APPLYING FOR NURSING AND MIDWIFERY AT UNIVERSITY

OUR DEGREE COURSES Nursing BSc (Hons)

(45 weeks) • Adult, Mental Health, Child

Midwifery BSc (Hons)

(45 weeks)

ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• UCAS tariff point scores: • Mental Health and Adult Nursing - 280 pts • Child Nursing – 300 pts • Midwifery - 320 pts • GCSE requirements vary - English, Maths, Science • Key Skills Level 2 qualifications

NON ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check • Occupational Health check - online and appointment • Second reference - employment/volunteering

COURSE CONTENT

• Theory and practice • Learn with students from other health professions

PLACEMENTS

• Variety of settings • Geographical location • Support in practice • Shift work • Assessed element of course

PERSONAL STATEMENTS

• Why do you want to study the course?

• What research have you done?

• What have you learnt from any profession specific work experience?

• How can you demonstrate that you have the transferable skills and personal qualities required?

• What are your hobbies and interests?

• How can you stand out from other applicants?

ADULT NURSING

• Ability to assess situations, and deliver quality care • Placements can be in hospitals, community and independent settings • This is a career for you, if you want to make a real difference everyday for your patients and their families

WHAT DO ADULT NURSES DO?

• Meet the needs of patients with diverse physical health conditions • Adult nurses utilise a range of clinical skills across a variety of health care settings • May include injections, medications and procedures but also hygiene needs, washing, feeding and toileting patients, taking observations • Working in teams of other health professionals including doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, health care assistants and many others

WHAT MAKES A GOOD ADULT NURSE?

• The ability to be flexible to meet ever changing needs of patients and employers • Excellent communication skills • Be able to express empathy to wide variety of people • Be able to prioritise care based on the needs of your patients and the resources available • Commitment to continuing learning throughout your nursing career

MENTAL HEALTH NURSES – WHO ARE THEY?

Someone who … • Enjoys meeting people and listening to their life stories • Is non judgemental • Caring • Adaptable • A good communicator • Up for a challenge • Enjoys working with other health professionals • Can form effective relationships with others • A team player One in four of us will experience a mental health difficulty at some point in our lives

WHAT DO MENTAL HEALTH NURSES DO?

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Function as part of a multi disciplinary team

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Support carers and families of those with mental health difficulties

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Build effective , therapeutic relationships with service users

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Support people with long term mental health problems to have the best quality of life possible

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Refer service users (patients) to other agencies and services

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Work in partnership with service users moving towards recovery

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Work with individuals when they are in crisis or distressed Use interventions and therapies

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Monitor effects and side effects of treatment

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Monitor a person’s mental state

WHERE DO MENTAL HEALTH NURSES WORK?

In a wide variety of settings including: •

NHS mental health wards and community mental health teams and services

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Working in teams of other health professionals including social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists

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A range of specialist placements – Regional Secure Unit, drug and alcohol services, Children and young adults mental health services, A and E Liaison

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Independent (private) sector including drug detoxification , secure wards and hospitals, dementia nursing homes

All mental health nursing students will experience a range of placements including wards, community teams, older adult and specialism's

CHILDREN’S NURSING

• Work with 0 to 18 year olds in a variety of settings • Children react to illness in a very different way to adults • Children are still growing, so symptoms may affect their development in different ways to adults • Their emotional needs, and those of their families, are also very different to adults • Children's nurses also support, advise and educate parents and other close relatives

PLACEMENTS

Students will have the opportunity to work in a variety of clinical areas, including: • Several children’s wards • Community placements • Neonatal • High dependency and paediatric intensive care unit • Children’s out patients departments • Children’s hospice

BSC (HONS) MIDWIFERY

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Stage 1 – key areas

• Role of the midwife • Multi- ethnic multicultural context of maternity services • Physiological, social, psychological impact of pregnancy • Inter-professional education • Clinical practice – ward and community

BSC (HONS) MIDWIFERY

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Stage 2 – key areas

• Develop knowledge of abnormal cases • Explore pathophysiologies associated with the ante-, intra- and postnatal periods, public health and neonatology • Multi- ethnic multicultural context of maternity services • Clinical practice – labour ward

BSC (HONS) MIDWIFERY

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Stage 3 – key areas

• Gain confidence in pathophysiologies associated with the ante, intra and postnatal periods, public health and neonatology • Reflect on the scope of midwifery registration • Inter-professional education • Clinical practice - caseload

NHS FUNDING

• Applicable to some health related courses • Course fees paid • £1000 non income assessed bursary for all students • Income assessed bursary varies on: • Family income • Length of course • Where you live during your studies • Reduced student loan • Travel, uniforms and childcare • NHS Student Bursary website • Bursary calculator • Full course listings

FIND OUT MORE

• Open Days • 20 th /21 st June 2014 • Taster Days • Applicant Visit Days

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

Any Questions?

Web: www.bradford.ac.uk/health