Faculty of Health

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Children's Nursing

BSc(Hons) Children’s Nursing

The University offers a Degree in Children’s Nursing beginning in September each year.

Children’s nurses work in partnership with families caring for children and young people and deal with a wide range of situations, including sick new born babies with heart conditions, child protection issues and teenagers who have sustained broken bones or who are in need of health advice.

Our programmes adopt a new case based approach to learning and teaching that focuses on children and their families and encourages students to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for the safe delivery of effective nursing care.

All modules integrate theory and practice elements which contribute to admission to the Professional Register. Placements are undertaken within the hospital Children’s setting and in a variety of hospital and community areas including theatre and accident and emergency, children’s centres, schools and with the children’s community team.

The development of clinical skills is an integral part of the programme and is supported in practice by mentors and in the excellent Clinical Skills Laboratory by experienced lecturers.

Student support is taken seriously with each student being allocated a personal tutor and having access to campus-based academic advice services.

Learning and teaching is through a variety of strategies including lectures, seminars and tutorials. IT based exercises and presentations are also used to encourage work relevant skills. Assessment is undertaken through essay and examination and in practical laboratory and clinical situations.