| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-04-24 | - |
| 2023-09-19 | - |
| 2024-01-09 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
How are the specific health needs of a child different to an adult? How can a child’s symptoms be understood through their behaviour and reactions? How can the whole family be supported through times of great change and stress? These are the questions you’ll be finding the answers to as a children’s nurse. Nursing infants, children and young people is challenging and rewarding. If you’re compassionate, sensitive and have quick, sound judgement then you’ll thrive in a career where you can truly make a difference to children’s lives.
Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the country. As a qualified nurse you’ll be entering a highly respected profession with excellent employment prospects.
At Brunel, you’ll learn through an equal balance of theory and practice, gaining your professional experience in a variety of healthcare settings where you’ll work closely with other healthcare professionals, service users and their families.
On this programme, you’ll learn clinical and communication skills focused on paediatric nursing. Your placement opportunities will develop these skills and your understanding of caring in hospital and community settings. Brunel is a renowned research-intensive university with an established and excellent reputation in health sciences, so you’ll be learning from the best in the field. You’ll graduate ready to start shaping the future of children’s nursing.
Upon graduation, you’ll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
As a nursing student, you'll receive at least £5,000 a year which you don't need to pay back.
See the UK government website for more information
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Program Outline
Course content
Through a blended learning approach, your programme combines face-to-face learning with online learning. The programme integrates theory with practice and half of your time will be spent on practice placements within a range of healthcare settings. Periods of campus-based learning will prepare you for practice placements.
All modules are compulsory and cover the broad spectrum of children’s nursing.
This course can be studied 3 years full-time, starting in September.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
This course has a placement option. Find out more about work placements available.
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Read more about the structure of undergraduate degrees at Brunel.
Careers and your future
Employment opportunities for children’s nurses are limitless, whether within the clinical environment, research, management or education fields. Nursing children involves caring for children from the age of 0 to 18. You may choose to work generically or to identify a specialist area. Children’s nurses work in a variety of settings that include general and specialist children’s wards, neonatal and children’s intensive care units, community children’s nursing teams and Accident and Emergency Departments. After graduating, there’ll be opportunities for you to further develop evidence-based practice within the clinical environment and by continuing your studies on a range of post-registration programmes.
Assessment and feedback
Throughout your course you’ll receive feedback in the form of professional conversations arising from simulated practice, written feedback and automated immediate feedback (instant feedback given through digital technology). This will be timed in order to guide you through your studies and help you with your ongoing development. Assessments will include written assignments, examinations, OSCE’s (objective structured clinical examinations which assess your clinical competency and confidence) and presentations. You’ll receive assessments to resemble nursing activities in professional practice as well as testing graduate and transferable skills.
Read our guide on how to avoid plagiarism in your assessments at Brunel.
