Nursing (Adult) (Degree Apprenticeship) (Extended) BN (Hons)

On this module you’ll demonstrate a strong understanding on anatomical structures and physiological processes, including the major organ systems and learn to perform accurate physical checks, applying your abilities when evaluating and planning care. Throughout your assessments you will develop an understanding of the needs for holistic practice with a focus on person centred care. By gaining knowledge that informs practice, you'll take steps towards meeting NMC and HCPC standards.

This module will place emphasis on homeostasis, including feedback mechanisms and physiological regulation across organ systems. It will also introduce pharmacology and pharmacodynamics mechanisms on the body, with consideration across the human lifespan.

You’ll develop effective communication skills, and provide compassionate, evidence-based, and individualised care. You’ll complete a practice assessment document which will support the student nursing role and support future employability by providing skills for ongoing continuing professional development.

This module will enable you to develop the basic numeracy, literacy and writing skills required to study a degree in healthcare. This module will also enable apprentices to develop an understanding of their role as a future healthcare professional and provide a foundation for professional citizenship and development.

This module focuses on public health principles, providing you with the skills to assess risks and promote wellness at various life stages, improving community health through prevention and intervention strategies. You'll explore the pathophysiology and psychosocial impacts of long-term conditions on patients and families, honing your ability to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care.

Supported by clinical experts and academics, the module emphasises collaboration across primary and secondary care settings, including partnerships beyond the NHS, fostering a well-rounded, interdisciplinary approach. Additionally, you will refine your self-directed learning skills, preparing to meet evolving healthcare demands with resilience and expertise.

You’ll demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviours of a Part 2 student in clinical practice. You will be expected to have a sound knowledge base to support safe and effective practice and provide the rationale to support decision making. Students will utilise a range of skills to deliver safe, person centred and evidence based care with increased confidence and in a range of contexts. 

You’lll demonstrate an understanding of professional roles and responsibilities within the multidisciplinary team, and be expected to be an active participant in care with minimal guidance and performing with increased confidence and competence.

This module will build on the scientific and nursing knowledge acquired in your first year in relation to nursing adults experiencing acute ill health, including those who require diagnostic and surgical interventions. You’ll gain an understanding of performing a system based physical assessment, and record and escalate your findings.

This module will look at the legal and ethical implications involved in prescribing, and medications in general. You’ll extend your knowledge of pathophysiology, safe decision making, and professional accountability. This module will provide an opportunity for you to reflect on your own development needs to enable you to be prescribing ready.

This module will approach healthcare needs with recognition of various complex influences and adapts to meet these needs across diverse settings, such as safeguarding, dementia care, end-of-life support, public health, global health, child and adolescent mental health, and care for individuals with learning disabilities.

You’ll focus on these interconnected influences and go on to deliver comprehensive, responsive, and patient-centred care that can adapt to the challenges of modern healthcare environments.

This module will develop your understanding of clinical governance, and the critical role it plays in ensuring the delivery of safe and effective care. You’ll explore and discuss the context, barriers and enablers for evidence informed practice and decision making, while evaluating the impact of human factors on the decision making process.

You’ll evaluate and reflect on the delivery and transformation of service provision. This module will provide you with an understanding of teaching and supporting learning in practice. Through analysis, you’ll discover how different management and leadership styles perform in different cultural and contextual settings relevant to clinical practice.

This module focuses on learning and assessment in practice, giving you the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills of a Part 3 student in clinical practice. You’ll gain the comprehensive knowledge-base to support safe and effective practice and critically justify decisions using evidence-based skills.

You’ll act as an accountable practitioner in responding proactively and flexibly to a range of situations and take responsibility for your own learning and the learning of others. By the end of Part 3, you’ll demonstrate you have met the mandatory practice hours associated with pre-registration education.

On this module, you’ll collect and analyse data, critically evaluate and disseminate your findings to an appropriate audience. You’ll plan and manage a project relevant to your clinical practice, selecting and justifying the appropriate design and methodology.