BSc (Hons) Children's and Young People's Nursing

Course details This course will cover not only the science of nursing (the theory) but also to the art (practice and caring) of nursing. The course is designed to help you meet the nursing needs of children, young people and their families, delivering health and care of the highest quality based on best evidence, in a safe and appropriate environment. You can view information on our facilities and take a 360 tour of our simulation suites here. The BSc (Hons) Children's and Young People's Nursing course is part of the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences Nursing Framework which offers BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing and BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing courses. Within the first year some units are common to all courses in the Nursing Framework with shared lectures. Our approach to interprofessional education means that throughout the course you'll take part in shared workshops, lectures and learning events with other students on health related courses. On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Year 1 Identifying Knowledge for Practice: This unit will provide you with essential practice experiences to develop competence to the requirements of the NMC. Theoretical Principles of Children's & Young People's Nursing: This unit explores the nursing principles of nursing infants, children, young people and their families. Anatomy & Physiology During the Lifespan: In this unit you'll gain knowledge and understanding of the essential principles of anatomy and physiology including the basic chemistry of life, cellular biology, and the major body systems as applied to infants, children’s and young people’s development. Fundamental Communication Skills: The aim of this unit is to develop your communication skills and explore group process in both professional and partnership settings. Underpinning Children's & Young People's Nursing through Social Sciences: In this unit you will acquire an understanding of social sciences applied to health care and there relevance to children’s and young people’s nursing. Personal & Professional Development: This unit is designed for students of all nursing courses, at the outset of your academic and professional career. It focuses on the development of transferable academic and graduate skills enabling you to achieve your full learning potential across a range of academic units and professional experiences throughout your graduate studies. Year 2 Developing Knowledge for Practice: This practice unit aims to provide you with a range of practical experiences that will enable you to meet these competences. Application of Communication Skills in Children's & Young People's Nursing: This unit will develop your theoretical and practical understanding of communication in the healthcare context; with a key emphasis on therapeutic relationships and antioppressive practice. Acute Illness in Childhood & Adolescence: This unit applies anatomical, physiological, sociological and psychological theory to the care of infants, children and young people with an acute illness. The nurse’s role in assessment, planning, interventions and evaluation of holistic nursing in the care of infants, children and young people is also explored. Living with Long-term Conditions of Childhood: This unit applies knowledge and understanding of anatomical, physiological, social and psychological theory to the care of infants, children and young people living with a longterm condition and their families.Multidisciplinary working and legal and ethical principles of caring for children and young people are also considered. Promoting Children's & Young People's Health in the Community: This unit explores the services and care provided in the community for children, young people, and their families. The role of the nurse in community health services is examined with particular emphasis on promoting the health of infants, children and young people and safeguarding and promoting their welfare. Exploring Evidence to Guide Professional Practice: This unit aims to raise your awareness of a range of evidence, and you’ll be able to demonstrate an understanding of how different forms of evidence can guide practice. Year 3 Evaluating Knowledge for Practice: This professional practice unit provides a range of practice experiences and opportunities which you require to demonstrate your competence to achieve the identified NMC (2010) skills, knowledge, attitudes, values and technical abilities for entry to the NMC register. Service Improvement Project: The purpose of this unit is to enable you to develop skills of working in small teams to enhance the experiences of people who use health and social care services. Managing Emergency Care in Children's & Young People's Nursing: This unit concerns the critical assessment and management required for the emergency care of an infant, child or young person. Legal, ethical and professional dimensions of care and how maturity influences infants, children and young people’s responses to and understanding of illness and injury are explored. Reviewing the Literature to Inform Practice: This unit builds on your understanding of research appraisal, to develop your critical appraisal, literature reviewing and academic writing skills in an area of particular interest within your selected field of practice. Research for Evidence-based Practice: This unit develops your abilities to apply research-based evidence to your practice, through building on the topic selected within the Special Interest Study unit to develop a research proposal related to your selected field of practice. Transition from Student to Registered Nurse (child): This unit prepares for your transition from student to Registered Nurse (Child). The experiences of becoming a registered nurse are examined through your own personal experiences with the emphasis on the ‘real world’ context of working with infants, children, young people, their parents/career in multidisciplinary teams and evolving health care systems. Scheduled learning and teaching activities Contact hours You will undertake scheduled learning and teaching, as well as placements to gain the practical skills necessary to work as a nurse. Your study time at BU will be split between scheduled learning and teaching activities and guided independent learning, such as preparing for and writing up coursework assignments. Year 1 – 21% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 195 hours Independent learning: 405 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 81 hours Placement hours: 637.5 You will have 17 weeks of placements in Year 1, with an average of 37.5 hours per week. Year 2 – 20% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 201 hours Independent learning: 399 hours Non-assessed learning and teaching: 46 hours Placement hours: 825 You will have 22 weeks of placements in Year 2, with an average of 37.5 hours per week. Year 3 - 10% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 168 hours Independent learning: 540 hours Placement hours: 862.5 You will have 23 weeks of placements in Year 3, with an average of 37.5 hours per week. 76% of the course is assessed by coursework Year 1: 79% Year 2: 70% Year 3: 79% In addition to coursework assessments which allow you to combine your practice and theoretical learning you will experience assessed practical exams and there is also a small amount of written exam work to complete. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for BSc (Hons) Children and Young People's Nursing. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance. All statistics shown are taken from Unistats, Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE), BU institutional data and Ipsos MORI (National Student Survey) unless otherwise stated.