Nursing (Adult) BMedSci
2024-25 entryBecome an adult nurse and make a difference every day. Equip yourself with the clinical skills, knowledge and confidence you need to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and deliver exceptional care to patients.
Key details
- A Levels BBB
Other entry requirements - UCAS code B740
- 3 years / Full-time
- September start
- Accredited
- Find out the course fee
- Industry placement
- View 2025-26 entry
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Course description
Be at the heart of healthcare, working directly with patients and clinicians to improve and save lives every day.
Study an adult nursing degree at Sheffield and we’ll show you why this profession is as rewarding as it is challenging, with plenty of opportunities to grow into a life-long career.
Informed by the latest research, this degree will provide you with excellent preparation to become a registered adult nurse. You’ll split your time equally between studying theory and building experience on placement.
It’s here, working directly with clinicians and patients, that you’ll develop skills in leadership, problem-solving, communication and resilience – all crucial to becoming a capable and compassionate nurse.
Throughout the three year programme you’ll be taught by qualified nurses and healthcare professionals – both in the classroom and out on placement – who will support you to become the very best nurse you can be.
Why study this course?
- £5,000+ annual NHS training grant - annual NHS grants are available for all eligible UK home students to help you with your studies, as well as funding to cover the cost of placements.
- Get hands-on in our clinic - put your theory into practice in a safe, supportive environment. Our Clinical Skills Centre features mock wards, resuscitation suites, simulation theatres and homes, and VR equipment.
- Here for you on placement - you’ll spend half your time on clinical placements in a range of community, primary care and hospital settings. Placement support is crucial to success, and you’ll get that from our hospital supervisors and assessors, academic staff and our dedicated clinical practice support educator.
This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). It will give you the clinical skills and knowledge you need for entry into the NMC professional register as an adult nurse.
Modules
A selection of modules are available each year - some examples are below. There may be changes before you start your course. From May of the year of entry, formal programme regulations will be available in our Programme Regulations Finder.
Choose a year to see modules for a level of study:
UCAS code: B740
Years: 2022, 2023, 2024
Core modules:
- Foundations in Health and Nursing 1
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This Unit will lay the foundation level knowledge, skills and the professional attributes and values required for contemporary nursing practice. It offers students a broad and applied introduction to the study of nursing through the lifespan and its practice within contemporary health and social care. Students will explore the wider aspects of health and illness and issues which impact upon them. Students will learn skills of access, retrieval and begin to engage with the evidence base for nursing practice and engage and reflect on its application through supervised practice within a multi-disciplinary team context. Students will be introduced to work with people from different fields of practice: mental health, learning disability, mother and child, adult and child fields of nursing in the context of adult nursing.
60 credits - Foundations in Health and Nursing 2
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This Unit will continue to develop foundation level knowledge, skills and the professional attributes and values required for contemporary nursing practice. It continues to offer students a broad and applied introduction to the study of nursing through the lifespan and its practice within contemporary health and social care. Students will explore the wider aspects of health and illness and issues which impact upon these. They will learn skills of access, retrieval and appraising the evidence base for nursing practice and engage and reflect on its application within clinical practice through supervised practice within a multi-disciplinary team placement. Students will again be encouraged to take the opportunity to work with people from different fields of practice: mental health, learning disability, mother and child, adult and child fields of nursing in the context of adult nursing.
60 credits
Core modules:
- Developing Nursing Practice: Caring for people with acute and short-term needs
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This Unit is designed to enable the students to develop their understanding of the evidence based principles which underpin contemporary nursing practice through focusing specifically on people with short-term acute and critical care needs. It offers a critical examination of the fundamental and specialist knowledge, skills and values required of the professional nurse and examines the nature of the nurse's contribution in ensuring safe and effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency practice.
60 credits - Developing Nursing Practice: Caring for people with long-term and complex needs
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This Unit is designed to enable students to further develop their nursing skills and professional values whilst focussing on people with long term and complex needs. They will seek to understand the unique needs and experiences of adults and their families living with long term conditions, and the significance of multi-agency collaboration across the health and social care sectors. This will be achieved by drawing the students’ attention to current policy, practice and research. In addition psychological, physiological and sociological perspectives are explored. The unit will develop understanding of the importance of user/ carer expertise in health care decision making.
60 credits
Core modules:
- Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice 1
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This Unit is designed to enable the students to critically analyse the evidence based principles which underpin nursing interventions as they develop into autonomous practitioners. It offers a critical examination of the fundamental and specialist knowledge, skills and attitudes required of the nurse and examines the nature of the nurse's contribution in effective multi-disciplinary care and management.
60 credits - Transition to Professional Nursing Practice 2
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This final unit is undertaken prior to admission to the NMC register upon successful completion. This unit will consolidate learning of all NMC standards and facilitate students to seek out, critically analyse, make judgements upon and implement best evidenced practice which underpin safe and professional nursing interventions as they transition into autonomous and accountable nurse practitioners. It offers a critical examination of the knowledge, skills and values required of the professional nurse. Students will be enabled to understand and practice effective management and leadership skills as they transition into autonomous nurses in the context of effective multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and integrated care practice.
60 credits
The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.
Learning and assessment
Learning
You'll learn through lectures, independent study and clinical placements.
Assessment
You'll be assessed by exams, coursework and practical tasks.
Programme specification
This tells you the aims and learning outcomes of this course and how these will be achieved and assessed.
Entry requirements
You must meet the entry requirements for the programme prior to the course start date, which is September each year.
This course is not presently open to international applicants. We are unable to accept international applications, as clinical placement capacity is confined by local staffing requirements.
With Access Sheffield, you could qualify for additional consideration or an alternative offer - find out if you're eligible.
The A Level entry requirements for this course are:
BBB
- A Levels + a fourth Level 3 qualification
- BBC + B in a relevant EPQ; BBC + B in Core Maths
- International Baccalaureate
- 32
- BTEC Extended Diploma
- DDM in a relevant subject
- BTEC Diploma
- DD + B at A Level
- T Level
- Distinction in the Health, Healthcare Science or Science T Level, including grade B in the core component
- Scottish Highers
- AABBB
- Welsh Baccalaureate + 2 A Levels
- B + BB
- Access to HE Diploma
- Award of Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 24 at Distinction and 21 at Merit
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5 GCSEs at grade 4/C including English, Maths and a science
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A second reference is also required
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This course is not presently open to international applicants
The A Level entry requirements for this course are:
BBC
- A Levels + a fourth Level 3 qualification
- BBC + B in a relevant EPQ; BBC + B in Core Maths
- International Baccalaureate
- 31
- BTEC Extended Diploma
- DMM in a relevant subject
- BTEC Diploma
- DD + C at A Level
- T Level
- Distinction in the Health, Healthcare Science or Science T Level, including grade B in the core component
- Scottish Highers
- ABBBB
- Welsh Baccalaureate + 2 A Levels
- B + BC
- Access to HE Diploma
- Award of Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 15 at Distinction and 30 at Merit
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5 GCSEs at grade 4/C including English, Maths and a science
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A second reference is also required
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This course is not presently open to international applicants
You must demonstrate that your English is good enough for you to successfully complete your course. For this course we require: GCSE English Language at grade 4/C; IELTS grade of 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in Speaking, Reading and Listening, and 6.5 in Writing; or an alternative acceptable English language qualification
Equivalent English language qualifications
Visa and immigration requirements
Other qualifications | UK and EU/international
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the department.
Graduate careers
After successfully completing your Nursing (Adult) BMedSci, you will be able to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and start your nursing career straight away.
The graduate prospects for a newly qualified nurse are huge, and you could go on to improve people’s lives in a range of settings. You might work in an intensive care unit, GP surgery or hospice, or provide one-to-one care to patients in their homes. Later on in your career, you could move into clinical research, management or teaching, or take further training to support in theatre procedures or prescribe medication.
Wherever you decide to practise, our BMedSci degree will prepare you for the challenges and opportunities that come with a career in nursing. Our alumni continue to connect with us regularly on the programme and work in a wide variety of areas, using the experience they have gained to support current students.
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
The School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery sits in the Faculty of Health and brings together expertise from across three core areas: human communication sciences, nursing and midwifery, and orthoptics.
We aim to train compassionate, resilient and highly skilled healthcare professionals and support them throughout their working lives. We work closely with organisations such as the Royal College of Nursing, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Health and Care Professions Council to make sure our teaching meets the needs of the NHS workforce. This means that we're ideally placed to offer you high-quality courses, informed by the latest health-related research.
If you study with us, you’ll join a diverse and supportive community, led by passionate teachers, clinicians and researchers who help students fulfil their ambitions. We're dedicated to nurturing students' talents and upholding the highest standards of excellence and professionalism.
We provide an excellent study environment for health professionals across our main campus. We have a close relationship with the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, which is home to our dedicated Health Sciences Library and high-quality clinical teaching and research spaces.
Our students also benefit from our internationally recognised Patients as Educators programme, which allows students to learn from real patients.
We provide an excellent study environment for health professionals across our main campus and Clinical Skills Centre. If you study a health professions course with us, you’ll be based close to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The hospital is home to the Sheffield Medical School, and is where you’ll find our dedicated Health Sciences Library.
Facilities
Our Clinical Skills Centre is based at the Northern General Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the country. The centre contains mock clinical wards, resuscitation suites, simulated theatres and teaching rooms – a perfect facility for training the healthcare professionals of tomorrow.
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Why choose Sheffield?
The University of Sheffield
Number one in the Russell Group
National Student Survey 2023 (based on aggregate responses)
92 per cent of our research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent
Research Excellence Framework 2021
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Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023
Number one Students' Union in the UK
Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Number one for teaching quality, Students' Union and clubs/societies
StudentCrowd 2023 University Awards
A top 20 university targeted by employers
The Graduate Market in 2023, High Fliers report
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Times Higher Education (THE) World Subject Rankings 2022
The Complete University Guide 2024
The Guardian University Guide 2024
The Times University Guide 2024
Nursing (Adult)
Complete University Guide Nursing Rankings 2024
Student profiles
Why study a degree in adult nursing?
Phoebe is a current Adult Nursing student - she tells us more about why she chose to take a different path after her A-Levels, and what it's really like studying for a nursing degree.
Fees and funding
Fees
Additional costs
The annual fee for your course includes a number of items in addition to your tuition. If an item or activity is classed as a compulsory element for your course, it will normally be included in your tuition fee. There are also other costs which you may need to consider.
Funding your study
Depending on your circumstances, you may qualify for a bursary, scholarship or loan to help fund your study and enhance your learning experience.
Use our Student Funding Calculator to work out what you’re eligible for.
Additional funding
NHS Learning Support Fund
As a Nursing student, you can apply for the NHS Learning Support Fund to help support your studies, which you won’t need to pay back. This includes a training grant of £5,000 per academic year, money back for clinical placement travel costs, as well as extra funding for students with dependent children or those facing hardship.
Visit
University open days
We host five open days each year, usually in June, July, September, October and November. You can talk to staff and students, tour the campus and see inside the accommodation.
Subject tasters
If you’re considering your post-16 options, our interactive subject tasters are for you. There are a wide range of subjects to choose from and you can attend sessions online or on campus.
Offer holder days
If you've made an application to study with us, we may invite you for an interview. If you are then successful in receiving an offer, we'll invite you to one of our applicant days. These applicant days have a strong department focus and give you the chance to really explore student life here, even if you've visited us before.
Campus tours
Our weekly guided tours show you what Sheffield has to offer - both on campus and beyond. You can extend your visit with tours of our city, accommodation or sport facilities.
Apply
Make sure you've done everything you need to do before you apply, including reading about the nursing selection process for this course.
How to apply When you're ready to apply, see the UCAS website:Apply via UCASThis course is not presently open to international applicants.
Contact us
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 2030
- ahpnm-enquiries@sheffield.ac.uk
The awarding body for this course is the University of Sheffield.
Recognition of professional qualifications: from 1 January 2021, in order to have any UK professional qualifications recognised for work in an EU country across a number of regulated and other professions you need to apply to the host country for recognition. Read information from the UK government and the EU Regulated Professions Database.
Any supervisors and research areas listed are indicative and may change before the start of the course.