Nursing (Child Health) BSc

How are the specific health needs of a child different to an adult? How can a child’s symptoms be understood through their behaviour and reactions? How can the whole family be supported through times of great change and stress? These are the questions you’ll be finding the answers to as a children’s nurse.

Nursing infants, children and young people is challenging and rewarding. If you’re compassionate, sensitive and have quick, sound judgement then you’ll thrive in a career where you can truly make a difference to children’s lives.

Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the country. As a qualified nurse you’ll be entering a highly respected profession with excellent employment prospects.

We have recently upgraded our nursing skills suite to include state-of-the-art blending learning simulation suite. Our new Blended Learning Interactive Simulation suite (BLISs) offers an innovative unique learning space which brings multi-sensory environments into the modern classroom giving students innovative learning experiences.

At Brunel, you’ll learn through an equal balance of theory and practice, gaining your professional experience in a variety of healthcare settings where you’ll work closely with other healthcare professionals, service users and their families.

On this programme, you’ll learn clinical and communication skills focused on paediatric nursing. Your placement opportunities will develop these skills and your understanding of caring in hospital and community settings. Brunel is a renowned research-intensive university with an established and excellent reputation in health sciences, so you’ll be learning from the best in the field. You’ll graduate ready to start shaping the future of children’s nursing.

Upon graduation, you’ll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

As a nursing student, you'll receive at least £5,000 a year which you don't need to pay back. See the UK government website for more information.

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Through a blended learning approach, your programme combines face-to-face learning with online learning. The programme integrates theory with practice and half of your time will be spent on practice placements within a range of healthcare settings. Periods of campus-based learning will prepare you for practice placements.

All modules are compulsory and cover the broad spectrum of children’s nursing.

This course can be studied 3 years full-time, starting in September.

Career Prospects for Nursing Graduates

Employment opportunities for children’s nurses are limitless, whether within the clinical environment, research, management or education fields. Nursing children involves caring for children from the age of 0 to 18. You may choose to work generically or to identify a specialist area.

Children’s nurses work in a variety of settings that include general and specialist children’s wards, neonatal and children’s intensive care units, community children’s nursing teams and Accident and Emergency Departments.

After graduating, there’ll be opportunities for you to further develop evidence-based practice within the clinical environment and by continuing your studies on a range of post-registration programmes.

Professional Registration

Upon graduation, you’ll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Successful completion of the programme also provides eligibility to apply for professional registration with regulatory bodies in other countries, for example: Canada, New Zealand, Australia and many others. For current information on the specific requirements and registration process for each country we recommend that you consult the webpages of the relevant regulatory body.

Rights to Work in the UK for International Students

International students graduating from this programme may be eligible to apply for a Health and Care Worker Visa that provides the right to work within the UK healthcare sector. This visa also provides the right for dependants to come to the UK and exemptions from UK health insurance surcharges.

Further information about the current benefits of the Health and Care Worker Visa and rules for applying can be found at the UKVI website.

Information on further visa options is available on our Post Study Work Options webpage.

• GCE A Level ABB-BBC.
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DMM in Health & Social Care, Applied Science, Sport.
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM in Health & Social Care, Applied Science, Sport with an A Level at grade C in Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Applied Science, Physics .
• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma Merit in Health & Social Care, Applied Science, Sport, with two A Levels at grades BB in any subject.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma 29 points.
• Access to Higher Education Diploma Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3. Subjects accepted : Health Science, Health and Human Sciences, Health Professions, Health and Social Care, Health Studies, Medicine, Medical Science, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Science, Science in Health Professions
• T levels : Merit overall and grade C in A level Science subject (Health, Healthcare Science and Science)
• Five GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 or above are also required, including English Language, Maths and Science.
  Brunel University London is committed to raising the aspirations of our applicants and students. We will fully review your UCAS application and, where we’re able to offer a place, this will be personalised to you based on your application and education journey.
  Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants as well as our full GCSE requirements and accepted equivalencies in place of GCSEs.

In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), if your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying:

• 7.0 overall or equivalent
• 7.0 in the listening and reading sections
• 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections.

Or

Occupational English Test (OET)

• B (350 or above) for reading, listening, and speaking, and at least C+ (300 or above) for writing

Further information can be found on the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/english-language-requirements/accepted-english-language-tests/ielts-academic/

Throughout your course you’ll receive feedback in the form of professional conversations arising from simulated practice, written feedback and automated immediate feedback (instant feedback given through digital technology). This will be timed in order to guide you through your studies and help you with your ongoing development. Assessments will include written assignments, examinations, OSCE’s (objective structured clinical examinations which assess your clinical competency and confidence) and presentations. You’ll receive assessments to resemble nursing activities in professional practice as well as testing graduate and transferable skills.