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Nursing (Child) at Leeds Trinity University - UCAS

Course summary

Our innovative Nursing (Child) degree will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills needed for this rewarding career. Children’s nurses deliver proficient and compassionate care to children, young people and their families. Children’s nurses work with people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds challenging inequalities and social injustices often linked with disadvantages which can negatively impact on their health and wellbeing. On this course you will develop as a confident, critically thinking children’s nurse who can provide physical, emotional and psychological care and support to children, young people and their families. Throughout your studies, you’ll actively engage with contemporary research and gain a solid understanding of how to promote health and educate children and their families or carers how to live healthier lifestyles. You’ll learn how to assess, lead, co-ordinate and deliver compassionate, sensitive and culturally-informed care to children and their families at home, in the community or in hospital. You’ll build your knowledge and skills of therapeutic interventions and the pharmacological management of disease, including the safe administration of medication. You’ll learn and practise your clinical skills in a safe and controlled environment through teaching sessions in dedicated facilities, including clinical suites and replicated community settings, supported by digital health technologies. Through shared learning opportunities and collaboration with students from related disciplines, you’ll develop your ability to appreciate the contribution other healthcare professionals make to people’s care and health outcomes. Service users and carers will also contribute to your learning through their lived experience of health and social care services. This course is subject to approval by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Placements In each year of the programme, you will spend 50% of the time on campus studying theory and clinical skills in the safe environment of our simulation suites and 50% in real-world practice, on placement in healthcare settings with local NHS trusts or in private or voluntary organisations. Practice placement blocks are 37.5 hours per week and there are two 11-week blocks in each year of the programme. During this time, you’ll be supported by experienced practice supervisors and assessors who will provide tailored feedback and you’ll complete an online portfolio to monitor your progress and achievements while on placement. Graduate Opportunities On successful completion of the Nursing (Child) degree, you will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Child nursing careers exist within NHS Trusts on a variety of wards. You could also consider a career working in social care nursing within the local authority, private hospitals, the voluntary and independent sector, charitable organisations. As well as a career in Health promotion, Overseas aid and development, prison nursing, universities, policy making and implementation- such as Health Education England; Health commissioning, such as Integrated Care Systems; Specialist hospices and voluntary organisations.

Modules

Our Nursing curriculum incorporates six key themes, which you will study with increasing complexity over the three years of your degree. • Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology • Values, Responsibility and Interprofessional Working • Policy, Legislation and Ethics • Pharmacology, Medicines Management and Optimisation • Numeracy, Literacy, Information and Digital Technology • Clinical Skills and Mandatory Training Modules by Year Year 1 Core modules (students are required to take): Fundamentals of Contemporary Nursing Care Practice 1 Psychosocial Concepts of Health and Wellbeing Communication and Relationship Skills for Person-centred and Holistic Care Practice 2 Year 2 Core modules (students are required to take): Developing Competence in Contemporary Children's Nursing Care Practice 3 Promoting Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan Evidence-based Practice and Informed Decision Making Practice 4 Year 3 Core modules (students are required to take): Leading and Coordinating Contemporary Children's Nursing Care​ Practice 5​ Managing Complex Care Needs in Children's Nursing​ ​Preparation for Professional Registration​ Practice 6


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
Y104
Institution code:
L24
Campus name:
Horsforth Campus
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

Health checks

Interview


English language requirements

If English is not your first language and you have not been educated in the UK, you will need an IELTS academic score of 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in reading, listening and speaking and 6.5 in writing to meet NMC requirements.


Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £12000* Year 1
England £9250* Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250* Year 1
Scotland £9250* Year 1
Wales £9250* Year 1
Channel Islands £9250* Year 1
International £12000* Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

We advise students that there may be additional course costs in addition to annual tuition fees: Recommended and required reading lists will be provided at the start of your course. All the books and e-books are available from our Library to borrow but you may choose to purchase your own. On some courses there may be additional costs, such as field trips, equipment, accreditations, that may be part-funded by the University. More details will be provided at the start of the course. You'll need to include placement/s travel and associated costs too, however the University will contribute a standard amount towards your total expenditure. The University provides students with a £6 printing credit each academic year which can be topped up either on campus or online.
Nursing (Child) at Leeds Trinity University - UCAS