Children and Young People’s Nursing BSc (Hons)

• Overview

  BSc (Hons) Children and Young People’s Nursing programme is now closed for April 2020 start. Please apply for September 2020 start via the UCAS website.

  Our three-year Children and Young People’s Nursing course shapes your caring and compassionate attributes to provide excellent evident based knowledge to nurse children and young people from birth to adolescence.

  Our programme is structured to provide you with a strong foundation in Children and Young People’s Nursing and equips you with effective practical skills with a blended approach to learning. You are supported throughout the course by a dynamic, highly skilled team of tutors and practitioners within practice and beyond.

  Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.

  Course

  Highlights

  • Exciting opportunities for European and International placements.
  • Access to a wide variety of unique local and national placements.
  • Training within our new clinical skills unit with immersive hyper-real simulation equipment.
  • Mental Health First Aid delivered within this programme.
  • Guaranteed paid internship with the Northampton Employment Promise.

  HP Laptop and software included with this course.*

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• Course Details

  We put children and their families first.

  We offer extra student support throughout your studies and during practice, meaning you are a supported by a Nursing Academic during your placement.

  Our University is part of a well-established, professional European network for Nursing and Midwifery. The Florence Network offers opportunities for future health careers and development to staff, academics and students.

  Taught elements will include:

  • Discovering your Identify as Children and Young Peoples Nursing.
  • Medication management.
  • Transforming and leading in Children Services.
  • Detailed anatomy and physiological of the child and young person.
  • An understanding of Mental Health in Children and Young People.
  • Assessing, planning and providing nursing care.

  90% of our students have told us that they believe that the course has provided them with opportunities to bring information and ideas together from different topics and they had the right opportunities to work with other students as part of their course (UNISTATS, 2017).
  Our Children and Young People’s Nursing course is ranked 16th in subject out of 111 universities overall (The Guardian University League Table, 2019).

  Opportunities Abroad

  The University of Northampton is one of only four universities in the country to belong to the European Nursing Module. This offers the possibility of a two week placement in one of around 24 different European countries.

  You can experience a different health system, culture and life experience and gain an insight into the issues that are faced in an overseas nursing environment. This opportunity is available at a specifically negotiated time during your course, usually within the second or third stage of study.

  Please note that you will have to meet the entire costs of this module yourself including flights, accommodation, food and travel within these countries where possible costs are kept to a minimum and financial help is available. The cost of the placement is dependent on the country you choose, it can range from approximately £500-800.

  The two weeks spent overseas for this module count as placement hours as agreed with the NMC.

  The University of Northampton is one of only three universities that offer this module as well as the 11 week Erasmus placement.

  In addition to the European placements, we also provide the opportunity to experience nursing on an international platform. Please ask at an Open day for further information.

  Methods of Learning

  The course is split equally between practical placements and taught sessions on campus. Each module has specific time dedicated to face-to-face teaching and self-directed study. There is approximately 90 hours of face-to-face teaching in the first year of the course, this is reduced each year allowing you to become more confident in your knowledge and to hone your study techniques. You will be required to complete preliminary work for your sessions, much of this work will be facilitated through our virtual learning environment (NILE).

  For more information, please view this video which explains our active blended approach.

  Assessments

  You will be continuously assessed throughout this course to test your knowledge. Placements will also be assessed to ensure that you can effectively apply theory into practice within a healthcare environment.

  Extra Curricular Participation and Events

  • Student conference
  • Wellbeing Wednesday
  • British Sign Language
  • Community Project
  • MHFA training
  • Changemaker Silver and Gold Award.

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  Additional

  Information

  Further information

  For further information about the course please contact Bally Sandhu, Lecturer in Children and Young People’s Nursing, Bally.Sandhu@northampton.ac.uk

  From September 2019 we are offering an exciting new curriculum based on The Nursing and Midwifery standards for education 2018. The curriculum is innovative utilising an active blend learning approach and an extensive range of support is always available. The curriculum also offers placement learning opportunities throughout Northamptonshire and beyond, including Europe and International possibilities.

• Careers and Events
  • The Northampton Employment Promise.

    *We promise to secure paid experience for you, if you need it.

    We work with employers to understand what they’re looking for and we’re confident that if you follow one of our structured awards, as well as committing to your studies you’ll be in a competitive position when it comes to applying for graduate jobs.

    We’re so confident, that we promise to secure a paid 3-6 month internship for you, if you need it. Find out more about the Northampton Employment Promise, including how it works and who is eligible.

    
  • Open Days

    See for yourself

    Our Open Days offer you a fantastic opportunity to get a real taste of university life at Northampton and discover how studying here will be a life-changing experience.

    Each Open Day has a packed programme of subjects talks, advice sessions and activities designed to give you all the information you need about studying at The University of Northampton.

    To find out more about the day, please feel free to have a look at our Open Day Guide.

    
  • Careers

    Career Opportunities

    Once qualified as a Children’s nurse your qualification can take you anywhere in the world.

    You can work in general paediatrics to consolidate your knowledge. You can work in specialised areas such Neonates, Paediatric Emergency Departments or a children’s hospital.

    You may wish to work in Health, School Nursing or Children’s Community services.

    For further information visit the NHS careers website.

    
• Requirements

  The following are essential requirements for all pre-registration nursing programmes;

  Applicants must be 18 years old by the 2nd month of commencing pre-registration nursing programmes and all applicants must have 10 years of consecutive education.

  All applicants must have:

  • English Language and Maths GCSE, or the equivalent, at grade C/4 or above. These must be achieved prior to commencement of the course. (Common equivalents are: Functional skills level 2 and 3, Key skills level 2 and 3, Adult Literacy/Numeracy Level 2).
  • Evidence of recent academic study completed within the last five years.
    If your first language is not English, you will need to provide evidence of an IELTS score of 7.0 before the course commences.

  All offers of a place on the programme are subject to:

  • successful Occupational Health Screening,
  • satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) report, and
  • successful interview at the University.

  Other qualifications considered are:

  • BCC at A level
  • BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma or
  • National Diploma at DMM
  • A kitemarked Access to Higher Education course with 30 credits at Merit or above
  • Successful completion of the first year of a relevant Foundation Degree
  • Health and Social Care Diploma at Level 3 (advanced level)
  • CACHE Diploma achieved at grade B or above.

  Please note that we may consider other qualifications not listed above on an individual basis, please contact our Admissions team to discuss these in further detail.

  English Language Requirements

  All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS 7.0 (or equivalent) with a 7.0 in all bands
    for study at undergraduate level.

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.

  Contacts

  Course enquiries
  study@northampton.ac.uk

  Application status enquiries
  admissions2019@northampton.ac.uk

  Current student enquiries
  SID@northampton.ac.uk

  International student enquiries
  international@northampton.ac.uk

  Enquire online
  Online enquiry form

  Applying for 2019
  Facebook Applicant Group

  Office hours:
  Mon – Thu: 9am – 5pm
  Fri: 9am – 4.30pm

  Phone Call

  0300 303 2772

  +44 (0)1604 892134

  +44 (0)1604 892546

• Course Content
  • Stage 1
  • Stage 2
  • Stage 3

  The curriculum’s modular basis enables you to develop both intellectually and professionally. You will be introduced to the foundations of nursing.

  • Discovering My Identity as a Nurse (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR1027

    Core Module Y
  • Professionalism and Public Protection in Nursing (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR1028

    Core Module Y
  • Exploring the Evidence Base for Nursing (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR1029

    Core Module Y
  • Developing Competence in Safe, Effective Administration and Optimization of Medicines (0 Credits)
    Module code: NPR1030

    Core Module Y
  • Guided Participation in Nursing Care (60 Credits)
    Module code: NPR1031P

    Core Module Y

  Once you enter stage two of the Child Nursing course, all modules of the modules that you will take undertaken focus on children/young people and are integrated with appropriate practice placements. These placements will prepare you to work in a diverse range of clinical environments, where children and young people need health care.

  Nurses who already hold a professional registration can study for a second registration in children’s nursing.

  • Constructing and Developing My Nursing Identity (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR2067

    Core Module Y
  • Applying Understanding of Nursing Professionalism and Protection of the Public in Nursing (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR2068

    Core Module Y
  • Interpreting the Evidence Base Influencing Children and Young People’s Nursing (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR2070

    Core Module Y
  • Demonstrating Continuing Competence in the Safe, Effective Administration and Optimization of Medicines (0 Credits)
    Module code: NPR2073

    Core Module Y
  • Active Participation in Nursing Care (60 Credits)
    Module code: NPR2074P

    Core Module Y

  At stage three of your course you will work on a Dissertation Practice Improvement Plan, this will focus on an area for development or improvement within practice identified by you. You will look at how the improvement plan will be implemented, apply relevant theory to the plan and assess the benefits of these changes for your chosen client group.

  • Transforming and Innovating Children and Young Peoples Nursing (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR4006

    Core Module Y
  • Developing My Nurse Identity Towards Becoming a Registrant (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR3035

    Core Module Y
  • Becoming a Professional, Responsible, and Accountable Registered Nurse (20 Credits)
    Module code: NPR3036

    Core Module Y
  • Demonstrating Competence and Confidence in Safe, Effective Administration and Optimization of Medicines and the Health Numeracy Assessment (0 Credits)
    Module code: NPR3037

    Core Module Y
  • Leading and Coordinating Children and Young People’s Nursing Care (60 Credits)
    Module code: NPR3039P

    Core Module Y

  Facilities &

  Special Features

  • Northampton Integrated Learning Environment (NILE) is a dedicated online space for students. NILE contains documents and course handbooks, and can also be used as a forum for online assessment and submission of assignments. You can access NILE from any computer with an internet connection.
  • Pepplepad is your online portfolio which assesses your nursing skills and knowledge in the practice setting.
  • The library is open 24 hours from Monday to Thursday and for reduced hours from Friday to Sunday, these changes depend upon the term.

  Special course features

  Our students benefit from a whole variety of bespoke placements from hospices, secure units, schools, sexual health clinics and beyond, within the community and hospital. We work collaboratively with our colleagues in large childrens hospitals to allow you unique access to specialties you may not see locally.

  As a team, we are serious about ‘no health without mental health’ so have implemented a dedicated Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) programme to support you in managing young peoples’ mental health and emotional wellbeing, providing a holistic approach to nursing.

  Within our new University campus is a purpose built clinical ward where you can learn and develop your skills through practice-based, hands-on training. Through multiple methods of teaching you will experience skills training that offers the most hyper realistic manikins available which will challenge your notion of simulated realism. Added to this is our new Virtual Reality Training system (the first to be used in undergraduate Nursing) and the latest in advanced technology for simulation.

  Choose to study with us and you will have the perfect combination of our experience, bespoke placements and the latest technology to prepare for this chosen career.

• Further Studies
  • Student Stories

    “I have felt so supported throughout my degree by the lecturers on this course. The variety of placements that I have experienced have also been fantastic! I have grown in confidence in my nursing skills and knowledge through this broad range of experience and support.” Pippa, 3rd Year  Childrens Nursing student.

    
  • Student Stories

    “The virtual reality kits are an amazing learning method! You really do become immersed in this, allowing you to get used to sights and sounds of a real ward and caring for a child” Hafsa, 3rd Year  Childrens Nursing student.

    
  • Student Stories

    “I can’t thank UON enough for giving me the opportunity to participate in the European exchange module. During my time in Switzerland I was able to build on my communication skills and observe first-hand how care is delivered in another country.” Ashleigh, 2nd Year  Childrens Nursing student.

    
• Fees & Funding
  • UK & EU
  • International

  2019/20 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £9,250

  Additional Costs

  • Travel costs to and from placements, and extra costs associated with placements, may be incurred throughout your studies depending on where you are based.
  • first set of clinical uniform is free but additional uniforms have to be purchased by the student
  • black leather shoes, black socks.

  Financial contribution towards your travel and expenses in relation to your practice learning opportunities is available from the NHS Learning Support Fund. Details, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the NHS website.

  2018/19 Tuition Fees

  Full Time: £9,250

  2019/20 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £15,500

  Additional Costs

  • Travel costs to and from placements, and extra costs associated with placements, may be incurred throughout your studies depending on where you are based.
  • first set of clinical uniform is free but additional uniforms have to be purchased by the student
  • black leather shoes, black socks.

  2018/19 Tuition Fees

  Full Time: £15,000

  Scholarships

  Sir Thomas White Scholarship

  The Sir Thomas White scholarship will support and acknowledge an academically gifted student, with the proviso that the selection panel is confident that there is…

  TD Lewis Scholarship

  The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000.  This scholarship is awarded on educational excellence…

  The Chancellor's Fund

  The Chancellor’s Fund is a bi-annual fund providing students with awards of between £100 and £1,000. You must be a current student to apply.  The…

  Wilson Endowment Scholarship

  The Wilson Endowment Scholarship provides a £1,500 scholarship to undergraduate students from the Northamptonshire area. The endowed scholarship was donated in memory of Mr Lynn Wilson,…

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