BSc Nursing Practice (CPD) / Course details

Year of entry: 2023

Course description

We offer a wide range of Level 6 units for health professionals looking to improve their skills and further their careers through CPD.

Our CPD units are available to both those working in nursing, midwifery and social work and other health practitioners.

You can study individual units as standalone short courses, or build up the credits earned through individual units to contribute towards an undergraduate award.

BSc awards

Our Nursing Practice BSc (Hons) course is for qualified nurses and midwives who wish to undertake CPD at undergraduate (Level 6) level.

You can either take individual units attached to these courses as standalone CPD courses, or combine several units to build up 120 credits over a maximum of five years on a part-time basis and achieve the full BSc award.

Please note that these BSc courses are not suitable for undergraduate students wishing to gain NMC registration as a nurse - please see the following BNurs courses instead:

Course content for year 1

Course units for year 1

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optional
Intensive Care of the Neonate NURS9105C 20 Optional
Academic Accreditation of Continued Professional Development (CPD) NURS9154C 20 Optional
Safe delivery of Systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT) L6&7 NURS9172C 20 Optional
Principles and Practice of Breast Cancer Nursing NURS9307C 40 Optional
Principles of Haematology Oncology NURS93160 20 Optional
Enhancing Neonatal Nursing Practice NURS9319C 40 Optional
Research Dissertation NURS9328C 40 Optional
Principles and Practice of Cancer Care - Level 6 NURS9346C 20 Optional
Promoting Effective Practice in Supportive and Palliative Care NURS9347C 20 Optional
Dementia: A Person Centred Approach NURS9357C 20 Optional
Long term conditions (LTCs) in primary mental health care l6 NURS9359C 20 Optional
Concepts of Ophthalmic Nursing NURS9360C 20 Optional
The Nature of Ophthalmic Nursing NURS9365C 20 Optional
Infection Prevention & Control in Clinical Practice (L6) NURS9385C 20 Optional
Newborn Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) NURS9399C 20 Optional
Adult Safeguarding Level 6 NURS9410C 20 Optional
Principles and Practice of Burn Care NURS9997C 20 Optional
Burns Rehabilitation L6 NURS9998C 20 Optional
Displaying 10 of 18 course units for year 1

Course content for year 3

Course units for year 3

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

TitleCodeCredit ratingMandatory/optional
Intensive Care of the Neonate NURS61050 15 Optional
The Nature of Ophthalmic Nursing NURS63650 15 Optional
Intensive Care of the Neonate NURS9105C 20 Optional
Academic Accreditation of Continued Professional Development (CPD) NURS9154C 20 Optional
Safe delivery of Systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT) L6&7 NURS9172C 20 Optional
Principles of Haematology Oncology NURS93160 20 Optional
Enhancing Neonatal Nursing Practice NURS9319C 40 Optional
Research Dissertation NURS9328C 40 Optional
Principles and Practice of Cancer Care - Level 6 NURS9346C 20 Optional
Promoting Effective Practice in Supportive and Palliative Care NURS9347C 20 Optional
Dementia: A Person Centred Approach NURS9357C 20 Optional
Concepts of Ophthalmic Nursing NURS9360C 20 Optional
The Nature of Ophthalmic Nursing NURS9365C 20 Optional
Infection Prevention & Control in Clinical Practice (L6) NURS9385C 20 Optional
Newborn Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) NURS9399C 20 Optional
Adult Safeguarding Level 6 NURS9410C 20 Optional
Principles and Practice of Burn Care NURS9997C 20 Optional
Burns Rehabilitation L6 NURS9998C 20 Optional
Displaying 10 of 18 course units for year 3

Disability support

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email: dass@manchester.ac.uk