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	Student Recruitment and Admissions Service University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland, UK
	Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 467044
	Email:admissions@stir.ac.uk
	Web: www.nm.stir.ac.uk

BSc/BSc Honours Nursing

Each of the Nursing programmes has core elements which constitutes generic content for all students and provides the basis for further study. After this time, you will study in either Adult, Mental Health, or Learning Disability Nursing.

The programme is built around nine modules of study which consists of both theory and practice elements. In addition you will undertake field-specific study. Successful completion leads to a recordable professional qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and a BSc Degree in Nursing.

Adult Nursing

Adult nursing is about caring for people of all ages with critical and acute health care needs, and for those with longer term and palliative care needs. The programme prepares you to deal with a wide range of situations. Adult nurses have skills to meet the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of patients, supporting them through care pathways and working with other health and social care professionals to maximise opportunities for recovery, rehabilitation, adaptation to ongoing disease and disability, health education and health promotion.

You may work at the forefront of very specialist areas, such as intensive care, theatre and recovery, cancer care or care of the elderly. In addition, you will work with people and their families in their own homes as well as in hospital environments. UCAS Code B740.

Learning Disability Nursing

People with learning disabilities have the same rights and expectations as anyone else in our community. Many experience complex and long-term ill-health. Learning disability nurses play an important role in the identification and assessment of these health issues. They are a source of specialist knowledge and support to the person with learning disabilities, their carers and family, and to other health professionals.UCAS Code B761.

Mental Health Nursing

As a mental health nurse you will develop strategies to help people find their own ways of coping with mental distress, in order to improve or restore their mental health and sense of wellbeing. The focus of mental health nursing is the establishment of a relationship with service users and carers to help bring about an understanding of how they might cope with their experience, thus maximising their potential for recovery.

Mental health nurses use a well developed and evidence-based repertoire of interpersonal, psychosocial and other skills that are underpinned by an empathetic attitude towards the service user and the contexts within which their distress has arisen. Mental health nurses work as part of multi-disciplinary and multiagency teams that seek to involve service users and their carers in all aspects of their care and treatment. UCAS Code B760.

Teaching and Assessment

A wide range of approaches to teaching and learning is adopted by the Department. Central to this is a student-centred approach which uses small group teaching in combination with lectures, seminars, group work and clinical skills teaching. You will be assessed by a range of methods including examinations, essays, reports, clinical skills assessments, presentations and assessments of practice.

The Campuses

Students undertaking the BSc programmes can choose to study at one of three campuses: Stirling, Highland or Western Isles. The entire three years of the BSc Degree programmes are taught at Inverness and Stirling. Western Isles students on the Adult Branch Programme are taught in Stornoway for the majority of the programme but may be able to undertake some of their Branch placements in Highland. Students undertaking Mental Health programme starting in the Western Isles will need to transfer to one of the other campuses for programme-specific theory, but placements can be arranged locally.

Career Opportunities

Our graduates have found employment in a range of positions within the care sector and many have used their experience at the University to gain further qualifications in specific areas. Many graduates from Stirling find employment in their own locality, whether that is in the Central Belt or the Highlands and Islands. A significant minority of graduates move further afield both within the UK and internationally.

What Other Criteria are Considered

Other qualities and interests are carefully considered through your personal statement. Explaining why you’re choosing a programme is essential and your knowledge of and interest in Nursing and Midwifery, and the branch you are applying for should be displayed. Voluntary or paid experience in a care setting is strongly recommended. References are also considered. Give an academic reference if possible, but failing this, an employer’s reference. Friends as referees are not usually accepted. You may be asked for a second reference. You must be committed to practice placements anywhere in the local Health Board area where you’re studying. You should also be aware that holiday periods are pre-determined within the programme.

Modes of Study

Full-time (theory and placements in each semester).

Applications Procedures

As well as the entry requirements stated for the programme, students applying to Nursing and Midwifery should be aware of the following:

Will there be an interview?
Yes, there is an Applicant Day part of which includes the selection process. The day is designed specifically for entrants to Nursing and Midwifery and will include all the details on the programme, bursaries and other useful information during the day.

The selection part will include a short written piece of work and also group work in which you will be expected to comment on a scenario. You will be given information on what the written topic will be and also the scenarios when we contact you normally at least two weeks before with a date for your visit. You will be expected to have done some research before you come and also to contribute to the group session. To be accepted on to the programme, attendance at an Applicant Day is compulsory.

What other factors are involved?
All applicants are subject to a Criminal Records check. This check may show all spent and unspent criminal convictions including (but not limited to) cautions, reprimands, final warnings, bind over orders or similar and to the extent relevant to this programme may also show details of any minor offences, fixed penalty notices, penalty notices for disorder, ASBOS and VOOs.

Previous criminal convictions need not exclude you, but all convictions must be declared and some occurrences may result in an unsuccessful application.

All applicants must be passed fit by Occupational Health. This will require a questionnaire and also a personal visit to the campus in addition to and on a separate occasion to the Applicant Day.

To protect your privacy, neither of these checks will normally be carried out until an offer has been made.

Can I visit the University?
The selection process is part of a much wider. Applicant Day which gives full information on the course and facilities specifically designed for Nursing and Midwifery students.

 

Related Degrees

Midwifery

Rating

1st in Scotland and top 10 in the UK in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008.

BSc/BSc Honours in Professional Practice

These degree programmes are intended for:

• Registered Nurses or Registered Midwives who have successfully completed a Diploma in Higher Education at Stirling or an equivalent academic award at another institution.
• Experienced Registered Nurses and Midwives who qualified prior to 1992.
• Other Health Professionals registered with Health Professions Council

Recognition of Prior Learning
It is recognised that individuals will apply for the programme with varying levels of prior certificated or experiential learning. Applicants will be assessed on an individual basis, according to the current University of Stirling Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy. Normally the maximum credit that may be granted is 300 credits.

Period and mode of study
From the date of first registration the maximum periods of study either on a full-time or part-time basis are as follows:

• BSc - 27 months
• BSc with Honours - 60 months

Programme of Study
For the award of the BSc in Professional Practice, students must successfully complete at least 352 credits in total, with a minimum of 66 credits having been completed at the University of Stirling.

For the award of the BSc with Honours in Professional Practice, students must complete the BSc programme, followed by a further 66 credits from the taught module list and a 66 credit dissertation.

Progress and other requirements
Grades of 3C or above are required in all modules. All taught modules must be completed before the dissertation is undertaken. Progression from BSc to BSc (Hons) is dependent upon 2F average, no resubmissions.

Distinction/Merit
For the award of the BSc in Professional Practice with Distinction, students must achieve two grades of 1C or better and no grades of 3, 4, 5 or X. For the award with Merit, students must achieve two grades of 2C or better and no grades of 3, 4, 5 or X.

Named pathways
In order to graduate with a named award, students must complete a minimum of 66 credits from the specialist modules listed for that award. Students who do not complete one of the designated pathways will be awarded the BSc or BSc with Honours in Professional Practice, as appropriate. Examples of named awards are available on the Department of Nursing and Midwifery website at www.nm.stir.ac.uk