BSc

BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences

Compassionate, evidence-based nursing practice

Online or on campus

3 years full-time360 creditsEnglish

Overview

This programme prepares compassionate practitioners for modern healthcare environments. Campus simulation wards develop clinical skills; placements with NHS and private partners provide real-world experience. You will study anatomy, pharmacology, mental health nursing, and public health. Interprofessional education sessions build collaboration skills with midwifery, physiotherapy, and medical students where available. BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 3 years full-time, and the credit total is 360. Students move from Foundations of Nursing Practice through Foundations of Nursing Practice; Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology; Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care; Clinical Practice Placement I; Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology; Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing, and finish on Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm. Reading is a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. The artefact a marker expects is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing interventions Communicate effectively with patients and multidisciplinary teams Apply clinical reasoning in simulated and placement settings Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Clinical placements are arranged across Lothian health boards with dedicated placement educators.

Who This Programme Is For

Caring individuals committed to patient-centred practice
Healthcare assistants progressing to registered nursing
Students seeking NMC-aligned academic preparation

Faculty spotlight

Professor Anne Fraser RN, PhD leads Clinical Practice; Dr. Michael Osei coordinates simulation education.

How you can study

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On-campus study

Study at our campus

Prefer to learn at our London campus? Campus tuition is published on each programme page. All examinations are 100% free of charge.

✦ Tuition: £7,500 / US$9,500/year
✦ Location: Du Cane Rd, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
✦ Campus examinations are charged
✦ In-person seminars, library & student services

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What You Will Learn

Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing interventions
Communicate effectively with patients and multidisciplinary teams
Apply clinical reasoning in simulated and placement settings
Reflect on practice using professional frameworks

Curriculum

Year 3 — Leadership & Advanced Practice

Code	Course	Credits · hours
NUR305	Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio (NUR305) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR305-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio NUR305-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio NUR305-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio NUR305-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio NUR305-M5 · Service design for a named population — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio NUR305-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio	30 · 300 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

NUR305

Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio

Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio (NUR305) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession.

NUR305-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio
NUR305-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio
NUR305-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio
NUR305-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio
NUR305-M5 · Service design for a named population — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio
NUR305-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Practice Placement III & Honours Portfolio

30 · 300 h

Year 1 — Foundations of Healthcare

Code	Course	Credits · hours
NUR101	Foundations of Nursing Practice Foundations of Nursing Practice (NUR101) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR101-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Foundations of Nursing Practice NUR101-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Foundations of Nursing Practice NUR101-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Foundations of Nursing Practice NUR101-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Foundations of Nursing Practice NUR101-M5 · Service design for a named population — Foundations of Nursing Practice NUR101-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Foundations of Nursing Practice	30 · 300 h
NUR102	Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology (NUR102) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR102-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology NUR102-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology NUR102-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology NUR102-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology NUR102-M5 · Service design for a named population — Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology NUR102-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Human Anatomy & Applied Physiology	30 · 300 h
NUR103	Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care (NUR103) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR103-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care NUR103-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care NUR103-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care NUR103-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care NUR103-M5 · Service design for a named population — Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care NUR103-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Communication, Ethics & Compassionate Care	30 · 300 h
NUR104	Clinical Practice Placement I Clinical Practice Placement I (NUR104) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR104-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Clinical Practice Placement I NUR104-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Clinical Practice Placement I NUR104-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Clinical Practice Placement I NUR104-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Clinical Practice Placement I NUR104-M5 · Service design for a named population — Clinical Practice Placement I NUR104-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Clinical Practice Placement I	30 · 300 h
NUR105	Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology (NUR105) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR105-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology NUR105-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology NUR105-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology NUR105-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology NUR105-M5 · Service design for a named population — Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology NUR105-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Microbiology, Infection Control & Immunology	30 · 300 h
NUR106	Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing (NUR106) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR106-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing NUR106-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing NUR106-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing NUR106-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing NUR106-M5 · Service design for a named population — Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing NUR106-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Health Promotion & Population Wellbeing	30 · 300 h

Year 2 — Acute & Chronic Care

Code	Course	Credits · hours
NUR201	Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness (NUR201) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR201-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness NUR201-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness NUR201-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness NUR201-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness NUR201-M5 · Service design for a named population — Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness NUR201-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Medical-Surgical Nursing & Acute Illness	30 · 300 h
NUR202	Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management (NUR202) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR202-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management NUR202-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management NUR202-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management NUR202-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management NUR202-M5 · Service design for a named population — Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management NUR202-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Applied Pharmacology & Medicines Management	30 · 300 h
NUR203	Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing (NUR203) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR203-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing NUR203-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing NUR203-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing NUR203-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing NUR203-M5 · Service design for a named population — Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing NUR203-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing	30 · 300 h
NUR204	Clinical Practice Placement II Clinical Practice Placement II (NUR204) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR204-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Clinical Practice Placement II NUR204-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Clinical Practice Placement II NUR204-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Clinical Practice Placement II NUR204-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Clinical Practice Placement II NUR204-M5 · Service design for a named population — Clinical Practice Placement II NUR204-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Clinical Practice Placement II	30 · 300 h
NUR205	Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods (NUR205) is a course on BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences. It carries 30 credits and 300 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at bachelor's level. Students learn the method on a guided case, then use it on a longer task with the sources named in the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, pharmacy, or any other clinical profession. NUR205-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods NUR205-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods NUR205-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods NUR205-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods NUR205-M5 · Service design for a named population — Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods NUR205-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Evidence-Based Practice & Research Methods	30 · 300 h

Career Paths

Staff Nurse
Community Nurse
Clinical Research Nurse
Health Educator
Further Study (MSc)

Programme Highlights

Simulation wards with high-fidelity manikins
NHS placement network across Lothian
Interprofessional education sessions
Pathway to MSc Health Informatics or Public Health

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

A-levels BBB (or equivalent) in relevant subjects, or an Access to HE Diploma with Merit profile
International Baccalaureate 28 points, or high school diploma with GPA 3.0/4.0 minimum
Enhanced DBS check and occupational health clearance required before placement

English language

English proficiency: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 46, or equivalent (waived for prior English-medium study)

Documents

Personal statement (400–600 words) explaining your academic interests and career goals
One academic reference from a teacher, tutor, or school counsellor

Research & interview

Optional: portfolio or interview for creative and professional programmes

Programme questions

How long is the BSc (Hons) Nursing & Health Sciences?

The published duration is 3 years full-time. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Haverton. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. All online degree examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored — the only cost for online study is the application fee. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged separately. Check the Fees page for details.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Haverton University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@haverton.org.

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