The pre-registration nursing portfolio has been developed in accordance with the Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Education, published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Bachelor of Nursing - Children and Young People BNursing

Bachelor of Nursing - Mental Health BNursing

Bachelor of Nursing - Adult BNursing

Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) - Adult Nursing BNursing (Hons)

Bachelor of Nursing Graduate Entry

Bachelor of Midwifery

The learning platforms range from campus-based study sessions, to distance and online learning – popular with nurses and midwives who can fit their study around busy work and home life. Expert practitioners from practice also contribute to the students’ learning experience.

BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice

This part time, online, Top-Up Degree course for qualified professionals in health and social will enable you to enhance your existing knowledge and develop your clinical practice, taking it to the next level.

BSc (Hons) Occupational Health Practice

This course aims to equip students with contemporary knowledge to have a key public health role in promoting optimum health and well-being of the working age population as well as in health protection and safety. It will enable a critical, innovative and reflective approach to public health nursing.

BSc (Hons) Public Health Nursing

This course aims to equip students with contemporary knowledge to address vulnerabilities, tackle inequalities and promote optimum health across the life span, with a particular focus on young children and vulnerable families. It will enable a critical, innovative and reflective approach to public health nursing.

The continuous professional development (CPD) courses are developed in partnership with the local health authorities and range from short accredited or non-accredited courses to degree, honours degree level on to masters degree level and beyond.

Nursing

We understand that the nursing practice is constantly changing, and aspiring practitioners are increasingly expected to develop new skills and knowledge that will further enhance the quality of patient care.

Midwifery

To help in achieving work-life balance the midwifery CPD portfolio also offers a range of courses with flexible methods of online distance learning, work based learning and blended learning.

Masters in Nursing (Nurse Led Practice) MN

The major themes of the course are: leadership, evidence-based practice and practice development which will enable nurses to lead, deliver and design the healthcare services of the future. The course is delivered online and can be undertaken over 1, 2 or 3 years.

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Masters Degree

The course is a comprehensive programme of preparation that develops and supports an advanced level of practice to ensure they can engage with patients to deliver safe, effective and person centred care. Students can also opt to incorporate the RCN accreditation for Advanced Nurse Practice award.

MSc Advanced District Nursing

This new course is aimed at experienced registered nurses with experience in acute or primary care settings, who wish to build on their experience and transfer their learning in order to develop the higher level of knowledge and skills required for specialist and advanced practice in district nursing.

Research in Health Professions (MRes/MPhil/PhD)

This research programme offers a range of research topic areas within the field of nursing and midwifery that can be explored to attain a MRes, MPhil or PhD qualification.

Doctorate for Professional Practice

From 2011 we now offer the Doctorate of Professional Practice (DPP) for those focusing on professional practice applications.

The following courses are offered by the school for international distance learning.

Occupational Health Degree Course BA

This course has been developed for occupational health professionals and people who are currently working in occupational health following a non-NMC route for qualified health professionals overseas.

Clinical Practice BSc (Hons)

This innovative course is designed to provide healthcare professionals with a comprehensive perspective on contemporary healthcare, evidence based practice and complex clinical management.

Masters in Nursing (Nurse Led Practice) MSc

This unique course develops a comprehensive perspective on evidence based practice, clinical leadership, practice led development, leading and advancing nurse-led service changes and contemporary issues in health service redesign; all of which is set within an increasingly global context.

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

This contemporary course is designed to provide aspiring healthcare professionals with a comprehensive programme of preparation that develops an advanced level of practice. (Not yet available to international students - for more information please contact Heather Bain.)

The school has established exchange links with the nine European countries shown on this map (Opens in new window).

Student Exchange

The School of Nursing & Midwifery supports twenty-eight third year undergraduate nursing students (to and from one of our European Partners) to experience professional clinical learning for a study period of three months. Incoming nursing students will undertake the Professional Nursing Practice for International Students and be eligible for 20 ECTS credits upon successful completion.

Staff Exchange

Eight members of teaching staff (to and from one of our European Link Partners) are also supported to undertake an exchange experience for a minimum of five days. Teaching staff from our school incorporate clinical audit, teaching and student support activities during their visits to our European Partners. Non-academic staff are also encouraged to participate in an exchange opportunity to undertake a training experience for a minimum of five days.

For further information please contact Jean Cowie or visit the Study Abroad pages.

The school is a member of the ENNE network, which actively promotes the development of a dynamic European University and supports European Exchanges for students and staff via the Erasmus Lifelong Learning Programme.

The work of ENNE (opens in new window) primarily involves student-centered education (e.g. Problem-Based Learning), bachelor degree innurse education and interdisciplinary & multicultural approaches in nurse education.

Key activities of ENNE include:

1. An annual intensive program of learning for students that focuses on nursing in a multicultural society
2. Student and teacher exchanges
3. Projects such as: nursing in a multicultural society (intensive programs), developingand sharing interchangeable modules in nursing, sharing the expertise in PBL (e.g. conferences, educating teachers on PBL), and developing European Nursing Education in general (curriculum development, new teaching and learning approaches)

The school has established links with the countries shown on this map (opens in new window).  For further information, please contact Jean Cowie.

Through the exchange and sharing of best practices, we encourage stronger curricula and educational methodologies at an international level.

As members of the FINE Association (Opens in new window) we understand a society's cultural and historical identity whilst promoting quality assurance and professionalism in nursing education. The objectives of the FINE Association are:

1. To foster understanding and respect for cultural and historical identity whilst promoting optimal solutions to similar problems
2. To promote quality assurance and professionalism in nursing education
3. To compare curricula, study programmes and educational methodology, and to compare and debate educational structures, levels and teacher education, in order to harmonise and improve curricula and study programmes
4. To promote international exchange and cooperation
5. To inform and to influence external groups andorganisations in education and health care on national and international levels
6. To influence policy on national and international level in the European Union

For further information please contact Jean Cowie.

The Grampian-Houston Association (GHA) is a group of individuals who aim to foster links with Houston, Texas, along with their sister group, Houston-Grampian Association (HGA).

Since 1995 students from Robert Gordon University's School of Nursing & Midwifery have had the opportunity to participate in a two-week exchange programme with Houston Baptist University (Opens in new window) and experience the Texas Medical Center, supported by the GHA and HGA.

The exchange programme is embedded within the International Health Care optional module (Stage 3), which compares health and nursing between Scotland and a location of choice (in this case, Texas). The selection process, which takes place annually in January/February, involves a face to face interview with members of the GHA Board.

For further information please contact Leanne Morrison.

The School has a long established history of working with education providers and universities across Europe. In addition, we have a variety of established and developing partnerships from an international perspective, including: (Links open in new window)

• School of Nursing, Houston Baptist College – Texas, USA
• School of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology – Perth, Australia
• School of Nursing & Allied Health, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA 
• College of Nursing, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, TN. 

The School is committed to further developing and enhancing its portfolio of international partnerships and collaborations. For further information, please contact Avril Milne.