Advice please - 4yr MNurs Adult/child or 3yr BSc Adult Nursing - Which one?
Hi,
Please can any already qualified nurses help me please. I've been offered places to all 5 universities I've applied for, which is amazing to have the choice. My top 2 are MNurs dual-registered Adult/child at Southampton Uni or Adult nursing at Surrey Uni. I am struggling to find the answer to if a 4 years masters at entry-level is worth the extra cost, time. I'm wanting to move up the ladder quickly once qualified as I'm getting older!!) so will the entry-level masters be an advantage or not? Will I still have to do a further masters once I know the field I want to progress in to become a specialist nurse? Southampton is further away, 50 mins. Surrey is closer, 25 mins. Such a hard decision. Also, how do people keep up dual registration, as will only be able to work in one area at a time, unless possible A&E would cover both adult & child? Any advice to help me make a decision would be great. Also, to add to the mix, I'm not sure if I want to go into adults or children's nursing at the moment either. Decisions, decisions! Many Thanks.
Please can any already qualified nurses help me please. I've been offered places to all 5 universities I've applied for, which is amazing to have the choice. My top 2 are MNurs dual-registered Adult/child at Southampton Uni or Adult nursing at Surrey Uni. I am struggling to find the answer to if a 4 years masters at entry-level is worth the extra cost, time. I'm wanting to move up the ladder quickly once qualified as I'm getting older!!) so will the entry-level masters be an advantage or not? Will I still have to do a further masters once I know the field I want to progress in to become a specialist nurse? Southampton is further away, 50 mins. Surrey is closer, 25 mins. Such a hard decision. Also, how do people keep up dual registration, as will only be able to work in one area at a time, unless possible A&E would cover both adult & child? Any advice to help me make a decision would be great. Also, to add to the mix, I'm not sure if I want to go into adults or children's nursing at the moment either. Decisions, decisions! Many Thanks.
Hi there, I got all my offers for Nursing as well and I have the choice to either do MNurs (4 years) Adult and Mental Health Dual Registration or the normal BNurs (3 years) Adult degree, the difference here is, you'll have a dual registration so you'll be able to work as an Adult nurse and a Mental Health nurse! I'm currently deciding if I want to do that or stick with the usual 3 years long degree. I'll be going to University of Birmingham for either of those degrees 
I don't know much about dual registration to be able to comment. Like you've said, there are some areas where you'll be exposed to both patient groups enough to meet revalidation requirements, in others you may need to use bank work in one area of registration. It's 450 hours per type of registration every three years, so when you spread it out over this period of time it shouldn't be that difficult to achieve.
The bachelors vs masters question comes up a lot in this part of the site. My feeling on it is that it's a personal choice which one you choose to do, if you want to be challenged then go for it. I am yet to be convinced that having a pre-reg masters qualification has a hugely accelerated impact on career progression compared to having a bachelors degree, you'll have studied the same things as an undergrad student, however you will have explored themes deeper and been assessed at level 7 rather than 6. Depending on the area you choose to work in, you may need further study to become eligible to apply for posts at a higher banding anyway (such as critical care nurses having to have completed steps 1,2 and 3 and an academic programme of study in critical care), but you could argue that having had experience of studying at level 7 already will give you an advantage when studying at that level again.
The bachelors vs masters question comes up a lot in this part of the site. My feeling on it is that it's a personal choice which one you choose to do, if you want to be challenged then go for it. I am yet to be convinced that having a pre-reg masters qualification has a hugely accelerated impact on career progression compared to having a bachelors degree, you'll have studied the same things as an undergrad student, however you will have explored themes deeper and been assessed at level 7 rather than 6. Depending on the area you choose to work in, you may need further study to become eligible to apply for posts at a higher banding anyway (such as critical care nurses having to have completed steps 1,2 and 3 and an academic programme of study in critical care), but you could argue that having had experience of studying at level 7 already will give you an advantage when studying at that level again.
Original post by LucylouSutton
Hi,
Please can any already qualified nurses help me please. I've been offered places to all 5 universities I've applied for, which is amazing to have the choice. My top 2 are MNurs dual-registered Adult/child at Southampton Uni or Adult nursing at Surrey Uni. I am struggling to find the answer to if a 4 years masters at entry-level is worth the extra cost, time. I'm wanting to move up the ladder quickly once qualified as I'm getting older!!) so will the entry-level masters be an advantage or not? Will I still have to do a further masters once I know the field I want to progress in to become a specialist nurse? Southampton is further away, 50 mins. Surrey is closer, 25 mins. Such a hard decision. Also, how do people keep up dual registration, as will only be able to work in one area at a time, unless possible A&E would cover both adult & child? Any advice to help me make a decision would be great. Also, to add to the mix, I'm not sure if I want to go into adults or children's nursing at the moment either. Decisions, decisions! Many Thanks.
Please can any already qualified nurses help me please. I've been offered places to all 5 universities I've applied for, which is amazing to have the choice. My top 2 are MNurs dual-registered Adult/child at Southampton Uni or Adult nursing at Surrey Uni. I am struggling to find the answer to if a 4 years masters at entry-level is worth the extra cost, time. I'm wanting to move up the ladder quickly once qualified as I'm getting older!!) so will the entry-level masters be an advantage or not? Will I still have to do a further masters once I know the field I want to progress in to become a specialist nurse? Southampton is further away, 50 mins. Surrey is closer, 25 mins. Such a hard decision. Also, how do people keep up dual registration, as will only be able to work in one area at a time, unless possible A&E would cover both adult & child? Any advice to help me make a decision would be great. Also, to add to the mix, I'm not sure if I want to go into adults or children's nursing at the moment either. Decisions, decisions! Many Thanks.
Hi Lucy,
Congratulations on receiving your offers and it's great to hear that Surrey is one of your top two!
It is definitely a hard decision to weigh up, however you will get there and decide what one is better for you. Despite course and closeness, what do you want a university to have? It's key that you weigh up the facilities and teaching spaces available to you as this may also help with your decision. Also, if you look into the modules of each course, you may be able to compare the unis based on the modules you prefer the most
I am currently a second year Psychology student here at Surrey so if you do have any questions about Surrey then please feel free to ask and I will be more than willing to help you out
Becca
Original post by LucylouSutton
Hi,
Please can any already qualified nurses help me please. I've been offered places to all 5 universities I've applied for, which is amazing to have the choice. My top 2 are MNurs dual-registered Adult/child at Southampton Uni or Adult nursing at Surrey Uni. I am struggling to find the answer to if a 4 years masters at entry-level is worth the extra cost, time. I'm wanting to move up the ladder quickly once qualified as I'm getting older!!) so will the entry-level masters be an advantage or not? Will I still have to do a further masters once I know the field I want to progress in to become a specialist nurse? Southampton is further away, 50 mins. Surrey is closer, 25 mins. Such a hard decision. Also, how do people keep up dual registration, as will only be able to work in one area at a time, unless possible A&E would cover both adult & child? Any advice to help me make a decision would be great. Also, to add to the mix, I'm not sure if I want to go into adults or children's nursing at the moment either. Decisions, decisions! Many Thanks.
Please can any already qualified nurses help me please. I've been offered places to all 5 universities I've applied for, which is amazing to have the choice. My top 2 are MNurs dual-registered Adult/child at Southampton Uni or Adult nursing at Surrey Uni. I am struggling to find the answer to if a 4 years masters at entry-level is worth the extra cost, time. I'm wanting to move up the ladder quickly once qualified as I'm getting older!!) so will the entry-level masters be an advantage or not? Will I still have to do a further masters once I know the field I want to progress in to become a specialist nurse? Southampton is further away, 50 mins. Surrey is closer, 25 mins. Such a hard decision. Also, how do people keep up dual registration, as will only be able to work in one area at a time, unless possible A&E would cover both adult & child? Any advice to help me make a decision would be great. Also, to add to the mix, I'm not sure if I want to go into adults or children's nursing at the moment either. Decisions, decisions! Many Thanks.
Hello hope you get to see this. I am currently in the same situation as you. What decision did u end up taking?
Original post by Shima89
Hello hope you get to see this. I am currently in the same situation as you. What decision did u end up taking?
What’s the conflict you’re currently having? Can’t decide on a branch? Unsure of the level of study you want (see my post above for my thoughts on that)? Can’t decide on where to study? Knowing these things will help people advise you a bit better
You may be best off making a new thread asking for advice though (mods may close this one as it’s quite old), OP hasn’t been back on this account since the day they posted this back in 2021.
Original post by moonkatt
What’s the conflict you’re currently having? Can’t decide on a branch? Unsure of the level of study you want (see my post above for my thoughts on that)? Can’t decide on where to study? Knowing these things will help people advise you a bit better
You may be best off making a new thread asking for advice though (mods may close this one as it’s quite old), OP hasn’t been back on this account since the day they posted this back in 2021.
What’s the conflict you’re currently having? Can’t decide on a branch? Unsure of the level of study you want (see my post above for my thoughts on that)? Can’t decide on where to study? Knowing these things will help people advise you a bit better
You may be best off making a new thread asking for advice though (mods may close this one as it’s quite old), OP hasn’t been back on this account since the day they posted this back in 2021.
Thank u for the response so basically they are both at Birmingham city university. Ones dual adult and child. The other is adult nursing. I was just wondering if it will actually beneficial to do masters or if i should just stick to a normal degree
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