BSc Nursing

Practice learning makes up 50% of the undergraduate nursing curriculum and there are a variety of practice experiences available. Our main NHS Board partners are NHS Highland and NHS Western Isles with there being some opportunity for experiences in the Moray area of NHS Grampian. Our students therefore have the opportunity to have experiences in remote, rural and urban areas within a wide geographical area. These experiences also offer opportunities to develop practice in both adult and mental health fields, as well as alternative areas of practice including children, public health; including school nursing and health visiting, and learning disability care.

Practice learning opportunities are available in a wide variety of settings, these include hospital wards, care homes, people’s homes, amongst a number of other community and hospital based experiences. As we aim to prepare you for employment on successful completion of the programme, you will be expected to attend practice experiences across the 24 hour period and a 7 day calendar week, and this will include weekends and night duty.

Working closely with our health and social care partners, we have developed a number of support networks and strategies to ensure that you are able to work to meet the learning outcomes of the practice elements of the programme. The aim of practice learning experiences is to enable you to provide safe and effective care across a variety of practice areas.