BSc Learning Disabilities Nursing
Entry requirements
A level: BCC excludes General Studies IB: 27 points with 14 at Higher level
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Nursing Science (Registered Nurse – Learning Disability). Core topics include Clinical Skills, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Six practice placements are embedded across the three years, with 50% of learning in practice-based healthcare settings. Graduates are eligible to apply for professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
Modules
- Becoming a Professional Practitioner – 20 credits
- Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context – 20 credits
- Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery – 20 credits
- Understanding Influences on Health and Care – 20 credits
- Placement 1: Introduction to Nursing Care – 20 credits
- Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care – 20 credits
- Therapeutic Interventions and Innovations in Learning Disabilities Nursing – 20 credits
- Complex Decision-Making with the Learning Disabilities Nursing Environments – 20 credits
- Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity – 20 credits
- Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care – 20 credits
- Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care – 20 credits
- Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care – 20 credits
- Complex Care Coordination in Learning Disabilities Nursing – 20 credits
- Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional – 20 credits
- The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project – 20 credits
- Preparing for your Career in Nursing – 20 credits
- Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care – 20 credits
- Placement 6: Practising Autonomously – 20 credits