UK offering Nursing degree to Indian Nurses

Updated on: Saturday, March 17, 2012

Indian Nurses are being offered a chance to gain BSc and MSc degrees by a leading British university in healthcare thereby opening up career prospects for them. Nursing is set to become a graduate-only profession in Britain and University of Worcester.

This month the University was in India to offer a training session for practising nurses. The university staffs were in Delhi on March 6 and in Chennai on March 12, hosting a one-day training sessions.

Indian nurses holding diploma will be able to acquire a BSc (Hons) in nursing studies with a one year full-time course while Degree qualified Indian nurses will be able to complete either an MSc nursing studies or an MSc healthcare leadership and management. If they wish to work in the UK, they can enroll for the overseas nurses programme from September 2012.

In February 2012 the University of Worcester received the highest grade in the annual monitoring review carried out by UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). In September 2011, it was rated the seventh best university in the UK to study nursing by the Sunday Times Good University Guide.

Ruth Pearce, head of continuing professional development in the Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, said, “In Britain, nurses are no longer seen as just doctors' assistants. They are leading clinical teams and seeing themselves as leaders of care and a UK based degree will give recognition to the status of nurses and boost their career prospects.”

The BSc (Hons) top up course and the MSc in nursing will include theory and simulated clinical practice. Students will not be qualified to work as nurses in Britain while they study, but may be able to find part-time work in care homes.

For more details please contact Chris Taylor, senior international officer. [email protected]

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