Postgraduate Diploma Nursing (Adult)
Register in an additional field of nursing practice. Study over one year and learn to assess and care for adults.
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Take your nursing career to the next level with our one-year Postgraduate Diploma.
On this NMC-validated course, you'll develop specialist skills in assessing and caring for acutely unwell adults. You’ll also explore topics including personalised care, screening and prevention, and safeguarding for adult patients.
Learn in our nursing skills labs and get hands-on experience on placements.
When you graduate, you’ll be ready to practice as a registered adult nurse.
We also offer: Postgraduate Diploma Nursing (Children) and Postgraduate Diploma Nursing (Mental Health).
Our Postgraduate Diploma is approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK. You'll be qualified to work as an adult nurse when you graduate.
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Learn to assess and care for acutely unwell adults
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Use specialist nursing skills labs
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Get hands-on experience out on placement
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Gain NMC registration in an additional field of practice
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Careers
Register in an additional field of practice when you graduate – and start work as an adult nurse.
Our Postgraduate Diploma is approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK.
Teaching and modules
Develop the essential knowledge and skills you need to work as a registered adult nurse.
Over the course of a year, you’ll learn more about clinical assessment, recognising acute deterioration, and providing personalised care to adults.
Building on your knowledge of personalised care, you’ll explore the assessment and management of adults with complex care needs in hospital and community settings.
There’s also a focus on nursing leadership. You’ll learn more about leading patient care in multi-disciplinary healthcare teams, and reviewing the effectiveness and quality of that care.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Clinical Decision Making in the Acutely Unwell Adult
- Personalised Care and Public Health in Adult Nursing
- Contemporary Adult Nursing Practice 4
- Leadership and Quality Improvement in the Care of Adults
- Managing the Care of Adults with Complex Care Needs
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Facilities
Hone your skills in specialist nursing labs and out on placement.
You'll have use of extensive library and IT resources, careers support through our Employability Service and, after you graduate, lifelong access to our Alumni Career Centre.
You can also access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.