Overview

The BN (Hons) Nursing (Adult) course at the University of Portsmouth introduces students to the knowledge, skills, and professional values required to support adults across a range of healthcare needs. It combines nursing theory with clinical practice, helping students understand how safe, compassionate, evidence-informed care can be planned, delivered, and evaluated for individuals with different health conditions and circumstances.

What You'll Learn

• Principles of adult nursing and person-centred approaches to care

• Human anatomy, physiology, health, illness, and the factors that influence wellbeing

• Assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care

• Clinical skills and safe approaches to supporting patients in healthcare settings

• Medicines management and principles of safe clinical practice

• Evidence-based nursing and the use of research to inform professional decisions

• Communication, therapeutic relationships, and collaborative approaches to patient care

• Professional, ethical, and legal responsibilities within nursing practice

• Health promotion, prevention, and approaches to supporting long-term health

• Recognition and management of changing health needs in adult patients

• Leadership, teamwork, reflection, and development of professional nursing practice

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to apply nursing knowledge and clinical reasoning to assess adult patients and contribute to appropriate, individualized care. They will develop the ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, carers, and other healthcare professionals while maintaining professional and ethical standards. Students will also be able to use evidence to support nursing decisions, reflect critically on their practice, recognize changing patient needs, and demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities involved in delivering safe and effective adult nursing care.