BNurs Adult Nursing

As per the government announcement, all UK nursing students on courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. The funding will be given to all new and continuing degree-level nursing, midwifery and many allied health students from September 2020. More information can be found on the NHS website.

Please note, eligibility criteria for the new funding will be the same as the wider NHS Learning Support Fund payable to students ordinarily resident in the UK and studying at a university in England. Find out about the financial support available to students starting at Manchester.

Find out about the financial support available to students starting at Manchester.

The Catherine Chisholm scholarship is also applicable to students from selected countries for this course. Find out more details on the scholarship page .

• Support students to continue to develop and emerge as reflective and reflexive practitioners
• Correlate the four taught components of the MNurs Programme to enhance depth of learning from theoretical and practice learning opportunities
• Facilitate students to achieve the status of associate fellow of Advance HE as evidence of their developing skills as educators
• Support students in their development as emerging practitioners and to equip them with the knowledge and skills to engage effectively with preceptorship and revalidation as newly qualified practitioners
• Facilitate students to develop a strong and lasting professional identity and be supported in the transition from student to newly qualified nurse

Each learning outcome is linked to the new NMC (2018) Standards of Proficiency platforms. These outcomes are also met within the core part of the programme.

• Display a critical appreciation of the current political and professional issues in contemporary nursing practice and education
• Evidence the development of enhanced depth in understanding and application of the reflective practice theory
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the emerging role of the nurse and their own personal growth and development as a practitioner in the context of leadership, researcher, educator and clinician

• Demonstrate their individuality and originality in their application of knowledge linked to the four taught componentsof the MNurs programme
• Demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on their own personal development to identify strengths, limitations and opportunities to enhance their professional practice as an emerging leader, researcher, educator and clinician
• Demonstrate the ability to develop and act as a role model for the nursing profession who is fit to practice as a registrant on completion of the programme

• Demonstrate initiative and courage in the development of their portfolio
• Demonstrate the ability to work in an adaptive, independent manner embracing innovation and autonomy in the development of their portfolio
• Demonstrate developing professional maturity across the 4 taught components of the MNurs programme – leader, researcher, educator, clinican in their development towards becoming a newly registered nurse

• Demonstrate effective communication in a range of settings and the impact of this as an emerging practitioner, acting as a role model to their peers
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage independent study and the demands of professional practice
• Demonstrate the ability to reflect in an effective and appropriate manner utilising a range of methods – written and verbal reflection
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a flexible and adaptable manner

Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is utilised across all postgraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced.

Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on blackboard, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit. 

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