(Hons) Nursing (Child Health)

Overview

Early placement opportunities across the South West will develop your clinical and communication skills and your understanding of caring in hospital and community settings. From this BSc (Hons) Nursing (Child Health) programme at the University of Plymouth , you will graduate ready to start shaping the future of nursing.

Once graduated you are eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a 'Registered Nurse – Child Health'. You’ll balance classroom learning with gaining experience in hospitals and communities, with equal weighting given to theory and practice. Your learning journey will take you through a variety of professional work with allied health professions and other fields of nursing. Understanding where your degree subject could take you is an important first step in career planning. Due to the transferrable nature of the skills you gain from your studies, you may discover that there is a much wider range of opportunities open to you within this profession that you may first appreciate. 

Key Features:

Achieve a bachelors honours degree and register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in child health enabling you to progress on to a rewarding career and work in a range of healthcare settings nationally or internationally.

• Access a range of child specific placements across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset spanning the health, social and educational sector working across an inter-professional hub.

• Engage with a curriculum focusing on the acute and community care of children, young people and families.

• Get involved in national and international research around sustainability, breastfeeding and urban and community family projects.

• Create a professional digital footprint allowing collaboration with the nursing and inter-professional communities. 

• Be assessed by a range of innovative methods including essays, case work analysis, seminar presentation, practice portfolio and video role-play.

• Once graduated you are eligible to apply for registration with the NMC as a 'Registered Nurse – Child Health'.

• 92% of students surveyed for Nursing (Child Health) were satisfied overall with their course in the 2020 National Student Survey (NSS). 

• Learn from experienced Drs and Professors in their field.