learning will both inform practice and support practice-based learning enhancing your understanding of professional matters. There will also be the opportunity to choose an elective placement.
Core modules
- Health, Enquiry And Evaluation In Adult Nursing
- Becoming an Accountable Professional
- Science & Skills for Practice
- Effective Communication in Health & Social Care
Year 2
In Year Two, you will extend your understanding and develop a critical approach to core areas of nursing theory and practice. We will explore the assessment and management of acutely unwell individuals, as well as exploring chronic health conditions and their impact in individuals and tenable you to gain wider knowledge of diversity across the health and social care spectrum.
Core modules
- Developing into an Accountable Professional
- Developing Governance in Practice
- Assessing Need & Planning Care for Adult Nursing
- Diversity in Health
Year 3
In Year Three, you will apply the knowledge gained from Year One and Two. The focus will be on developing critical, autonomous and accountable professional nurses for practice, who will lead and deliver person-centred evidence-based care.
In Year Three, we create simulations of a patient’s journey from admission to discharge. Scenarios we’ve set our students in the past include major trauma management, with a patient involved in a motorbike accident who needs stabilising, emergency care with a patient who has suffered a heart attack, and ward management to show you the day in the life of a nurse working a shift on a busy ward.
Core modules
- Being an Accountable Professional
- Translating Evidence into Practice
- Medicines Management
- Leading, Managing and Evaluating Complex Care
When you graduate, you’ll gain a Bachelor of Science degree and eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as an adult nurse.
As a registered nurse, you might work at one of our partner NHS Trusts, where you completed a placement experience, or you might move into the private or voluntary sector.
Many of our graduates work as staff nurses in NHS hospitals in the UK and go on to become ward managers or specialist nurses, but you could develop your nursing career in a GP practice, care home, school, hospice, prison or the Armed Forces.
You might decide to specialise in a particular field of nursing and continue with postgraduate study. We have a range of postgraduate courses to support your professional development.
Study
- Year 1 40% lectures, seminars or similar; 50% placement; 10% independent study
- Year 2 30% lectures, seminars or similar; 50% placement; 20% independent study
- Year 3 25% lectures, seminars or similar; 50% placement; 25% independent study
Assessment
- Year 1 75% coursework; 25% examination
- Year 2 75% coursework; 25% examination
- Year 3 75% coursework; 25% examination