Most people will have interacted with a qualified nurse during their lifetime, but the profession remains largely misunderstood.

On this course, you’ll develop an accurate understanding of nursing and where a career in nursing can lead. You’ll discover the demands of nursing in emergency and intensive care, and education and research. You’ll also observe nursing in GP surgeries, people’s homes, and assisted living facilities.

The course will explore how basic science, psychology, and sociology is applied in the nursing profession to reveal the diverse role nurses play in our society today.

• The variety of roles undertaken by nurses
• The context of nursing, caring for children, adults, older people, individuals with mental health and cognitive support needs
• Bioscience applied to nursing looking at basic physiological measurement
• Psychology related to nursing including the impact of psychology on physiology
• Sociology related to nursing care and society.

 

Who will you learn with?

David Graham

I am a lecturer in Adult Nursing with clinical experience in intensive care nursing. I am the admissions tutor for Nursing and Midwifery at the University of York

 

 

Ted Hewitt

I trained as a general nurse before training to be a children’s nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. I worked in children’s heart surgical units in London before becoming a lecturer at York.

 

 

Laura Scott

I’m a Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing with interests in professional values, the nurse-patient relationship and older people’s mental health care.

 

 

Alison Smalley

 

 

 

 

Who developed the course?

University of York

The University of York combines the pursuit of academic excellence with a culture of inclusion, which encourages everyone – from a variety of backgrounds – to achieve their best.