Professional Practice: Children's Nursing (Taught)

The portfolio of pathways focusing on children and young people is designed to foster a purposeful and child-centred approach that makes a significant impact to children's services and student career satisfaction.

Modules are delivered as standalone at both undergraduate and masters level and you can access a number of modules within the children's nursing portfolio. In keeping with a philosophy of inter-professional working, a number of modules are designed to meet the education needs of the inter-professional team.

The course framework offers a flexible approach to the sequence and time-frame in which modules can be taken. This is negotiated on an individual basis with the pathway advisors. Please see the Continuing Professional and Personal Development (CPPD) prospectus for further details or contact Kerry Shewan: shewka@lsbu.ac.uk.

Employability
Employment prospects are excellent, with students gaining contemporary knowledge and skills making them fit for purpose.

Professional links
The staff in the Department of Children's Nursing all have links with clinical/practice areas and students and staff benefit from a number of joint appointments with children's specialist modules in a range of settings, as well as a tertiary children's hospital.

Prepare to start
We help our students prepare for university even before the semester starts. To find out when you should apply for your LSBU accommodation or student finance read the How to apply tab for this course.

Enrolment
Before you start your course we’ll send you information on what you’ll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our Enrolment pages.

Year 1-6
Specialist pathway modules
Optional modules

Year 2-6
Specialist modules
Optional modules
Research preparation module

Year 3-6
Dissertation or practice project
The framework offers a flexible approach to study. Modules with a clinical focus at Level 7 include:
Principles of managing children's pain
Childhood cancer nursing
Paediatric cardiac critical care nursing
Paediatric intensive care nursing
Perspectives in adolescent care
Child and adolescent mental health awareness
Caring for children and young people with life limiting conditions