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Adult nursing is a dynamic, rewarding and highly skilled caring and compassionate career. You will develop diverse skills ranging from the delivery of health education for individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds to delivering complex care for people with multiple acute or long term conditions.

This programme aims to develop nurses who are able to deliver person-centred, safe and effective care, working with other professions and agencies in an ever-changing and complex healthcare environment.

Year 1
Values and Rights based Nursing practice, Health Improvement, Contemporary Health Care Delivery, Introduction to Evidence Based Practice.

Year 2
Anticipatory and Alternative Approaches to Adult Nursing, Developing Skills for Professional Nursing Practice (Adult).

Year 3
Adult Nursing to Empower, Enable and Enhance Person-Centred Care, Consolidating Professional Skills for Nursing Practice (Adult).

Year 4
Honours level dissertation, Leadership in Interprofessional teams, Advancing the Application of Values Based Nursing Practice in Health and Social Care.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements

Standard entry: 4 Highers at BBBC including an English based subject plus National 5 Maths or Applications of Maths and a science subject

Widening access entry: 4 Highers at BCCC including an English based subject plus National 5 Maths or Applications of Maths and a science subject.

A Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted as equivalent of a non-essential Higher at B.

You must pass a health screen and a criminal record check and attend an information session to meet NMC requirements.