Please note that advanced entry is not available to our Nursing (Children) Pre-Registration Nursing Programmes at this time.
Prepare for a fulfilling career as a nurse for babies, children and young people with our accredited degree course.
Nursing really is a job for life. As a child nurse, you’ll make a difference to many people’s lives, including your own.
Study at ARU and gain the clinical knowledge, skills and confidence you need to succeed as a registered children’s nurse.
As well as developing your clinical skills, you’ll learn to communicate with young patients and their families, advocate for them, and place wellbeing at the centre of the care you deliver.
Why ARU?
Gain practical experience with 50% clinical placements in healthcare settings.
Get relevant, up-to-date training thanks to our partnerships with NHS Trusts.
Build your clinical skills in state-of-the-art simulation suites.
Benefit from wellbeing support, academic guidance, and career services.
Get a minimum of £5,000 per year non-repayable training grant.
Graduate ready to work as a registered children's nurse.
Year 1
Into ARU
Foundations of Communication and Professionalismfor Nursing
Fundamental Skills and Procedures for Nursing
Applied Health Science for Nursing Across the Lifespan
Epidemiology, Inequality, and Health Promotion for Nursing Across the Lifespan
Contemporary Nursing Practice 1
Year 2
Supporting a Patient Safety Culture in Nursing
Supporting Learning and Professional Development in Nursing
Contemporary Nursing Practice 2
Assessing and Planning Care Across the Lifespan
Coordinating and Leading Integrated Care in Interprofessional Settings
Year 3
Clinical Decision Making in the Acutely Unwell Child and Young Person
Applying public health to children and young people’s nursing
Contemporary Children and Young People’s Nursing Practice 3
Leading and managing quality in the care of children and young people
Managing the Care of Children and Young People with Complex Care Needs
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
Anglia Ruskin University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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What does this TEF outcome mean?
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsWe accept A Levels, T Levels, BTECs, OCR, Access to HE and most other qualifications within the UCAS Tariff.
3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths.
Functional Skills in English and Maths at Level 2 (Issued by an Ofqual regulated awarding organisation) or Adult Literacy and Numeracy at Level 2 however, a minimum of 3 GCSEs at Grade C, or grade 4, or above will still be required. https://www.aru.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/nursing-child
Applicants for whom English is not their first language and who are unable to provide evidence of being taught and examined through the medium of English are required to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. This can be via an Occupational English Test with a grade of C+ in writing and B in the reading, listening and speaking sections or an English Language Testing System (IELTS) with an overall score of 6.5 and at least a 6.0 in any of the writing, reading, listening and speaking sections.
ARU operates a policy of making contextualised offers for this course which may be a reduced conditional offer or an unconditional offer, using data from UCAS to make our assessment. We consider that this approach promotes the equality of educational opportunity for applicants from low participation groups in HE. ARU welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and helping them achieve their full potential. The offer of a place through the contextual offer process is at the discretion of ARU.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course options| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £10050 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
https://www.aru.ac.uk/student-life/preparing-for-study/help-with-finances/undergraduate
https://www.aru.ac.uk/study/tuition-fees
International fee TBC
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