Adult Nursing MSc

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- This course is one of the top Adult Nursing courses in London (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023).<br/><br/><br/>- This course offers both an MSc and a professional nursing qualification. Upon graduation, you will be recommended to the NMC for professional registration.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop and refine your communication and clinical skills through high-fidelity patient simulators and scenario-based simulation. <br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this postgraduate pre-registration course**<br/><br/>If you’re looking to make a positive difference to people’s lives, and already have an undergraduate degree and experience in health and social care, this Masters course is for you. <br/><br/>You’ll gain the specialist knowledge and clinical skills needed to become a registered adult nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in two years.<br/><br/>The course is highly practical, giving you hands-on experience. You’ll spend 50 per cent of your time on placement in hospitals, in the community and in our skills and simulation labs. Placement opportunities include medical and surgical wards, oncology, ICU, A&E, coronary care, operating theatres, district nursing, GP practice nursing and integrated community teams.<br/><br/>The course’s core themes are nursing professional values, quality of life, diversity, anti-discrimination, medicines management, safeguarding, life sciences, managing relationships, self-awareness and reflection, nursing skills, ethics, and law.<br/><br/>You will gain experience in an area of London or Surrey which includes placement opportunities within both acute hospital trusts and primary care community trusts. There is also the opportunity to undertake an international elective placement.<br/><br/>**This course will be updated to reflect the new NMC standards.**