Children's Nursing

Children's nursing is an active and purpose-driven profession with countless rewards. A children's nurse keeps children, young individuals, and their families at the core of their actions, demonstrating care and compassion that makes a meaningful impact every day, regardless of its scale.

You will:

• Have a personal tutor who will support and guide you in your personal and professional development.

• Study a degree developed to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018) Future Nurse standards.

• Have opportunities for interprofessional learning enable collaborative working with a range of different health care professionals.

• Be instructed by dedicated and knowledgeable staff who will mentor and guide you in the provision of healthcare for children and their families.

• Split your studies 50/50 between clinical practice and theory.

• Undertake practice placements in a wide range of clinical areas across Wales, including hospitals, special care baby units, hospices, school nurses, health visitors, mental health services, and community children's nursing teams.

• Experience a range of learning opportunities and gain valuable clinical experience under the guidance of experienced practice staff. Placement support is by practice supervisors and assessors along with an academic assessor and practice education facilitators.

• Have access to cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art facilities to create immersive learning experiences.

• Study family-centred and child-centred care throughout the course. Child field-specific learning from the beginning allows you to learn about the care needs of children, young people and their families, along with shared learning between child, adult and mental health fields of nursing on common themes relevant for all.

• Study a varied degree, from looking after newborns at birth to caring for adolescents as they prepare for adulthood.

• Acquire experience and hone the skills required to support children and their families during times of transformation, adversity, and stress.

Course Modules

Your theory sessions will be delivered using a variety of learning and teaching methods utilising a blended approach, considering Wrexham University Active Learning Framework, including lectures, problem-based learning, asynchronous discussions, seminars and skills acquisition sessions.

Access to virtual learning environments such as Moodle and Safemedicate - a learning package to assist in the development of numeracy skills and medicines management, are integral features of your learning. The programme builds in terms of academic level and professional responsibility as it progresses throughout the three years enabling you to become more self-directed in your learning with an emphasis towards the end of your programme on leadership and development as a registered nurse.

YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)

In year one, you will focus on the fundamental care skills required to practice as a caring, kind, compassionate professional who values and respects the individual needs of the patient, family and carers.

MODULES

• Fundamentals of Practice (40 credits)

• Managing Vulnerability in Society (40 credits)

• Foundations of Health and Wellbeing (40 credits)

YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)

In year two, you will focus on law and ethics, care of the acute and chronically ill child, research and child-centred care.

MODULES

• Developing the evidence-based practitioner (40 credits)

• Meeting the needs of children and families in acute and chronic illness (40 credits)

• Promoting Healthy Behaviours (40 credits)

YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6)

In year three, you will focus on managing change, empowering children and family/carers, applied bioscience for complex care and personal and professional development to prepare you for becoming a registered nurse.

MODULES

• Innovations in Practice (40 credits)

• Holistic Co-ordination of Complex Children’s Nursing Care (40 credits)

• Leading & Managing Nursing Care (40 credits)

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Nursing and Midwifery Council