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Undergraduate Course: Professional Adult Nursing (NUST10032)

Course Outline
School	School of Health in Social Science	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	0	ECTS Credits	0
Summary	The only component of this 'course' is a final professional examination in which students demonstrate proficiency in the art and science of nursing required for professional registration - 'Fit for Practice, Purpose and Award'. Content knowledge will be drawn from within the programme.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Healthy Communities 1 (NUST08016) AND Nursing Life Sciences (NUST08014) AND Evidence and Research: Avenues of Inquiry (NUST08013) AND Professionalism 1 (Introduction to Professionalism) (NUST08012) AND Healthy Communities 2 (NUST08015) AND Nursing Care and Decision Making (NUST08011) AND Evidence and Research: Approaches to Design and Methods (NUST08009) AND Mental Health and Wellbeing (NUST08010) AND Professionalism 2 (Professionals in health care - team working) (NUST08008) AND Management of Transitions - The Care of the Older Person (NUST10039) AND Professionalism 3 (Professional judgement and clinical decision making) (NUST10040) AND Research Methods for Nursing (NUST10041) AND Professionalism 4 (Professionals Working in Organisations - Clinical Governance) (NUST10042) AND Nursing Honours Dissertation (NUST10038)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Completion of required placements.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One three-hour examination - Professional Adult Nursing
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			3:00

Learning Outcomes
Assimilate and synthesise from all the learning outcomes required in the BN with Honours programme.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	Proficiency,Professional standards,Practice

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Tonks Fawcett Tel: (0131 6)50 3883 Email: T.Fawcett@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Miss Kirsty Gardner Tel: (0131 6)50 3889 Email: Kirsty.Gardner@ed.ac.uk

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