Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (Adult, Child, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities) - BSc (Hons)

Our BSc (Hons) Nursing Degree Apprenticeship is a work- integrated degree to enable you to train as an apprentice to become a graduate registered nurse.

The BSc (Hons) Nursing Degree Apprenticeship Course has been developed in collaboration with our local stakeholders and employers in the region and designed to comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2018) educational standards for nurses meaning that successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply and be entered onto the NMC register in one of the four fields of nursing: Adult, Child, Learning Disabilities or Mental Health.

Who can access this course?

This course is suitable for healthcare support workers who are already employed or have been recruited as employees to access the BSc (Hons) Nursing Degree Apprenticeship and have been nominated to apply for study at BCU by the employing organisation.

The Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship is also suitable for experienced healthcare practitioners for example Nursing Associates, Assistant Practitioners or band 4 healthcare support workers who have relevant healthcare experience and qualifications who may be then be eligible to undertake a shortened degree apprenticeship on accreditation of prior learning.

As an apprentice on this course you will be released by your employer to study part-time at university and in a range of practice placement settings.

Why study an apprenticeship?

• There are no costs to apprenticeships as you are in salaried employment
• The emphasis is on Work based learning and the opportunity to build on existing knowledge and skills
• A range of relevant placement opportunities to broaden your understanding of healthcare provision across the lifespan
• Highly experienced tutors who are all professionally qualified to support you at university
• Work based clinical educators to support you in practice
• A wide range of support services available to you at university to support your learning journey.
• Registered Nurse apprentices remain supernumerary for the duration of the programme and are required to complete an End Point Assessment on completion of the programme

Our Facilities

Our School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at our City South campus in leafy Edgbaston.

We’ve spent £41million expanding our facilities at City South. These facilities offer hands-on practical experience, replicating the spaces you will come across in professional practice.

In a sector where new techniques are constantly being discovered, we work hard to ensure that you learn using the most up-to-date equipment available. Alongside physical spaces such as a mock operating theatre and wards, we also make use of online and virtual technology, such as our virtual ward and virtual case creator.

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Centre for Skills and Simulation

The Centre for Skills and Simulation offers a range of different spaces which replicate situations that you will encounter in practice. These include hospital wards, an operating theatre and a home environment room.

Our mock wards enable you to get a feel of what a ward is really like before you head out for your first placement. The hospital wards can be adapted from low care to high dependency care environment with the necessary monitoring equipment.

The home environment room is the perfect space for teaching communications skills and allows us to simulate a community setting for our students. It is particularly useful for mental health nurses, learning disability nurses and midwives.

Simulation Manikins

We have several Simulation men (SIM men) and simulation babies (SIM babies) which are anatomically correct manikins used for teaching specific techniques such as advanced adult and paediatric life support skills, acute and high dependency clinical skills, first aid and communication skills. The manikins contain software which replicates real symptoms, and can manipulate indicators such as blood pressure, pulse and heart rate for extra realism. SIM man can even ‘talk’ to the students as they are treating him, to add another dimension to learning.

Computer Facilities

The Seacole building has two open-access IT Suites which offer PCs, printers, photocopiers and scanners. There is also an IT Helpdesk for quick and easy help with your computing or internet issues.

Our PCs utilise the latest Intel i5 core technology, all with:

• Fast (unrestricted) internet connectivity
• Ability to save files to USB, DVD & CD
• Microsoft Office software
• Research and statistical software
• Storage space which can be accessed from any PC across the University and from home

Our PCs are also designed to support students who may have difficulties with reading and writing, featuring specialised software with zooming/magnification and screen reading capabilities, which may also be customised for individual student needs.

In addition to desktop PCs, we also offer a laptop loan facility, allowing students to borrow a laptop for up to six hours while on campus.