Nursing (Child)
Entry requirements
Minimum of 30 credits at Merit or Distinction
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
GCSE English Language & Maths Grade C/4 or above. (Functional Skills Level 2 is acceptable)
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About this course
**Overview**
Our Children’s Nurses place the needs of the child or young person and their family at the forefront of everything they do. In partnership with our practice colleagues, we enable our Nurses to become independent, knowledgeable, and skilled individuals who use evidence to underpin their practice so that they can provide exceptional child and family centred care.
As a Children’s Nursing student, you will be given opportunities to implement and practice learning within a variety of specialist areas. These placements will offer the chance to engage in experiences that enhance and develop your knowledge and skills to be able to care for children, young people, and their families from a multitude of backgrounds and complexities. You will learn from both university and practice staff who have experience and expertise for caring for children across age ranges and within a variety of Acute, Community and Primary Health placements.
Our students recognise the privilege that it is to be a Children’s Nurse and work collaboratively to empower each child and their family to receive individualised care.
**Key features**
- On successful completion of the Children's Nursing BSc (Hons) programme, you will become a skilled practitioner in providing the highest standards of kind, caring, compassionate and safe clinical care for children, young people and their families
- You will learn to engage with evidence-based practice to think critically and apply this within a variety of Acute, Community and Primary health placements, which comprises 50% of the course
- Our Skills and Simulation Centre provides outstanding facilities to safely practice nursing interventions in a supportive environment, allowing the development of enhanced technical skills that utilise a variety of resources and reflect the age and developmental ranges students will encounter in real life
- Enhanced practice learning days, rooted in clinical practice, provide opportunities to consolidate practice learning
- Visiting lecturers, including experienced and senior Clinical Nurses and patients and their families and carers, provide a unique insight into their experiences of healthcare
- Opportunities to complete either a UK or international elective placement, for example, in Finland, Denmark, Ireland and Tanzania
**Learn more about the course at our Open Days**
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**Why the University of Worcester?**
The University of Worcester is a close-knit and high-achieving community where students are supported to succeed at every level.
The University is a truly inclusive place where every person counts as an individual. From designing imaginative facilities to providing practical support and tailored learning, we strive to help people of all backgrounds and abilities to achieve their own rich potential. We work hard to break down barriers and provide opportunities for all.
**Recent University of Worcester achievements**
- Shortlisted for Best Student Experience in the annual Student Nursing Times Awards 2022, while several students were shortlisted across a number of categories in the Awards.
- For almost three decades, the University of Worcester has been educating professionals to work in the health and social care sectors, from Nurses and Midwives to Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Paramedics to Physician Associates. Each year, hundreds of professionals graduate from Worcester and go on to make a significant contribution to society. The University’s new medical school welcomed its first cohort of students in September 2023. The Three Counties Medical School will help to address the pressing need for more doctors in this left-behind part of the Country.
Modules
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University of Worcester
Three Counties Medical School
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