Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies

Adult Nursing (BN)

UCAS Code: B740 BN/Ad

During the adult programme you will acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes you need to meet the standards of proficiency for pre-registration nursing education. You will develop the essential skills of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care, using an evidence-based approach to practice. The theoretical input is related directly to the delivery and management of care for adult clients. The final module of the programme focuses on preparing you for making the transition from student to registered nurse - RN (Adult).

Patient-centred care which assesses physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs is essential to an individual's health and well-being. Care should be based on partnership with patients and carers, involving members of the multi-disciplinary team. Multidisciplinary team working will be experienced in all practice areas but is given particular emphasis in modules focusing on the care of people with long term health needs, specialist and primary care nursing. Adult nursing includes caring for individuals in an age range that spans from adolescents to older adults. Care is provided in diverse care settings and the adult nurse is required to provide evidence-based practice which promotes independence and autonomy. Practice-based learning is central to your development. Adult nursing takes place in a variety of settings both inside and outside of the hospital, and your learning is enhanced by the variety and quality of clinical placements encountered during your three-year programme. In total you will spend 42 weeks of the branch programme on clinical placement. Each clinical placement is provided within the South East Wales region by some of the leading health care providers in Wales. During Year Three there are opportunities, though limited, for you to undertake a European placement. In the final year you can choose two of your clinical placements.

Please Note: All UK nursing programmes are being revised as required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The nursing programmes at Cardiff University will reflect these changes and will be implemented for 2012 entry. Details will be placed on this web page as they become available.

Year One

Common Foundation Programme

This provides the foundation for entry to the Adult, Children's Nursing and Mental Health Branch Programmes. During this period you will gain experience of each of the three branches of nursing.

During this first year of the programme there are three modules:

Developing Personal and Professional Practice in a Nursing Context (seven weeks theory and seven weeks clinical practice)
Health, Individuals and Society (seven weeks theory and seven weeks clinical practice)
The Principles of Nursing Practice (seven weeks theory and eight weeks clinical practice)

Year Two

Core Modules

You will take the following modules:

Caring for people with long term health needs (eight weeks theory and six weeks clinical practice). Clinical placement - a range of continuing care placements in local NHS Trusts/Private Sectors.
Developing clinically effective care (eight weeks theory and six weeks clinical practice). Clinical placement - hospital-based surgical wards in local NHS Trusts.
Promoting health across care settings (eight weeks theory and six weeks clinical practice). Clinical placement - hospital-based medical wards in local NHS Trusts.

During Year Two you will gain experience in continuing care, surgery (to include a two-week operating theatre placement) and medicine within primary and secondary care settings.

Year Three

Core Modules

You will take the following modules:

The Theory of Specialist and Primary Care Nursing (16 weeks theory). Dissertation is undertaken during the module.
The Practice of Specialist and Primary Care Nursing (12 weeks clinical practice). Primary care placement with local NHS Trusts.
Preparation for Professional Practice (two weeks theory and 12 weeks clinical practice). Clinical placement - students' own choice of placement.

Wherever possible the 'Preparation for Professional Practice' clinical placement will be of the student's own choice.

Erasmus

Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies offers several opportunities to experience the study of nursing abroad under the auspices of the Erasmus scheme.

This scheme is designed to promote mobility of students between the UK institutions and their partner institutions within the European Economic Area countries.

The period is of three months' duration and takes place during Module 7 in Year Three of the BN scheme (Adult Nursing programme).

Currently this School has exchange agreements with: