Nursing – MSc

This course has been designed to enable nurses to obtain a higher degree in nursing. It is suitable for all professional nurses whether you have only just qualified or have many years of experience. You don't need to be in current employment to study the course.

The course incorporates fundamental aspects of the nursing role including leadership, behaviour change and global health issues. You are equipped to apply independent, higher level thinking to modern policy and practice initiatives.

You develop your skills in delivering high quality, complex care to individuals and groups. You also develop your abilities to master your understanding of professional and policy drivers, enabling you to analyse, adapt and proactively respond to current and future challenges.

You can apply all your learning and assessments to an area of nursing practice that is relevant to you ,and where you work or want to work.

The course covers
• educational principles, practices and behaviour change
• public and global health challenges – their management and implications for local care delivery
• health policy development and implementation
• leadership and change management
• critical thinking and reflection for practice and research
• research methods and final research dissertation

You are taught by our nurse education team, which is made up of registered and experienced nurses, and health professionals from other specialties. Our staff have a wealth of international experience, with expertise in all aspects of nursing practice development including research, education, leadership, management and service evaluation.

Our students come from various cultural backgrounds and professional settings. Sharing different experiences face-to-face or as an online community is an important aspect of the course.