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Nursing Presentation
Colin Wheeldon, Carol Wylie , Kate Kilgallon,
Stella Leen, Simon Cripps, Angela Hall & Dom Wake
Admissions Tutors
Aims of Presentation
• Provide an overview of the Pre-registration
Nursing Programmes
• Outline the entry requirements and selection
process
• Answer questions
Pre-Registration Nursing Programmes
BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies:
• Adult
• Children’s
• Mental Health
• Learning Disabilities
Adult Nursing
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Caring for adults of all ages
Hospital setting
Medicine
Surgery
Care of older people
Critical care
Community Setting
Primary care
Community Nursing
Nursing Homes
Dementia care/services
Walk-in / urgent care centres
Involves multi-agency working
Children’s Nursing
• Is about caring for a
child whether ill or
healthy
• It encompasses the
whole family and
promotes familycentred care
• Hospital and
community setting
Mental Health Nursing
• A discipline that enables people to reach and maintain their
mental health and social goals in order to achieve their
optimum quality of life
• Involves collaborative working with service users (and their
families where appropriate) in a partnership approach
• Work with children, working age adults and the older
person
• In residential units, wards, clients’ homes and in the
community
• Involves effective working with other agencies (eg. Social
Services)
Learning Disabilities Nursing
• You will make a specialised contribution to the lives of
people with learning disabilities across the age spectrum &
in a range of settings
• You will assist individuals with all aspects of their lives (eg
health, social, employment) to enable them to achieve
optimum health and social wellbeing
• Support children, adults and older people with complex
needs (eg autism, challenging behaviour, multiple
disabilities, mental health problems & dementia)
• Lead improvements in both specialist and mainstream
services for people with learning disabilities & their
families/carers
Qualities of a Good Nurse....?
• Caring & compassion
• Interpersonal &
Communication skills
• Enjoy working with
people
• Able to empathise
• Non-judgemental
• Well organised
• Academic ability
• Willing to learn
Academic Entry Requirements
• Applicants must apply through UCAS
• Minimum of 240 UCAS tariff points....OR
• Equivalent qualifications (e.g. QAA-recognised Access Course)
• Plus GCSE passes at grade C or above in English Language and
Mathematics / equivalent qualifications (eg Level 2 Functional
Skills in Communication and Numeracy)
Other Requirements
• Success at interview
• Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Clearance
• Satisfactory workplace risk assessment
• Good references
Bursaries
• Non means tested Grant - £1000 per year
• Means tested bursary
• Non means tested Maintenance Loan
• Final amount dependent on individual
circumstances
What will you study?
• Range of modules undertaken each year
• Year 1 – Focuses on development of fundamental knowledge & skills
required to deliver quality patient care in all fields of nursing (care,
compassion & communication, human development/functioning across
the age continuum, decision-making, improving health & well being,
professional nursing practice – mostly core modules)
• Year 2 – Focuses on field of nursing practice. Modules further develop
decision-making skills, explore use of evidence to promote best
practice/nursing care, service provision & user/carer experience
• Year 3 – Modules facilitate development of leadership skills, ability to
effectively manage patient care & improve health/social care practice
within field of nursing
• Each year – 50% of time spent in practice
• You will gain some practice experience of other fields of nursing
Practice Placements
• 5000+ Placements across the region – audited
to ensure suitability
• Placement could be anywhere within
university’s placement circuit
• Shifts – must experience 24 hour / 7 days per
week care
Location of Placements
Student Support
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Excellent Academic and placement support
Personal Tutors
Module Lecturers
Practice Mentors
Learning Hub
Student Services Department
Disability Co-ordinator
All information (timetables, module guides & learning
materials) available electronically
The Application Process
• Via UCAS
• Closes January 15th
• Late applications only considered if places
available
• Applications stamped and processed in date
order
The Selection Process
• All applicants undergo a
standardised selection
process prior to being
made a conditional offer:
• Short listing
• Interview
Short Listing
Criteria used by admissions tutors:
• Application form is fully completed
• Eligibility for DH bursary
• Academic entry requirements
• Maths/English
• Studied within last 5 years
• Personal statement
• References
Personal Statement
• Must be supportive of chosen
nursing programme
• What generated your interest in
the field of nursing
• Insight into the programme
applied for and some of the
demands to be faced
• How past study has prepared you
• Relevant work or life experience
and how it has prepared you for
the professional programme
• Interests / hobbies
• What have you got to offer in
terms of personal qualities and
skills
Interview Performance
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Verbal communication
Non verbal communication
Knowledge of chosen field of nursing
Demands of nursing
Enthusiasm for nursing and becoming a nurse
A future career plan
Potential to become a “professional”
Testing
• Literacy
• Numeracy
Offers
All offers are made via the UCAS site and are subject
to the following:
• Police vetting through the Criminal Records Bureau
(CRB)
• Satisfactory workplace Risk Assessment
• Good academic and character references
Any Questions?
Thank you
For further information on specific
programmes/fields of nursing
Please visit our web site:
http://www.tees.ac.uk