Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Nursing Studies (Registered Nurse Adult Nursing) University of Surrey, UK

Study adult nursing at Surrey and take the first important steps towards a rewarding career providing healthcare to adults over 16 years old. Learn in our multimillion-pound healthcare facilities and gain clinical experience on placements under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.

• Access our state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centre, featuring wards and a critical care unit, to practise scenarios with professional actors and interactive adult manikins.
• Benefit from a course that allows for 50% theoretical learning, 50% practical learning in clinical placements, to ensure you meet the requirements of our registering body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like cancer, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.
• Get the academic requirements needed to register with the NMC to work as an adult nurse once you’ve graduated.

On our BSc Adult Nursing course, you’ll gain experience of caring for people aged 16 years and over and will acquire an understanding of health and illness within the adult population.

In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to adult nursing, including the themes of ethics, anatomy and physiology, evidence-based practice, and public health promotion, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.

During your second year, you’ll understand how to provide care for long-term conditions and gain an appreciation for managing transition in care, including breaking significant news to patients. You’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills and will gain insight into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided.

In your third year, you’ll learn how to effectively assess and manage deteriorating patients, analysing and debating a range of treatment options and evidence, to inform a choice of strategies for managing their holistic delivery of care, whilst developing as a professional ready for registration.

After graduating from our course, you'll be a confident, autonomous practitioner, driven and committed to advocate and meet the needs of patients and their families, as outlined in the NHS Constitution.