The BNurs (Hons) Children’s Nursing degree offers a comprehensive and specialized program to prepare you for a fulfilling career in pediatric healthcare. This course provides a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and clinical experience necessary to excel in children’s nursing.
During the course, you will delve into various aspects of children’s healthcare, focusing on young patients’ unique physical, emotional, and developmental needs. You will develop the expertise required to deliver high-quality, family-centered care through a combination of classroom learning, hands-on training, and clinical placements.
Children’s nursing is a rewarding career that involves caring for newborn babies in intensive care and looking after young people while offering support to family members. The care children’s nurses provide can span a wide range of needs, from sick newborn babies to young people with chronic diseases, and in settings where children require care, including their homes, schools, residential settings, or hospitals.
The field of children and young people’s nursing enables you to develop the knowledge and skills to provide safe and effective nursing care to children and young people. This enables you to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a registered child nurse in various healthcare settings.