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Providing students with skills and support to meet the needs of 21st century careers
Fully accredited
On successful completion you are eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a ‘Registered Nurse – Child level 1'.
Interprofessional learning
Experience an interprofessional learning environment across our health programmes that will prepare you for life as a healthcare professional.
You may be eligible for a £5000 NHS training grant
The NHS Learning Support Fund provides additional funding for eligible healthcare students.
Being an Accountable Professional (NRS410)
This module will introduce students to the nursing profession, professional standards, the use of evidence and the role of social media in health care practice.
Communication and Therapeutic Relationships (NRS411)
This module supports students to develop basic, person-centred communication skills enabling them to engage effectively with individuals and their families/carers utilising a range of collaborative interpersonal skills and adopting therapeutic and ethical frameworks that can be applied in health and social care.
Applied Human Biology Across the Lifespan (NRS414)
This module will develop students' understanding of human development, key body systems and their relationship to nursing care.
Assessing and Planning Nursing Care (NRS416)
This module introduces students to assessing health and wellbeing, it explores different models of understanding health, ill health and the interconnection between physical and mental health. It enables the student to work in partnership to plan and evaluate nursing care for a variety of health conditions and needs.
Providing and Evaluating Care (NRS417)
This module introduces the student to the values, knowledge and skills required for nursing practice in a range of settings.
Interprofessional Learning 1 (HIPL400)
Applied Pathophysiology (NRS501)
Within this module, students will study the pathophysiological processes involved in commonly encountered health conditions.
Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making (NRS502)
The module introduces students to research methodology and methods in order to develop their knowledge of the application of research-based evidence to professional practice. The module is based upon the premise that knowledge and understanding of key research designs is an essential pre-requisite of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM).
Promoting Health and Preventing Ill Health (NRS503)
This module aims to develop the student's knowledge and skills in relation to public health, policies and legislation. Students will explore the social, economic, political and ecological challenges that are faced in public health at an international, national and local level. The student will develop an understanding of their professional role in relation to public health.
Pharmacology and Medicines Optimisation (NRS504)
This module will develop students' knowledge of medications, pharmacology and working to support medication adherence.
Developing Nursing Practice (NRS507)
This module develops the students' values, knowledge and skills required for nursing practice in a range of settings.
Interprofessional Learning 2 (HIPL500)
Care of the Highly Dependent Child (CHN601)
This module will develop the knowledge and skills of students in the care of critically ill infants, children and young people and their families. Students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in a range of settings.
Care of the Child and Family in the Community (CHN602)
This module will enable students to develop the skills and knowledge required to undertake holistic assessment, plan and manage the support and care of individuals and families in a variety of community settings. The challenges of multidisciplinary and multiagency agency working in a community environment will be critically examined.
Developing Competence in Child Health Nursing Practice (CHN603)
This module will further develop the student's competence in a range of clinical, professional and transferable skills considered essential for safe practice and ensure that the NMC competencies are achieved.
Developing Knowledge and Skills for Evidence-Informed Decision Making (NRS602)
The module is designed to extend students' knowledge around critical appraisal and the importance of research evidence to professional practice. This will be achieved through students identifying and evaluating a body of research-based evidence relevant to clinical practice.
Nursing Leadership, Management and Team Working (NRS604)
This module critically explores the concepts of management, leadership and working in teams. It examines the role of the nurse to act as a change agent in response to professional practice challenges.
Interprofessional Learning 3 (HIPL600)
Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.
The following programme specification represents the latest course structure and may be subject to change:
The modules shown for this course are those currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new modules. Please note that programme structures and individual modules are subject to amendment from time to time as part of the University’s curriculum enrichment programme and in line with changes in the University’s policies and requirements.
UCAS tariff
104 - 120
Student | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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Home | £9,250 | £9,250 |
International | £16,300 | £18,100 |
Part time (Home) | £770 | £770 |
International progression routes
“I love working with children and I want to be a children’s nurse, so being told that you’re going to be good at it is fantastic feedback.”
Practical experience is an integral part of the nursing course. In placements you will learn with a wide range of practice partners gaining clinical experience in the full range of healthcare conditions that affect people everyday.
Our MNurs programmes allow you to study at masters level and choose two fields of nursing to register within:
"Plymouth gave me the opportunities to build my confidence as a student children's nurse and then a registered nurse. The lecturers taught and supported us throughout our training to be critical thinkers. I think this allowed me to have the confidence to question and reflect on my practice as a qualified nurse" Danielle Edge, Lecturer in Children's Nursing at London Southbank University