Course summary

Children's nurses care for children from birth to adulthood and support their families to care for them. Children’s Nurses bring a detailed understanding of children and young people’s health and wellbeing, clinical and technical skills and skilled communication to enable families to feel safe In their care. If you are a compassionate individual with a drive to support and care, a career in children’s nursing could be for you. On our BSc (Hons) Children’s Nursing degree you'll learn the skills you need to be able to join a dedicated team committed to delivering exceptional child and family-centred care, whilst being a pillar of support. Upon completion of the degree, you’ll be eligible to register as a Children’s Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Becoming a children’s nurse is an extremely rewarding yet challenging career. You’ll have experiences from neonatal units to general children’s wards, children’s own homes to paediatric intensive care and everything in between, giving you a rounded view of children and young people’s healthcare and learn the theory and evidence that informs that care. As a qualified children’s nurse you’ll have the opportunity to grow and take on a range of roles, providing plenty opportunities for career advancement. To support your studies, the UK Government are continuing to provide adult nursing students with a payment of at least £5,000 a year which will not need to be paid back. Search NHS Learning Support Fund to find out more and for the eligibility criteria. Buckinghamshire New University has a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, innovative and contemporary nurse education. Our children nursing degree programme integrates academic study alongside practice-based learning. It is underpinned by a strong collaboration between the University, service users (experts by experience) and our NHS practice partners, helping you to gain the knowledge and skills you need for your future career in children’s nursing. Led by a dedicated teaching team of professional nurses and educators, you’ll have access to their wealth of clinical expertise and research activity in child health care. This will allow you to benefit from their experiences, insights and perspectives to enhance your learning. You'll learn how to perform a range of nursing skills with proficiency, predicated on contemporary knowledge and the understanding of best practice. You’ll also understand how to practice in a non- judgemental and anti-discriminatory way, prioritising the needs of children, young people and their families, respecting their choices and individual wishes and promoting health. During your time on the BSc Children’s Nursing degree, you’ll have the opportunity to go on placement in a range of our linked trusts and hospitals. Here you’ll build up your confidence, put your learnt skills to practice and get a taster in what a day in the life of a nurse is really like. We have impressive facilities with state-of-the-art equipment. You’ll get to recreate real scenarios so when you’re out on placement you’ll be confident in your nursing skills. Whilst children’s nursing is a rewarding career, we also understand studying children’s nursing at university can be challenging at times. Throughout your time on the course you’ll gain direct support both in the classroom and on placement, as we provide a link-lecturer for every placement to support students in practice. On campus you can find further support in the form of our Student Wellbeing Centre and our Student Learning Achievement Centre. Here we will be able to help you with a range of areas such as academic writing and building your CV.