| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-18 | 2023-06-30 |
| 2024-01-23 | - |
| 2024-04-24 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
The government has
outlined
new funding for nursing, midwifery and other allied health professions courses.
From September 2020, UK/EU students at English universities will receive up to £8,000 with a minimum of £5,000 a year in funding.
This three-year full-time degree in Children’s Nursing leads to a professional nursing qualification and eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
This is a practical, patient-centred course with equal amounts of theory and clinical practice which enables you to experience different aspects of healthcare. You'll have the opportunity to work within areas such as the new children’s unit and the newly refurbished children’s Accident and Emergency area, as well as community settings in both urban and rural areas.
Children have specific health needs in order to minimise the impact of illness, so require care from dedicated knowledgeable learners to ensure their safety and wellbeing. At Bradford you will provide care to children and families from a range of different backgrounds.
You will be supported in your learning by experienced children’s nursing practitioners who will help you gain skills in nursing in both hospital and community settings.
We now accept NVQ Level 3 in any subject - you must currently be working in a health environment as a healthcare assistant, support worker or carer with 2 years’ work experience.
Professional accreditation
This course is approved by the
Nursing and Midwifery Council
(NMC) as the statutory body and regulator of nursing and midwifery healthcare professions.Program Outline
What you will study
All module information is for 2022 entry, and is subject to change.
First year
Nursing and Academic Practice
Practice 1
Social Concepts of Health
Practice 2
Second year
Final year
Learning and assessment
The programme is framed around four core concepts:
These are common to all fields of nursing and represent the NMC domains (NMC 2010). The core concepts form a framework of key content which is revisited across the three years, progressing from an introduction and broad understanding of concepts, to complex in-depth application of concepts applied to nursing.
The intention is to facilitate your development by introducing you to the fundamental knowledge and skills centred on core and field subjects required to meet the health needs of all patient/client groups, whilst ensuring you develop the specific in-depth knowledge and skills to meet the complex health needs of people from your chosen field of practice. However, you will not only learn about and become competent nursing patients/clients in your own field of nursing but you will also become confident in nursing patients/clients who have an additional condition related to other fields of nursing. For example; learning to work with patients/service users with problems associated with your own field of nursing but who also have a learning disability.
Official programme specification
Career support
The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the
Careers
website.Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.
Career prospects
Most of our students gain employment locally and immediately upon completion.
Students graduating in Children’s nursing will be prepared to provide holistic care to children and their families in a variety of settings.
