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Learning Disability Nursing

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A level

B,B,C

Access to HE Diploma

D:15,M:30,P:0

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Learning disabilities nursing

Learning disability nurses enjoy rewarding careers enabling individuals with learning disabilities to live their lives to their full potential. Working across a variety of health and social care settings, you’ll use specialist nursing skills to address health inequalities. Using person-centred practices and partnership working, you’ll learn to assess and promote physical and mental health in people with learning disabilities.

You’ll develop skills in working with people with autism and complex behaviours, working to break down barriers to full social inclusion. Learning on this course is grounded in a strong evidence base of up-to-date integrated health and social care models.

We also offer a variety of exciting placements in world-renowned hospitals and Trusts that will help you create a future career that’s fulfilling both personally and professionally.

Modules

Year 1
• Concepts of inter-professional and collaborative practice
• Introducing evidence-based practice in learning disability nursing
• Essentials of biosciences for health
• Contexts and concepts in learning disabilities
• Practice skills for learning disabilities nursing
Year 2
• Inter-professional learning in practice
• Appraising evidence-based practice in learning disability nursing
• Contemporary issues in learning disability nursing
• Applied physiology across the lifespan
• Specialist interventions in learning disability nursing
Year 3
• Improving quality, change management and leadership
• Implementing evidence-based practice in learning disability nursing
• Emerging trends in learning disabilities
• Complexity in the world of people with learning disabilities
• Promoting self-determination and inclusion

Tuition fees

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England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

Department:

Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

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Learning disabilities nursing

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Learning disabilities nursing

Teaching and learning

91%
Staff make the subject interesting
91%
Staff are good at explaining things
100%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
100%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

91%
Library resources
100%
IT resources
91%
Course specific equipment and facilities
82%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

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UK students
0%
International students
21%
Male students
79%
Female students
64%
2:1 or above
10%
First year drop out rate

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Learning disabilities nursing

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Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

98%
Nursing and midwifery professionals
0%
Health professionals
0%
Teaching and educational professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Learning disabilities nursing

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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