Learning Disability Nursing BN (Hons)

The Learning Disability Nursing BN (Hons) undergraduate course offered at Bangor University empowers students with the knowledge, skills, and understanding required to provide top-notch health intervention to individuals with learning disabilities. This course aids in establishing theoretical grounding and practical expertise to support interventions across settings, services, and lifespan.Course Content: The course offers opportunities to study alongside other health and social care specialists in a professional environment. It covers a wide range of topics including communication and therapeutic interventions, mental health, health promotion, managing acute/long-term illness, public health, care management, learning disability nursing studies and practice, empowering individuals, clinical decision making, and research methods.Key Modules: Key areas of study include understanding health and wellbeing, foundations in health and wellbeing, learning disability nursing in context, mental health and learning disability, research and service improvement in practice, promoting health and wellbeing in learning disability nursing, and complex health and wellbeing in learning disability nursing.Accreditations: The course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), providing the license to practice as a Learning Disability Nurse on successful completion of the course.Future Careers: Graduates hold strong prospects for employment and career advancement. They may work within the NHS, in community settings, independent sector health and social care, schools, and forensic services among others. They can undertake roles as practitioners, educators, researchers, and managers.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.