Nursing Degrees Online

Introduction
Key Features
• Over 30 years of expertise in delivering pre-registration nursing
• Teaching grounded in research
• Registration as an Adult Nurse
• Programme hours are divided equally between University study and clinical practice
• Gain both an academic and a professional qualification
• Opportunity to follow community health pathway at honours level
• Opportunity to gain clinical experience outside Scotland in year 3

The University has offered undergraduate degree level, pre-registration nurse education programmes for over 30 years. This course offers you the opportunity to draw on the wealth of experience and expertise that we have developed over these years, and to gain both a University degree and professional registration while doing so.

The contemporary programme of study is designed to equip you with the clinical, personal and professional skills and theoretical knowledge required to practice as a nurse in the modern word. To this end we place equal weight on classroom teaching and on teaching and learning in clinical practice.

The first year of the degree offers a basic introduction to health and nursing. On successful completion of year three of the programme, students are eligible to apply for registration as Adult Nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on part 1, RN1, RNA of the professional register.

The Honours year is a particularly rewarding experience and is available in both full and part-time mode. This final year allows students to engage at an advanced level in a wide range of topics, including the management of long-term conditions, issues in public health, and perspectives on death and dying. There are also options available at this Year, for example, students may opt to follow the community health-oriented modules which lead to the exit award of BSc (Hons) Nursing (Community Health).

Core Themes
What you study
The core areas of study are around the domains of professional and ethical practice, care delivery, care management and personal and professional development. To enable you to develop skills in these areas, there is a strong collaborative input from specialised health areas at Abertay and from health professionals. This provides you with experience of multi-professional, collaborative teamwork. Subject specialists in nursing, public health, counselling, psychology, physiology, computer sciences and research all teach into the programme.

You will put the knowledge and skills gained from your studies into practice during your time on clinical placement where you will be expected to work alongside other healthcare professionals in a range of settings, including a variety of hospital settings, nursing homes and community facilities. You will gain experience of working with individuals, their families and carers.

How you learn
Our aim is to provide you with the knowledge and expertise that are required for work in the ever-changing healthcare environment. As such, we will help you to develop your critical thinking and problem solving abilities as well as your practical clinical skills.

Learning takes place in clinical practice, where you will be supported by a practice mentor and clinical staff from Abertay. You will also be taught in the University, where you will be able to take advantage of our state-of-the art library and information technology facilities, clinical skills lab as well as the knowledge and expertise of subject specialists. The University has an established national and international reputation for research in health-related areas, such as counselling and biomedically-related health sciences, which will inform your learning experience.

During the theoretical part of the programme, you will typically spend around 18 hours per week attending classes and will undertake approximately 20 hours of private study.

The practice component of the programme is made up of over 60 weeks of clinical practice, based on a 37.5-hour working week. This is divided equally over the first three years of the programme. Clinical practice will extend across the summer period. While we make every effort to find placements near to your term-time address, you may be expected to travel across Tayside, Fife, Angus and Perth and Kinross when on placement.

If you decide to choose the Community Health pathway in year four, you will be required to undertake a additional community practice period of 16 weeks.

How you are assessed
Assessment involves a variety of strategies including clinical assessment, exams, essays, case studies, examinations and class tests. These are designed to assess clinical competence and theoretical understanding as it develops across the programme.

Career Opportunities:
Graduates from this programme go on to work in a range of settings including the NHS, the private and voluntary sectors. Career opportunities for graduate nurses include clinical practice, teaching, research and management. The University also offers opportunities for students to go on to study at both masters and doctoral levels.

Course summaryCourse type: Postgraduate Taught Course
Location of study: Fulbourn
Length of course: FT 79 weeks
Start date: March 2009
Awards: PG Dip
Entry requirements: The minimum benchmark level of attainment for entry to PG Dip: 120 credits at level 1, 120 credits at level 2 and 60 credits at level 3. Applicants must be registered practitioners in the field of adult nursing, and desirably have a minimum of 1 years post registration experience within nursing practice. Students whose first language is not English will be expected to possess an IELTS score of at least 7 or its equivalent.

Postgraduate Taught Courses | Professional Courses | Research Opportunities
This is an eighteen month (79 week) long pathway for registered nurses to become eligible for entry to the professional register as midwives. This pathway provides two academic routes to this award in recognition that the prospective students are registered nurses who may already hold either a Diploma in Higher Education or an Undergraduate Degree. Consequently both routes will enable all prospective students to further progress their academic studies as well as attain the professional registration.
Course content
Normal Childbirth - 30 credits at level 3
Normal Neonate & Infant Nutrition - 30 credits at level 3
The Midwife’s Role in Public Health - 30 credits at level 4
Complexities in Childbirth - 30 credits at level 4
Preparation for Professional Ethical Practice - 30 credits level 4
Major Project - 30 credits level 4
Methods of teaching and learning
The learning outcomes and content of this award are based on a rich variety of learning and teaching strategies that encourage students to not only engage in the underpinning evidence that supports contemporary midwifery practice but also to critically reflect on their developing role as practicing midwives. Consequently a wide range of learning and teaching strategies are utilised including lecturer seminars, group work, e-learning together with midwifery skills learning.
Associated careers

Students successfully completing this pathway will be eligible to gain entry to the NMC professional register as midwives.
Assessment

To develop a well rounded practitioner a variety of assessment strategies are employed within the pathway. These include: essays; observed practice assessments; practice portfolio presentation; simulated clinical exercises; examination; major project development.

Key Features
• Over 30 years of expertise in delivering pre-registration nursing
• Teaching grounded in research
• Registration as an Adult Nurse
• Programme hours are divided equally between University study and clinical practice
• Gain both an academic and a professional qualification
• Opportunity to follow community health pathway at honours level
• Opportunity to gain clinical experience outside Scotland in year 3

The University has offered undergraduate degree level, pre-registration nurse education programmes for over 30 years. This course offers you the opportunity to draw on the wealth of experience and expertise that we have developed over these years, and to gain both a University degree and professional registration while doing so.

The contemporary programme of study is designed to equip you with the clinical, personal and professional skills and theoretical knowledge required to practice as a nurse in the modern word. To this end we place equal weight on classroom teaching and on teaching and learning in clinical practice.

The first year of the degree offers a basic introduction to health and nursing. On successful completion of year three of the programme, students are eligible to apply for registration as Adult Nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on part 1, RN1, RNA of the professional register.

The Honours year is a particularly rewarding experience and is available in both full and part-time mode. This final year allows students to engage at an advanced level in a wide range of topics, including the management of long-term conditions, issues in public health, and perspectives on death and dying. There are also options available at this Year, for example, students may opt to follow the community health-oriented modules which lead to the exit award of BSc (Hons) Nursing (Community Health).

Core Themes
What you study
The core areas of study are around the domains of professional and ethical practice, care delivery, care management and personal and professional development. To enable you to develop skills in these areas, there is a strong collaborative input from specialised health areas at Abertay and from health professionals. This provides you with experience of multi-professional, collaborative teamwork. Subject specialists in nursing, public health, counselling, psychology, physiology, computer sciences and research all teach into the programme.

You will put the knowledge and skills gained from your studies into practice during your time on clinical placement where you will be expected to work alongside other healthcare professionals in a range of settings, including a variety of hospital settings, nursing homes and community facilities. You will gain experience of working with individuals, their families and carers.

How you learn
Our aim is to provide you with the knowledge and expertise that are required for work in the ever-changing healthcare environment. As such, we will help you to develop your critical thinking and problem solving abilities as well as your practical clinical skills.

Learning takes place in clinical practice, where you will be supported by a practice mentor and clinical staff from Abertay. You will also be taught in the University, where you will be able to take advantage of our state-of-the art library and information technology facilities, clinical skills lab as well as the knowledge and expertise of subject specialists. The University has an established national and international reputation for research in health-related areas, such as counselling and biomedically-related health sciences, which will inform your learning experience.

During the theoretical part of the programme, you will typically spend around 18 hours per week attending classes and will undertake approximately 20 hours of private study.

The practice component of the programme is made up of over 60 weeks of clinical practice, based on a 37.5-hour working week. This is divided equally over the first three years of the programme. Clinical practice will extend across the summer period. While we make every effort to find placements near to your term-time address, you may be expected to travel across Tayside, Fife, Angus and Perth and Kinross when on placement.

If you decide to choose the Community Health pathway in year four, you will be required to undertake a additional community practice period of 16 weeks.

How you are assessed
Assessment involves a variety of strategies including clinical assessment, exams, essays, case studies, examinations and class tests. These are designed to assess clinical competence and theoretical understanding as it develops across the programme.

Career Opportunities:
Graduates from this programme go on to work in a range of settings including the NHS, the private and voluntary sectors. Career opportunities for graduate nurses include clinical practice, teaching, research and management. The University also offers opportunities for students to go on to study at both masters and doctoral levels.

NUR 706. Theory Building in Nursing: This core course examines the nature of knowledge in practice disciplines with an emphasis on critical analysis of selected theories and concepts, approaches to theory and conceptual development, and criteria for evaluation of theory. 4 hours. Fall.

NUR 750. Quantitative Research Methods: This course is a survey of quantitative research methods and the first research core course. 3 hours. Fall.

NUR 752: Responsible Conduct of Research: A Cross-Cultural Perspective: This core course examines a wide range of historical and modern treatises that have shaped ethical practice in the dominant western culture as well as medical ethical theories in other cultures. In addition, the expectations and regulations of Institutional Review Boards are examined. 2 hours. Summer

NUR 754: Issues in Leadership and Health Policy: This core course is designed to prepare doctoral nursing students with advanced theory in health care leadership and analysis of health policy. 3 credits. Fall.

NUR 756. Applied Statistical Analysis Techniques: This core course provides the student with the basis to search, retrieve, and manipulate statistical data. It also provides an underpinning for the understanding of research methods and findings, and supports clinical scholarship practice. 4 hours. Fall.

NBB 760. Biobehavioral Foundations in Nursing Research: This course focuses on biobehavioral interactions among psychological and cognitive domains, social and environmental domains, and biology as they affect health outcomes. Emphasis is placed on theories and concepts of each domain of biobehavioral interactions. 3 hours. Spring.

NBB 761. Biobehavioral Research: State of the Science: This course focuses on in-depth exploration and critical analysis of current biobehavioral interaction research including conceptual and methodological issues. In addition, the course focuses on examining the effectiveness of interventions on biobehavioral domains and health outcomes and identifying future directions for research. 3 hours. Summer.

NFH 760. Family Health and Caregiving Across the Life Span: This course is a survey of current research related to the reciprocal relationship between the family and health and caregiving within the context of the family lifespan. The student develops an understanding of health and illness within a framework of human development, interaction and adaptation, as well as cultural and gender norms. 3 hours. Spring.

NFH 761. Theory Development in Family Health and Caregiving: This course focuses on skill development in evaluating selected family and caregiving theories for their current or potential relevance to research on family health and individual health in the context of the family, and family caregiving processes in health and illness. 3 hours. Summer.

NFH 762. Family Research Methods: This course focuses on skill development in the critical analysis and application of family research methods as a foundation for conducting family research. Experience is gained in instrument evaluation and selection, decision-making regarding level of variable formation, model validation through multiple measurement, and selection of appropriate statistical tests to capture the complexity and dynamic nature of the family. 3 hours. Summer.

NPR 760. Conceptual Foundations for Promoting, Protecting, and Restoring Health: This course focuses on theories, concepts, and research related to promoting, protecting, and restoring health. Students are expected to analyze cultural, social, racial, and gender influences on health and research related to health promotion, protection, and restoration. 3 hours. Spring.

NPR 761. Interventions to Promote, Protect, and Restore Health: This course focuses on in-depth exploration and critical analysis of current intervention research including conceptual and methodological issues. In addition, the course focuses on designing research to evaluate the outcomes of interventions designed to promote, protect, or restore health on individuals or community groups. 3 hours. Spring.

NRM 770. Designs for Nursing Studies I: This core course focuses on the beginning phases of the research process, including exploration of a domain of problems, formulation of research questions, integration of conceptual and theoretical frameworks and critique and review of knowledge that supports an identified area of research. Ethical and cultural issues related to the conduct of research are also examined. 3 hours. Fall.

NRM 771. Methods/Measurement in Nursing Research: This course provides an overview of the theories, principles, and techniques that yield reliable and valid measurement of human systems. 3 hours. Summer.

NRM 772. Designs for Nursing Studies II: This core course focuses on sampling, design, analysis plans, presentation of results, findings, and conclusions in various research designs and the reintegration of the findings into the body of knowledge in an identified area of research. Ethical and cultural issues related to the conduct of research are also examined. 3 hours. Spring.

NRM 773. Qualitative Research Methods: This core course is a survey course, which focuses on the analysis of research traditions that guide the collection and analysis of qualitative data in the development of nursing science. Included are naturalistic, conceptual, interpretive and analytical research methods such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and narrative analysis. In addition, the course includes an analysis of strategies for mixed method designs. 4 hours. Spring.

NST 776. Linear Models for Clinical Nursing Research: This core course is a survey course on the application of advanced General Linear Model and related techniques in health care research. 3 hours. Spring.

NST 777. Multivariate Statistical Methods for Clinical Nursing Research: This is a survey course on the application of multivariate techniques in health care research. The course focuses on application of multivariate statistical methods to nursing-related research questions, with emphasis on interpretation within clinical nursing research problems. 3 hours. Summer.

NUR 730. Special Topics: A special topic seminar with variable focus. 1-3 hours. Summer.

NUR 790. Independent Study in Nursing: Pass/Fail. 1-9 hours. Each semester.

NUR 791. Independent Study in Nursing Practice: Pass/Fail. 1-9 hours. Each semester.

NUR 798. Research Practicum: The practicum is a series of course credits taken throughout the student’s doctoral coursework to provide continuous research experience under the supervision of the mentor. Credits may vary by semester, from a minimum of one hour credit to a maximum of six hours credit. 1-9 hours. Each semester.

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It is the goal of the Paralegal Studies and Legal Nurse Consultant Programs to provide students with knowledge in a wide range of substantive legal fields and to provide practical skills necessary for the legal workplace environment. The Programs shall promote adherence to ethical practice and professional responsibility as legal professionals working in cooperation with and under the supervision of attorneys. The Programs shall respond to the needs of the legal community and promote the economical and efficient delivery of legal services through the use of quality instruction and modern technology. For Complete Program Goals see www.bergen.edu/pages/2642.asp The practice of law is limited to attorneys admitted to practice within the jurisdiction. Completion of either the Paralegal Studies or Legal Nurse Consultant Program does not authorize the graduate to practice law.

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