Adult Nursing with Registration (MSc) MSc

**OVERVIEW**<br/>This exciting, two-year pre-registration MSc Adult Nursing is underpinned by master’s level education, enabling you to become a highly educated adult nurse with longer term potential for management, leadership, consultancy, educational and research roles.<br/><br/>It is designed for graduates of biological, health, social science, nursing or related subject subjects.<br/><br/>The MSc Adult Nursing is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Graduates are eligible to apply for professional registration as a Registered Nurse (Adult).<br/><br/>You’ll gain a critical and detailed knowledge of life and social science theory, utilising a hybrid approach to teaching and learning, which underpins safe and effective person centred practice. You’ll critically explore systematic approaches to the delivery of nursing care in response to health improvement and public health strategies.<br/><br/>Practice-based learning makes up 50% of the course with placements available with NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Clyde Area) and NHS Highland (Argyll and Bute).<br/><br/>You will focus on developing communication and interpersonal skills that will enhance your ability to provide values-based, person-centred, compassionate care, particularly to vulnerable individuals. You will also undertake a piece of substantive research on a topic of contemporary practice specific to adult nursing.<br/><br/>**PRACTICAL FOCUS**<br/>Practice-based learning makes up 50% of the course with placements available with NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Clyde Area) and NHS Highland (Argyll and Bute).<br/><br/>Through your placements, you will experience the 24*7 continuum of care which represents contemporary healthcare delivery, enhancing your clinical skills and integrating theory with practice.<br/><br/>In addition, our course embraces heavily clinical simulations; these are used for skills demonstration, practice, and development throughout the course which allows you to practise skills in a realistic environment.<br/><br/>**RELATED COURSES**<br/>If you are interested in studying for a pre-registration Adult Nursing degree (BSc Adult Nursing), see our web course entry for this: https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-course-search/adult-nursing/<br/><br/>If you are a graduate, you may also be interested in our postgraduate pre-registration MSc Mental Health Nursing (UCAS: BR60) or MSc Midwifery (UCAS: B722).<br/><br/>**PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION**<br/>The MSc Adult Nursing is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). <br/><br/>**CAREER PROSPECTS**<br/>**Jobs**<br/>Our aim is to provide an enjoyable and intellectually stimulating course of study that will prepare you for a successful career as an adult nurse. UWS produces nurses of the future who are fit-for-practice and who will contribute to the leadership of a competent, dynamic workforce.<br/><br/>**Further Study**<br/>Further study can lead to specialist roles such as a Health Visitor, District Nurse or Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Some graduates choose further study, leading to a Master of Science (MSc), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Research (MRes), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or a Professional Doctorate (DProf).