Improving the quality of a patient’s life is one of the most rewarding parts of a nurse’s day-to-day role. Our aim is to help you become the nurse you want to be.
On our Nursing Practice degrees, you will develop the essential skills needed to deliver safe clinical care and to become a caring, compassionate healthcare professional.
You can choose to specialise as an Adult, Child or Mental Health Nurse and will spend around half your study time on a range of practice learning placements gaining real-world experience. Our degrees are recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), making you eligible to register as a qualified nurse on graduation.
We place digital innovation and hyper-personalised support at the heart of the student learning experience. At our purpose-built Centre for Health Innovation, facilities include simulation suites which can be transformed to mirror different scenarios you’ll find on a hospital ward, emergency department and operating theatre.
If you choose to study Adult Nursing at our Stoke-on-Trent campus, you’ll get to practise your skills with realistic manikins on hospital wards. We've also recently invested in a suite of spaces that can replicate community living settings.
Careers and connections
Completion of our nursing courses will give you an academic qualification recognised by the NMC, meaning you’ll be eligible to register as a nurse in your chosen course specialism.
Our graduates find employment with a range of local and national employers, from the NHS through to the private and public sectors. These could include hospital or community settings, specialist hospitals or specialist wards and departments. Some students even take the opportunity to use their qualification internationally to work abroad.
Work placements
You'll undertake a wide range of placements across different settings. From hospital through to community settings, you'll gain a varied experience so you gain exposure to different specialist areas within Adult, Child or Mental Health nursing roles.
This will help you become a well-rounded nurse.
Facilities
Our facilities put you in scenarios that replicate real-life healthcare environments. This prepares you for hospital wards and community settings so, when you start placements, you’ll feel confident and ready from day one.
At our Centre for Health Innovation in Stafford, you’ll access simulated children’s and adult wards, a living environment, and an impressive large immersive space that can transform into a range of settings.
At our Stoke-on-Trent campus, we’ve also recently invested in immersive spaces, including a bedsit, living rooms and bedrooms. Our hospital ward area is also designed to mirror real-world scenarios.
Lifelike Living Space (Stafford)
The lifelike living space lets you practice your skills in a variety of non-clinical settings, including our configurable house environment.
Lifelike Living Space (Stafford)
Immersive Suites
Our immersive suites can simulate almost any environment from hospital to office and house to roadside. The suite allows 360 projection with realistic sounds from that environment.
Clinical Simulation Suite (Stafford)
These state-of-the-art labs allow clinical procedures to be simulated, so that our students are safe and confident before treating real patients.
Clinical Simulation Suite (Stafford)
Immersive Suite
Our Immersive Suite can simulate almost any environment including home, hospital and pub. The suite allows 360 projection putting you in a more realistic environment to enhance simulations.
Clinical Simulation Suite
The suite includes a simulated hospital ward where students can interact with manikin patients to practise their skills. It features the latest technology, such as observation and AV recording equipment and emergency care facilities. Read more
Find out more about our Clinical Simulation Suites at Stoke campus
Clinical Simulation Suite