Keele Undergraduate Prospectus 2021 2021 | Page 208

208 | Nursing and Midwifery
You will experience a fantastic start to your
career with a degree in midwifery, any of
the four nursing fields; adult, children’s,
learning disability and mental health or
other professions within Health and
Wellbeing sectors.
As a nurse you might work in an acute
hospital or a local community setting or within
the independent (hospice, prison or care
home) in a wide variety of clinical roles.
By completing our course, you could go on to
make a difference to peoples’ experiences of
care at all stages of life in a range of clinical,
managerial, educational or research settings.
As a midwife you could work in community
based and acute hospital settings or a midwife-
led birth centre caring for women who have
a normal pregnancy and birth, and in acute
settings for those whose pregnancies are more
complex.
Currently the professional body (Nursing
and Midwifery Council - NMC) is reviewing
all the education standards and programme
specific standards for nursing and midwifery
nationally. In light of the review of standards
initiated by the NMC in 2018, there are
changes to programmes which will affect
students studying on programmes from 2019
and beyond. All revised programmes are
approved by the NMC and the University to
ensure they meet the changes that the NMC
have published. Nursing specific standards
are operational from September 2019 and
the midwifery specific standards will be
operational from September 2020. Changes to
the midwifery programme are not known at
the time of writing this prospectus however
working with the student community is
central to changes moving forward. All
changes will be discussed with the student
community as the changes are planned and
implemented. This is a very exciting time
for nursing and midwifery as it will allow
nurses and midwives to meet contemporary
standards for future practice.
keele.ac.uk/nursingandmidwifery
Our courses within Nursing
and Midwifery
• Nursing (Adult) (SH)
210
• Nursing (Children's) (SH)
211
• Nursing (Learning Disability) (SH)
212
• Nursing (Mental Health) (SH)
213
• For
Midwifery
(SH)
further information
on entry requirements please 214
visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements