
Chrissie Richardson
Senior Lecturer - Childrens Nursing
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
DiscoverUCAS Code:
B702
Level:
Undergraduate
Duration:
3 years Full-time
Starting:
September
Fees UK 24/25:
Full Time: £9,250
Fees International 24/25:
Full Time: £17,700
Location:
For questions regarding study and admissions please contact us:
Our three-year children’s nursing degree gives you the ability to cope with a demanding and satisfying profession, leading to a BSc (Hons) Children and Young People’s Nursing qualification and a registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Our programme is structured to provide you with a strong foundation in nursing children and young people, equipping you with effective practical skills with a blended approach to learning. You are supported throughout the paediatric 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 child nursing degree, 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.
Updated 27/11/2023
Our three-year children’s nursing degree gives you the ability to cope with a demanding and satisfying profession, leading to a BSc (Hons) Children and Young People’s Nursing qualification and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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.
From September 2019 we have been 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. The curriculum offers placement learning opportunities throughout Northamptonshire and beyond, including Europe and International.
Taught elements will include:
Our Children and Young People’s Nursing course is ranked 8th in the Best UK University Guardian League table (2022).
We have implemented a dedicated Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) programme to support you in managing young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing, providing a holistic approach to nursing.
Within our new University campus, we have 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. In addition, you can benefit from are our new VR (Virtual Reality) Training system, the first to be used in undergraduate Nursing, and the latest equipment 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.
For more information, please view this YouTube video which explains our active blended approach.
You will be expected to study a minimum of 2,300 hours theory and 2,300 hours practice across the 3 years. The practical placements that you will take throughout our child nursing degree will be in a variety of health, education and social care settings. The placement learning opportunities are throughout Northamptonshire and beyond. 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 hospitals to allow you unique access to specialities you may not see locally. This course is compliant with Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements. For more information on educational standards required for nursing please visit the Nursing and Midwifery Council website.
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 paediatric nursing 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.
Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 23/24. The modules relating to the academic year 24/25 will be available from June 2024.
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.
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: admissions@northampton.ac.uk
All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:
For more information on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) English language entry criteria, please follow the NMC website.
For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.
After applying via UCAS and meeting the entry requirements, you will be invited to an interview , You will be interviewed by a panel of Children and Young People’s academic staff as well as our current students studying on the course for nursing children and young people.
You will receive further information and the interview preparation instructions from us by email before your interview. If you have any questions, please email us at: interviews@northampton.ac.uk
As part of your interview preparation, look out for health features in national newspapers. We also recommend you keep up to date with current health care and nursing issues by visiting the following sites:
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 24/25 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
Financial contribution towards your travel and expenses, in relation to your practice learning opportunities, may be available for you from the NHS Learning Support Fund. Details, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the NHS website.
For more information about possible funding options, please visit our Fees and Funding pages.
At the University of Northampton, everything we do, from funded trips to paid internships, is to give you everything you need to make a difference when you leave.
If you join our full-time Children and Young People’s Nursing degree at Northampton, you will receive a laptop when your course begins*. The laptops are built to a bespoke custom specification ideal for use in the seminar room, collaborative group work or studying at home.
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 paediatric nursing 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.
To check out the full list of perks, visit our Student Perks page or dedicated International Perks page.
* UK fee payers only (see Terms and Conditions for further details)
The nursing skills labs, based at our Waterside campus, are used throughout the studies to enhance learning in the clinical settings. The Nursing Skills labs have a purpose-built clinical ward where students can learn and develop their clinical skills through practice-based, hands-on education. You will practise scenarios from a real-life hospital ward in a realistic, yet safe clinical environment.
The fully interactive VR (Virtual Reality) system and mannequins allow students to ‘treat’ people in a variety of nursing settings, giving them ‘as close to real-life as possible’ training. This includes actual conversations with the characters in the scenario and gives clinical feedback that is matched to the student’s learning objectives.
Some of the activities you may be involved in while studying for a children’s nursing degree include:
Our children’s nurse degree 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 nursing children and young people 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).
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.
You will be continuously assessed throughout this children’s nurse course to test your knowledge. Placements will also be assessed to ensure that you can effectively apply theory into practice within a healthcare environment.
"This placement was a real benefit as it provided me with the opportunity to communicate with children, to learn about how their health needs and lifestyle choices affect their daily lives, how they manage conflict, persevere through challenges and their relationships with others." - Zainab Bundu -
Senior Lecturer - Childrens Nursing
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
DiscoverSenior Lecturer - Childrens Nursing
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
DiscoverSenior Lecturer - Childrens Nursing
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
DiscoverSenior Lecturer - Childrens Nursing
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
DiscoverThere are many avenues you can chose once you are registered as a children and young people’s nurse on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register. You can choose to work in acute settings such as: a children’s ward, children’s emergency department, theatres, neonates.
Alternatively, you may choose to work in the community as: a health visitor, school nurse, community children’s nurse, within a special educational needs school.
There are many other specialist roles within children and young people’s nursing too such as: a children and adolescent mental health service, research nurse, intensive care, clinical nurse specialist.
For further information visit the NHS careers website.
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