Course summary

Prepare for a rewarding career in paediatric healthcare with our child nursing degree. As a children’s nurse you could work in an NHS or private hospital, at a day care centre, clinic or in the community. Our child nursing degree is taught on-campus through lectures, seminars, and practical skills sessions, and with placements across the region. Throughout the course we place the needs of the child or young person and their family at the forefront of everything we do. Your lecturers will get to know you personally. They use tailored support and reflections to understand your strengths and they know how to push you to develop throughout your child nursing degree. When you start, you’ll be assigned a Personal Academic Tutor. Usually this is one of the lecturers teaching on your course and they typically remain with you throughout your studies. To prepare you for practice you will take part in skills and simulation days. These hands-on sessions take place in our simulation suites which replicate the clinical environment you’ll be working in when you graduate. You'll become confident in different techniques with a range of simulated case studies and clinical scenarios, all designed to give you an authentic insight into the role of a child nurse. You’ll put your knowledge and decision making into practice with placement opportunities in the community where you will be working with children, young people, and their families. Placement settings include hospitals, day care centres, schools, hospices, clinics and in the community. Placements We have excellent links with NHS Trusts and healthcare providers in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Birmingham, and Dudley. Around half of your time will be spent on practice placements in each year of the child nursing degree. Your placements run in blocks across the year, normally with experiences in at least two different placement settings each year. While out on placement you’ll learn from experienced nurses and have the support of your tutors. These practical experiences, in combination with your time on campus, prepare you to be a skilled, compassionate, and confident child nurse. Accreditation This course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). When you graduate you’ll be eligible to register as a nurse with the NMC, the professional regulatory body for nurses. Why the University of Worcester? The University of Worcester is a campus university, meaning everything you need is on site. We’re based in a vibrant cathedral city just 40 mins south of Birmingham and an hour north of Bristol, and our beautiful green campuses have plenty of parking and quality on-site accommodation. At Worcester small class sizes, supportive tutors and professionally focussed courses mean you’ll be prepared for your dream career. These are just some of the reasons why we’re first in the UK for both graduate employment and quality education.

• First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.

• First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.

• Ofsted Outstanding in 2023 the University’s primary and secondary teacher training programmes were rated ‘Outstanding’.