Nursing (Child) (Honours) Sheffield Hallam University

Overview

The Nursing (Child) (Honours) course from Sheffield Hallam University offers you an exciting opportunity to become a registered children’s nurse, improving the health and wellbeing of children, young people, and their families and communities. 

You’ll consider the contemporary nature of health and illness, as well as collaborative approaches to delivering child and family-centred care. You’ll graduate as a reflective, competent, compassionate and employable registered children’s nurse.

Key facts

• Gain the knowledge, skills and experience to provide safe and effective care for infants, children, young people and their carers and families. 

• Develop your professional identity and values preparing you for leadership roles in clinical or academic settings. 

• Provide collaborative child, young person and family-centred care with other professional groups. 

• Learn from nursing experts, their extensive experience and cutting-edge research. 

• Gain real-world clinical experience with placements and simulated practice learning.

Careers and opportunities

This course prepares you for a career in children’s nursing within a range of health and social care settings, including: 

• Primary and community care

• Secondary care

• Private and voluntary organisations

• Research nursing 

• Further study, such as health visiting and masters and doctoral education. 

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work in:

• Hospital and community nursing environments 

• Health centres 

• GP surgeries 

• Clinical education

• Lecturing

• Advanced practice roles 

• Management positions in clinical nursing