FdSc in Nursing Associate
Kingston University
Key Information
Campus location
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 7,950 / per year
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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Introduction
Why choose this course?
As a nursing associate, you'll deliver hands-on care to patients. You'll work alongside healthcare support workers (holding a care certificate) and fully qualified registered nurses, bridging the existing gap between the two roles.
Through a combination of theoretical learning and practice placements, you'll develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills across all four fields of nursing. Practice placements will also give you the opportunity to gain a wide range of experiences through exposure to different health and care settings.
Nursing associates will be a key part of the multidisciplinary workforce that's needed to respond to the future needs of the public and patients.
You will attend study days and undertake guided learning. Through a combination of theoretical learning and practice placements, you will develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills (including medicines management). You will learn a variety of clinical skills through simulation and experiences in a range of healthcare environments, including hospital wards and community settings. You will work with a range of people with different healthcare needs including mental health and learning disabilities across their lifespan as well as their carers, practice supervisors/assessors and other healthcare professionals.
Successful completion of the course will equip you to work as a Nursing Associate and to progress your career within the health and social care sector. You may be able to progress to a shortened nursing degree course.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston is No.1 in London and No.6 overall in the UK for nursing and midwifery (Guardian league tables 2022).
- You'll develop a range of specialist and transferable skills (including medicines management) through clinical placements in a variety of settings.
- Kingston University was chosen as one of the first pilot sites for this new Nursing Associate foundation course.
Accreditation
This degree confers both an academic award and a professional qualification in nursing. On completion of the programme, students are recommended to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for professional registration.
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Curriculum
What you will study
This programme is designed to meet the NMC requirements for Nursing Associates. You will be supported to achieve the competencies, communication, relationship management skills and nursing procedures specified in the Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates (NMC 2018).
Year 1
Year 1 develops a broad understanding of the nursing associate knowledge base and enables the student to provide reasoned explanations of relevant issues.
Core modules
- Personal and Professional Development 1
- Applied Anatomy and Physiology
- Skills for Healthcare Practice 1
- Professionalism in Practice
- Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Year 2
Year 2 promotes a more detailed understanding of the subject matter covered in Year 1, related theories and concepts, enabling students to provide substantiated arguments applied to relevant issues.
Core modules
- Personal and Professional Development 2
- Skills for Healthcare Practice 2
- The Acutely Unwell Person
- Long Term Conditions
- Leadership for Nursing Associates
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Program Outcome
After you graduate
This course will equip you to work as a Nursing Associate and enhance your career in the health and social care sector. You may be able to progress to a shortened nursing degree course.
The course will enable you to develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills (including medicines management).