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Foundation Degree Nursing Associate FdSc

UK

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What will I learn?

**Reasons to choose Kingston**- We are ranked in the top 10 in the UK for General Nursing (The Guardian University Guide 2025).- This course will enable you to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Nursing Associate.- We won two awards at the 2023 Student Nursing Times Awards, including Nursing Associate Trainee of the Year. Pebbles Day won the award for her work supporting individuals with a variety of mental health needs.- You’ll develop a range of specialist and transferable skills (including medicines management) through clinical placements in a variety of settings. You’ll have the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in the fields of adult, child, mental health and learning disabilities.**About this course**As a nursing associate, you’ll deliver hands-on care to patients. You’ll work Â鶹ԭ´´ healthcare support workers (holding a care certificate) and fully qualified registered nurses, bridging the existing gap between the two roles.Through a combination of theoretical learning and practice placements, you’ll develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills across all four fields of nursing.Practice placements will also give you the opportunity to gain a wide range of experiences through exposure to different health and care settings.Nursing associates will be a key part of the multidisciplinary workforce that’s needed to respond to the future needs of the public and patients. **Future Skills**Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.**Career opportunities**This course will prepare you to work as a nursing associate and enhance your career in the health and social care sector. You may be able to progress to a shortened nursing degree course.

Which department am I in?

Department of Nursing

Study options

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees
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Start date

September 2025

Venue

Main Site

Yorkon Building,

Kingston University Kingston upon Thames,

London,

KT2 7LB, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

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About Kingston University London

Kingston enjoys an extremely high graduate employment rate, with 92 per cent of graduates employed or in further study within fifteen months

  • High ranking school of art and design
  • Integrated Future Skills module, designed with top employers
  • Safe location, with easy access to central London
  • Integrated work placement options available