Overview

This programme at the University of Leeds prepares students for a career caring for individuals across health and sickness in a wide range of healthcare settings, from community care to intensive care. It builds essential clinical skills alongside a broader understanding of today's complex healthcare environment, combining academic study with practical clinical placements throughout the course.

What You'll Learn

• Essential healthcare skills, including measuring vital signs and managing medications

• Working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team

• Handling medical emergencies and supervising others in clinical settings

• Recognising and addressing health inequalities and their effect on access to services

• The connection between physical and mental health, and the impact of pre-existing conditions

• Core anatomy and physiology, alongside shared, inter-professional learning with other healthcare students

• Nursing care for acutely ill adults and those with long-term conditions

• Health promotion, safeguarding, and the legal and ethical concepts underpinning nursing practice

• Evaluating research evidence to inform clinical decision-making

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to deliver safe, effective nursing care across a range of healthcare settings and patient needs. They will be able to apply clinical, communication, and teamwork skills within an inter-professional healthcare environment, while critically evaluating evidence to inform their practice. Students will also be equipped to recognise and respond to health inequalities, and to work with sound understanding of the ethical and legal responsibilities involved in adult nursing.