If you’re passionate about children’s health and wellbeing – we will harness this and develop it with academic knowledge and clinical placements so you can become a qualified, NMC registered children’s nurse. We’ve a great track record for kick-starting nurses’ careers – with 100% of our students who want a job after graduation stepping into employment. **Why Choose University of Cumbria** We’ve designed this course with your modern nursing career in mind, so you spend 50% of the course on clinical placements in both hospital and community settings. Plus, because we are one of only a few UK universities offering child, adult, learning disability and mental health nursing, you will gain a great understanding of other nursing fields to enhance your nursing potential. - Eligible to join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register to practice - Our contacts with NHS Trusts and care providers provide fantastic employment prospects - Your location means you will experience both city and rural healthcare systems - Opportunity to do your own research or alongside that of academic tutors - Maximise your employability by becoming a versatile nurse who can confidently provide care in hospital, community setting or a child’s home - Develop your leadership skills and learn to manage a team - Connect theory with practice in our mock wards and clinical simulation facilities - Taught by lecturers with a wide range of nursing experience - An enrichment placement – giving you the opportunity to go overseas Our primary goal is to see you become an excellent care provider, with a deep and current understanding of a wide range of conditions and diseases which affect children, young people and their families. We will also enable you to develop as a nurse who can manage and influence change. If you want to make a smooth transition into a challenging but rewarding job in children's nursing with a course that brings out the very best practitioner in you, we'll help you do just that. With career opportunities for qualified nurses expanding, we have designed this course so that you are best-placed with the very best academic knowledge and practical skills to work as a qualified children's nurse, but also to manage and influence changes in nursing. You will study theoretical modules alongside colleagues from other fields of nursing and with other health and social care professionals, and begin to really appreciate the complexities of working within a dynamic and challenging environment. **What you can expect to study** **Year One** - You will focus on understanding children's health and development and enhancing your communication skills with children and families. Placements will be in both hospital and community settings. **Year Two** - You will learn about complex care, sick children, children with long term conditions, children's mental health, palliative and end of life care. There is an opportunity for you to organise your own enrichment placement to get your own unique nursing experience. **Year Three** - Your knowledge and skills will be further expanded and you will learn about neonatal and emergency care. Plus, you will develop your management and service improvement skills, which will help you to prepare for your staff nurse role.

Year one: Applied Biological Sciences for Health, Professional Practice & Accountability, Developing Evidence Based Practice, Introduction to Communication & Interpersonal Skills, Concepts of Health & Social Policy, Introduction to Children’s Nursing. Year two: Pharmacology & Medicines Therapeutics, Living with Long Term Conditions across the Lifespan, Learning From the “Lived Experience”, Communication and Relationship Management in a Therapeutic Context, Complex Care Needs of Children & Young People, Managing Acute Care Needs of the Child and Young Person. Year three: Clinical Decision Making & Complex Care, Contemporary Issues and Change Management in Professional Practice, Public Health, Leading and Managing Health & Social Care, Consolidation of Children’s Nursing Practice.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: B730

Institution code: C99

Campus Name: Lancaster

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

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GCSE English Language and Maths at grade C or above or equivalent. Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English, Adult Literacy level 2 and Adult Numeracy level 2 are also accepted.

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Student satisfaction : 88%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 65%

Go onto work and study: 90%

EU	13250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
International	13250.0	Year 1

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