Nursing (Adult)

The msc nursing (adult) course will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to qualify as a registered nurse in adult nursing practice. through this course, you will learn from expert nursing academics as well as from clinical practitioners, gaining frontline experience through our placement opportunities across hertfordshire and london and developing the skills and experience needed to manage a variety of health conditions from prevention through acute case to end of life care.

Our nursing graduates are highly valued, and most tend to gain initial experience as a staff nurse, usually within community or in-patient organisations operating within the nhs, voluntary and independent sectors of health. further career paths include: senior nurse or ward sister – leadership positions managing the care given by a team of nurses specialist nurse - adult nurses can develop specific clinical skills and knowledge that will allow them to become specialist nurses such as district nurse, clinical nurse specialist or nurse consultant management roles such as modern matron all the way through to very senior board level roles such as director of nursing in an nhs primary care or acute trust. these roles involve managing multi-million pound budgets and directly leading/ managing a large number of staff as well as strategically influencing how the nhs responds to new developments research and education - some nurses opt to pursue educationally focussed careers within the nhs or in further and higher education institutions such as the university of hertfordshire. they still retain their professional registration and unique identity as an adult nurse but are involved in advancing nursing knowledge and influence through research and education.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Hertfordshire has partnerships with the following companies: