The emphasis throughout is on practice-based learning. You will be offered the opportunity to work in both hospital and community settings, and with children of varying ages who have differing health care needs. The Course Core modules in the first year introduce you to the fundamentals of children's and family nursing, and to the practice skills involved. They also provide a grounding in those aspects of the social and biological sciences that relate to child health. Modules in Years 2 and 3 build on this foundation.
Many modules are practice-based and focus on aspects of child health, illness and disability.
Under expert guidance and in partnership with children's families, you learn to care for children in community and hospital settings. We encourage you to apply understanding gained from nursing theory and the biological and social sciences to nursing practice. Academic and practical work are undertaken in a block and this helps you to integrate theory with practice. The dissertation completed in your final year provides you with the opportunity to undertake a critical investigation of a topic of your choice related to child nursing. Because half of the course is based in practice contexts, much of the teaching and learning involves individual work with experienced children's nurses, so that you gain competence and confidence.