BSc(Hons) Nursing (Children and Young People)

Our employer links, practical focus and the clinical experience offered means that you'll develop the confidence and critical skills you need to propel your children's and young people nursing career.

Why study children and young people's nursing?

Nursing is a challenging but rewarding career that'll change lives, including your own. As a children and young people's nurse, you'll play your part in improving access to healthcare, wellbeing, social inclusion and quality of life.

Working as part of an inter-professional team in hospitals, schools, and family homes and across the community, children's nurses provide specialist healthcare and support for children, young people and their families.

A £5,000 per year training grant is available for home students. Further information is available on the NHS Business Services website.

Why UWE Bristol?

You'll learn from a passionate, enthusiastic, skilled and supportive team with a range of experience across all the many different aspects of Children's nursing, and other fields of nursing. Many are active researchers; your learning will be enriched by the very latest in best practice and clinical understanding.

This course has a strong practical focus, allowing you to gain competence carrying out the hands-on tasks you'll perform in your career. About half your time will be spent on placements with our established partners. You'll also have regular access to outstanding facilities including our Skills Simulation Centre: an imitation ward where you'll be able to develop your clinical expertise in a safe, instructive environment.

Based at Glenside Campus, you'll interact with and learn from other students from a range of health and social care courses. You'll develop essential people skills as you work with patients and their families, as well as our partners on placements, in class and online. There's also the opportunity to develop and apply your skills working abroad.

As a nursing student at UWE Bristol, you'll have the exciting opportunity to apply for an international experience with a variety of options. In some instances the application process will be competitive. International experiences can be as short as one week or as long as five weeks. You'll need to self-finance these experiences, but Home students will be able to apply for means-tested bursary funds for support during that time. Having an international experience provides opportunities to be internationally mobile and entrepreneurial, and to make a difference to our local community.

Where can it take me?

Children's nurses are in demand across the UK in a wide range of specialties, so many exciting career paths will be open to you.

You could work in a hospital or in areas such as school nursing, health visiting and children's community nursing for the NHS, or for private or voluntary sector employers.

Careers / Further study

Registered nurses are in demand across the UK and our graduates enter careers in a variety of roles for the NHS, as well as private and voluntary sector employers, in community and hospital settings.

Our graduates go on to work with children and young people across a large range of hospital settings and services.

Others work in the community in school nursing, health visiting and children's community nursing, care for children and young people after open-heart surgery, or work in the homes of those with diabetes or cancer.

Once qualified you can also combine clinical work with study on a post-qualifying course. By specialising further in a specific area, you can progress to more senior positions such as consultant nurse, nurse specialist, researcher, or local or regional services manager.

Learn more about careers in children's nursing.

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Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.

We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.

Visit our employability pages to learn more about careers, employers and what our students are doing six months after graduating.