Learning Disabilities Nursing BSc (Hons) at Coventry University

This degree combines theory with practice-based learning to lead you to professional registration and a rewarding career as a learning disabilities nurse. Learning disabilities nurses provide specialist healthcare and support to people with a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information. They work across a range of settings including people's homes, primary and community settings, schools and specialist services, in-patient hospitals and care homes.

Faculty: Nursing and Midwifery  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Degree closed for new applications  |  Location: Coventry, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year one: Becoming a Professional Practitioner, Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context, Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery, Understanding Influences on Health and Care, Placement 1: Introduction to Nursing Care, Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care. Year two: Therapeutic Interventions and Innovations in Learning Disabilities Nursing, Complex Decision-Making with the Learning Disabilities Nursing Environments, Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity, Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care, Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care, Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care. Final year: Complex Care Coordination in Learning Disabilities Nursing, Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional, The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project, Preparing for your Career in Nursing, Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care, Placement 6: Practising Autonomously.

Career pathways

There are currently over 3,000 learning disabilities nurses within the NHS and demand for these specialist nurses is high. Typically, past final year students have been offered a range of posts within the NHS and the private sector prior to qualifying.

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