BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

As a nursing student, this module will help to prepare you for academic and professional learning. You will develop the skills for academic writing, including your academic integrity. You will be introduced to evidence-informed practice and critical thinking. You will select reflective tools and explore the concept of reflection as a tool for developing your self-awareness and learning in the academic and clinical environments.

Following the UK Bioscience in Nurse Education guidance, this module will help you to build confidence in bioscience knowledge that underpins nursing clinical practice. This will involve developing your knowledge of anatomy, scientific terminology, and physiological principles that underpin health and illness, including microbiology and genetics. You will also look at how medications act on body systems. The knowledge you develop and build will help to inform your clinical decision making and co

This module is your introduction to professional values, professional identity, ethical principles and the culture and practice of nursing. You will study themes such as team working collaborative practice person and family centred care nursing models. You'll examine the nursing process within the context of your field of practice. You will also look at caring for people across the lifespan and meeting the specific care needs of people within your chosen field of practice, which will help you to

This module complements your first year modules by exploring health in a wider context. You will explore health and health inequalities from an individual, family, and societal perspective, acknowledging that health inequalities are unfair and often avoidable. You'll address such health inequalities and the role adult nurses play, looking at key public health, health promotion and education strategies. You'll also examine wider influences and determinants of health, considering political, geogra

Through simulation practice learning and direct patient care, this module will help you to develop a relevant knowledge base, skills and behaviours to fulfil the professional requirements for the adult nursing programme. Your placement experience for this module will usually include 2 placements during the year. Completion of this module will contribute to the achievement of Part 1 of your programme.

Research shows that better relationships with patients leads to better outcomes. In this module, you'll gain an insight into how the diverse experiences of people and their families inform all stages of the nursing process, and you'll help them get the most out of therapy from a physical and mental health care perspective. You'll deepen your knowledge from Year 1 of how human connection, communication and self-awareness can be a crucial element in forming a therapeutic relationship with the pati

In this module, you'll gain valuable hands-on experience through a combination of simulation practice learning (SPL) and direct care. You'll develop a real-world knowledge base and obtain relevant skills and behaviours to equip you with the essential abilities for working in the clinical practice environment and fulfilling the professional requirements for the adult nursing programme. Alongside this, you'll have the opportunity to engage in two placements during the year. Completion of this modu

In this module, you will build upon your knowledge and understanding gained in the bioscience module of Year 1, with particular focus on a variety of adult illnesses related to key physiological systems. You'll immerse yourself in topics such as pathophysiology and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, which will make up part of your assessment and discovery of how these elements impact on people's health and illness experience. You will also consider the effects of lifespan develop

Promoting health is one of the key cornerstones of good nursing practice. You'll learn through a combination of simulation practice learning (SPL) and direct care. You'll develop a real-world knowledge base and obtain relevant skills and behaviours to equip you with the essential abilities for working in the clinical practice environment and fulfilling the professional requirements for the adult nursing programme. Alongside this, you'll have the opportunity to engage in two placements during the

In this module you'll develop research awareness and understanding of the principles and how to apply them in this particular clinical practice. You'll be given the opportunity to identify your own research question and undertake an independent project under the guidance of an academic member of staff. In addition, there will be the chance to utilise various texts and literature to support your study.

In this module, you'll consolidate your existing learning, and develop your ability to care for adults with complex health needs.