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Learning Disabilities Nursing with Foundation Year

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Course option

4years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Learning disabilities nursing

**This is a 4 year degree course. Please ensure that when you apply for this course you choose Point of entry 1 in your UCAS Hub.**

Our Learning Disability Nursing course provides you with the necessary exposure to placements within the NHS, private and voluntary sector. It is our aim to provide you with the necessary tools to enable you to learn to work effectively within an interprofessional team and with service users plus their carer’s.

Over your 4 years with us you will spend 50% of your time with us in the university and 50% of your course time out in practice settings. Our integrated course design supports to develop you to be the best learning disability nurse you can be. Our modules involve people who have a learning disability within the teaching team via our university SUCCESS group.

On successful completion of the course you will enter the Nursing and Midwifery Council register as a Learning Disability Nurse with an Hons degree.Working as a qualified Learning Disability Nurse is a rewarding and fulfilling career option. If your aim is to work with people who require various levels of empowerment and support then our course will provide you with a good mixture of practice centred opportunities to achieve your goal.

Employment opportunities after you complete your course are excellent with a wide variety of job prospects available to you. Our graduates have recently secured employment as community nurses, working in forensic settings and within nursing homes to name a few. Services for people who have a learning disability are changing and its exciting to be part of this change.

It is our aim to provide you with the opportunities to enable you to build your own career pathway as a Learning Disability Nurse.

Please note: The first year of this course will be taught at Wolverhampton City Campus, followed by three years at Walsall Campus.

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Course location:

Sister Dora Building, Walsall

Department:

Institute of Health

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UK students
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International students
17%
Male students
83%
Female students
63%
2:1 or above
9%
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Top job areas of graduates

94%
Nursing and midwifery professionals
2%
Welfare and housing associate professionals
1%
Health professionals

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