Nursing with Registration as a Children's Nurse (MSc)
Master
In London and Lambeth
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2 Years
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Start your rewarding career in healthcare at King’s College London. If you already have a degree in a different area and the right experience, you can qualify in just two years.
Working as a children’s nurse, no two days are ever the same. At King’s, we equip you with the skills you need to deliver excellent care to children, young people and their families, build relationships, and understand how to use research.
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About this course
Our children’s nursing students have fantastic placement opportunities caring for seriously ill children at world renowned paediatric hospitals such as Great Ormond Street or the Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Receive interactive learning at the award-winning Simulation and Interactive learning Centre, which replicates both hospital and home care environments- including a six-bay children’s ward, operating theatre and intensive care unit
We combine contemporary evidence and knowledge, expert skills and innovative approaches with the traditional core values that centre on the person and family, compassion and excellent communication to deliver a unique curriculum of teaching and assessment
Many of our graduates make the most of their connections in London and secure rewarding roles at NHS trusts here. Of course, we also have alumni elsewhere in the UK and around the world.
The education that prepares our graduates for life as a children’s nurse means they can apply their skills to work in other areas, like community care. Others have become successful in teaching, management or research.
Bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours degree and 575 hours (approximately equivalent to four months FT) healthcare-related experience.
Applicants who have achieved a high 2:2 may still be considered, and will need to ensure they include their grades for each module for all years of study on their application, or attach a transcript from all years of study at the time of application.
It is highly desirable for applicants to have studied Biology or Human Science to GCSE level or equivalent.
Pending approval by the Nursing and Midwifery Council
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Subjects
- Healthcare
- Nurse
- Nurse training
- Transitioning
- Profesional
- Dissertation
- Skilled
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- NMC
- Nursery Nurse
Course programme
Required Modules
- The Practice of Children's Nursing 1 (45 Credits)
- The Practice of Children's Nursing 2 (45 Credits)
There are no optional modules for this course.
2nd Year
Required Modules
- Transitioning to Registrant (45 Credits)
- Profesional Practice Dissertation (45 Credits)
There are no optional modules for this course.
Course purpose
The overall aims of the programme are to enable graduates to acquire advanced understanding, knowledge and skills in nursing in order that they may deliver, develop, lead and research healthcare practice. In addition, the programme aims to ensure that nurses who graduate are skilled, competent and compassionate professionals who have satisfied the academic and clinical requirements and standards stipulated in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards of proficiency and the academic requirements of King's College London for the award of a Masters degree.
AssessmentThroughout the course we assess your learning in a variety of ways. From exams and essays to clinical portfolios and a supervised dissertation, you’ll find it’s different from module to module.
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Nursing with Registration as a Children's Nurse (MSc)