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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Children's nursing

**This course is designed to equip you with the hands-on clinical and care skills to become a caring practitioner well-prepared to meet the needs of children, young people and their families.**

- Fully accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) providing eligibility for registration as a nurse on successful completion of the course (additional costs may apply).

- Ranked 2nd in the UK for Children's Nursing in the Guardian University Guide 2023.

- All home students on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the Government of £5,000 per year, with additional payments for students incurring childcare costs*

- Study in the state-of-the-art Alison Gingell Building which features hospital wards, operating theatre, critical care settings, community housing and other real-life nursing environments relevant to practice*.

**Key Course Benefits**
* This course has been designed to enable you to analyse the needs of, and develop and deliver effective care for, children from birth to young adulthood. You will consider their physiological needs, mental health and wellbeing in the provision of care and understand the importance of evidence informed practice, care and compassion.

* The course focuses on integrated care for children and young people in a variety of settings. You will not only focus on acute/hospital settings, but also on community children’s nursing, supporting children with long-term chronic conditions, health visiting and child and adolescent mental health services.

* You will be taught to value the needs of children and their families through their ongoing involvement in the curriculum. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in communication, health assessment, professional practice, evidence-based practice, knowledge of public health and policy, and legal and ethical issues.

* Placing equal value on practice and theory, undertaking 800 hours of both per year, you will study a wide range of subjects, including anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, psychology, sociology and research methods. You’ll become immersed in learning about the needs of populations, individuals, related health and nursing services with an emphasis on using research to enhance and improve services.

* From the outset, you’ll gain hands-on experience under supervision from qualified mentors, spending around 50% of your time on clinical practice placements* in a range of healthcare environments within the NHS in hospitals and community placements, at private hospitals and independent care providers.

* The facilities* in the multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building includes mock hospital wards, operating theatre, critical care settings, community housing and other real-life nursing environments relevant to practice. You will have the opportunity to make use of our extensive simulation facilities – from basic life support manikins to high tech simulation dummies, which emulate patient responses and test resuscitation skills. You will also use equipment found in the real world of practice.

* While the course has a clear focus on nursing children and young people, a key benefit of our curriculum is the notion of collaboration across all areas of health and social care.

*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Modules

Year One
An introduction to the art and science of nursing in general but also containing the specifics of Children and Young People’s Nursing and family-centred care. The university will source two 10-week placements for you*. One will be within a paediatric acute care setting and another within the community. All students must be able to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire as this is our main placement area.

Within year one placements students may also undertake virtual simulated practice. This involves group working within understanding local community issues and health service planning, online simulated patient scenarios for students to work through and undertake assessment within and paediatric focused clinical skills and scenarios. Service users are also involved, providing feedback upon case study presentations.

Modules
The Scientific Foundations of Nursing Practice -20 credits
Fundamental Skills for Person- and Family-Centred Practice - 20 credits
Study Skills for Evidence Based Practice - 10 credits
The Foundations of Evidence-Informed Practice - 10 credits
Health and Wellbeing in the Community - 20 credits
Introduction to the Foundations of Nursing Practice (Practice 1) - 20 credits
The Foundations of Nursing Practice (Practice 2) - 20 credits

Year Two
This is a step up from year one, developing further the knowledge base for Children and Young People’s Nursing as well as assessment and management skills.

Modules
Ethical and Legal Decision-making in the Context of Nursing - 20 credits
Developing the Management of Care Across the Lifespan (Practice 3) - 20 credits
Assessing needs and Planning care Across the Lifespan - 20 credits
Advancing Therapeutic care Delivery within Children and Young People’s Nursing - 20 credits
Managing Care Across the Lifespan (Practice 4) - 20 credits
Developing Evidence Informed Decision making in Nursing - 10 credits
Facilitation and Teaching of Learning in Practice - 10 credits

Final Year
Year three focuses on leadership and management, culminating in preparing you, by the end of the programme, to possess the skills to practice as an autonomous practitioner.

Modules
Integrated Care Provision for Children with Complex Needs - 20 credits
Leadership and Management for Healthcare Professionals - 20 credits
Evidence Based Project - 20 credits
Contemporary Concepts: Children and Young People’s Nursing - 10 credits
Co-ordinating Inter-professional Health and Social Care Practice (Practice 5) - 20 credits
Transition to the Accountable Practitioner - 10 credits
The Autonomous Practitioner (Practice 6) - 20 credits

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. For details about individual modules please visit the course page on our website.
*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Assessment methods

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods include:

Practice placement assessments
Written coursework
Vivas
Formal examinations.

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

The Uni


Course location:

Coventry University

Department:

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

82%
Children's nursing

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Children's nursing

Teaching and learning

91%
Staff make the subject interesting
91%
Staff are good at explaining things
96%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
100%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

91%
Library resources
83%
IT resources
82%
Course specific equipment and facilities
61%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

98%
UK students
2%
International students
3%
Male students
97%
Female students
52%
2:1 or above
31%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

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B

After graduation


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Children's nursing

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£21,909
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Average annual salary
100%
med
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

100%
Nursing and midwifery professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Children's nursing

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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