Why study this course with us?

This is a dynamic, interactive professional course which places the needs of patients and their families, and Adult Nursing practice at its centre. The programme team are committed to supporting students to realise their potential to become compassionate, competent and autonomous Adult Nurses, able to meet current and future healthcare demands.

The Learning Disability Nursing course offered by the University of Chester is delivered by experienced registered nurses who have expertise in both teaching and research and a variety of clinical specialities, including all four fields of nursing. The University of Chester provides excellent pastoral and academic support during the course of your studies, with excellent teaching and learning facilities supporting opportunities to develop the academic, professional and clinical skills required to be a confident, competent and professional learning Disability Nurse.

Work based learning

The University of Chester has excellent links with practice learning providers, such as local NHS Trusts, the independent sector and primary care. This ensures that you will gain a wide variety of learning experiences in a range of practice learning environments and clinical and healthcare settings. Furthermore, this relationship ensures that you will be fully supported by mentors, academic links to practice, lecturers in practice learning, practice education facilitators and practice module leaders during placement learning experiences.