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Degree: | Bachelor of Science (BSc) |
Discipline: |
Nursing
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Study modes: | full-time |
University website: | Child Nursing Degree |
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This BSc Child Nursing degree will give you the wide-ranging skills needed to provide evidence-based and compassionate nursing care to children. You'll learn how the health care needs of children and their family can be very different to those of adults. You'll also develop advanced communication skills, focused on paediatric nursing.
While at Southampton, a world-leader for nursing, you'll study:
You'll develop practice skills through a range of nursing placements, and your learning will be further supported through simulated practice and clinical skills teaching.
Practice placements will normally be undertaken in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in a mixture of hospital and community settings across 6 trusts.
You'll also learn with and from students of other health professions in both theory and practice.
To prepare you for your future role, the programme will help you to:
When you have successfully completed the programme, you will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a registered nurse (child).
Subject to eligibility, UK and Irish students joining this degree can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover the full cost of tuition fees. UK students may also be eligible to apply for an additional maintenance loan to help with living costs.
Additionally, UK students studying this course at University of Southampton may well be able to receive a training grant of £5,000 per academic year from the NHS and entitled to have some of the additional costs of attending a practice placement reimbursed. Students with parental responsibility for one or more children may receive a £2,000 Parental Support payment per student, per academic year. Find out more on the NHS Learning Support Fund website
If you are normally resident in Ireland, you are encouraged to apply for financial support from SUSI.
We are fully committed to supporting students with disabilities who wish to join programmes of study which require the acquisition and practise of professional competencies.
We offer students personal, informal advice by telephone, email or face to face, and we are happy to discuss your specific needs prior to you applying. This could include how your specific needs may impact on your ability to meet the clinical competencies. This will not affect your application in any way, but may help you to select the right programme for you.
Please email the admissions team for further details.
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