BSc (Hons) Children and Young People's Nursing
Key Details
- Award
- Degree of Bachelor of Science
- Typical Offer
- BBB
- Contextual Offer
- BCC
- Course Length
- 3 years
- Course Start Date
- September 2024
Why you should choose us
Course Overview
Train to excel in an important and highly valued area of nursing. As a children and young people’s nurse, you could have an incredibly positive impact on the health and wellbeing of young people, from newborns to 19-year-olds.
On this Children and Young People’s Nursing course, you’ll discover the health and wellbeing needs of children and young people and learn how to give growing minds and bodies the care and support they need. You’ll explore developmental anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, and discover the emotional and social development needs of children and young people too. You'll learn how to care for those who are acutely unwell, as well as how to promote healthy development and prevent physical and mental ill health.
Your Children and Young People’s Nursing degree will prepare you for essential nursing practice, working in partnership with children, young people and their families, providing care to those with acute, long-term and complex and disabling healthcare conditions and needs. This includes mental health care, as younger people living with long-term conditions are vulnerable to developing emotional disorders.
As well as learning how to care for children and young people who are unwell, you’ll also learn how to help them and those who care for them to foster healthy behaviours contributing to their health and wellbeing into adulthood.
Your programme includes partnership working with other healthcare students, gaining unique insight into other professional perspectives. This will enable you to cultivate the collaborative and adaptable approach that is essential to a successful nursing career.
Your studies will be split 50/50 between theory and practice, developing a robust understanding of the evidence base and skills required to provide optimum person and family centred care.
You'll graduate able to meet the physical, cognitive, emotional and social developmental needs of children and young people, with a variety of clinical conditions and complex health challenges, in a wide range of healthcare settings.
With the NHS Constitution at its core, our Children and Young People’s Nursing degree provides rigorous training, fantastic placement opportunities and is fully approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Highlights of Children and Young People's Nursing at UEA:
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Wide range of placements including hospitals, community, specialist care unit settings and complex needs schools
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Service-user contact throughout the programme
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Partnership working with other healthcare professional students
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In your final year, you'll participate in a five-week professional development placement. The practice area can be of your choice, with the option to apply for an international placement.
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As a final year student, you'll choose one module to study from a range of options that will give you an insight into an area of nursing that interests you.
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Emphasis on enquiry-based learning to help you link theory to practice
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Excellent facilities, including anatomy suite, up to date simulation skills rooms and equipment
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Highly supportive culture
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Highly motivated students
Accreditations
The course is fully approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Study and Modules
Structure
To meet the requirements of the NMC Pre-registration nursing standards, in each Year (Parts) you'll study core modules delivered simultaneously across the year.
In year 1, you'll study:
The professionalism of nursing to enable you to deliver safe and effective person-centred and evidence-based care. Subject content will include; legal and ethical issues, professional values, professional relationships, boundaries and developing your academic skills.
Furthermore, we aim to provide you with the knowledge and skills to enable you to take a life course approach to the promotion of health, prevention of ill health and management of health challenges with individuals, communities and at population level.
Running alongside theory and practice there is time to develop knowledge and practical skills in preparation for registration with the NMC. Encompassing core and field specific learning, centred on professional values in both practice placements and simulation sessions in school. Practical activities include Basic Life Support, Physiological Observations and Recognition of the Unwell Patient.
Compulsory Modules
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Teaching and Learning
Our degree programme employs a range of learning methods, designed to link nursing theory and nursing practice. Throughout your course you’ll cultivate your ability to learn autonomously and in partnership with others, including wider healthcare teams. In academic modules, you’ll learn through small-group teaching, lectures (in person and online) and self-directed study. In your clinical practice placements, you’ll learn through hands-on experience working alongside registered nurses. Your clinical practice placements are designed to reflect the typical working patterns of a qualified nurse.
Assessment
You’ll be assessed using a range of methods, carefully chosen to reflect your ability to apply the relevant theory to practice.
Year one assessment includes a range of contemporary approaches including written assignments, presentations and posters.
Compulsory Modules
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Structure
In year 3, you'll study:
The complexities and innovations in nursing practice building on your existing knowledge, understanding and experiences to develop higher academic skills, independent learning and, reflective practice which is both ambitious and creative. You’ll develop your understanding of complex care, leadership and management skills and service improvement to prepare you for transition into the role of registered nurse.
You’ll choose one module to study which will provide you with insight into a specific area of nursing. You’ll continue to build on core and field specific learning with increasing complexity, centred on professional values in both practice placements and simulation sessions in school. You'll have an exciting opportunity to take part in a simulated critical incident day and demonstrate your leadership and management skills as well as your clinical assessment skills.
In addition to these modules, you’ll engage in Interprofessional Learning activities exploring collaboration and teamworking with other healthcare students across the faculty as this is essential to effective person-centred care.
Compulsory Modules
Optional A Modules
(Credits: 20)Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Teaching and Learning
You’ll work closely with children, young people and their families and carers, gaining the confidence you need to begin your career as a children and young people’s nurse after graduation.
One of our key aims is to promote your ability to learn autonomously and in partnership with others, including the wider healthcare team.
You'll be encouraged to read and engage with a wide range of sources to aid your learning. You’ll have access to resources to support your learning and help you to develop an effective approach to self-directed study.
By the end of your studies, you'll have built up an individual learning profile, which will demonstrate that you have completed the requirements for professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Assessment
In the final year, you'll complete a project, which will illustrate your deeper understanding of the relationship between the theory and practice of nursing.
You’ll also be assessed in practice during your practice placements.
Each year you'll also complete an online medicines calculation exam.
Entry Requirements
- A Levels
- BBB. If you are taking an EPQ and three A Levels, we may offer you a one grade reduction on our advertised typical offer alongside an A in the EPQ.
- T Levels
- Obtain an overall Pass including a B in the core of the T Level and a Merit in the Occupational Specialism. Acceptable subjects: Health, Healthcare Science, Science.
- BTEC
- DDM in Health, Care or Science. See below for accepted subjects and combinations.
- Contextual Offer
A Level - BCC
BTEC L3 Extended Diploma - DMM (see below for accepted subjects and combinations)
UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes.
- Access to HE Diploma
- Pass with Merit in 45 credits at Level 3, in a Health, Care or Science subject.
- International Baccalaureate
- 31 points
- English Foreign Language
If English is not your first language, we will require evidence of proficiency in English (including reading, writing, speaking and listening) at the level of IELTS 7.0 overall (minimum 7.0 in each component).
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.
INTO UEA also offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:
- Interviews
The strongest applicants will be invited to interview. Please note that meeting (or being predicted to meet) the minimum academic entry requirements will not guarantee that you will be selected for interview.
Interview invitations will be sent by email. Please keep a close eye on all emails from UEA after you submit your UCAS application. For more information on the application process and what to expect at each step, take a look at our handy Applying to HSC infographic, which explains the application journey from start to finish.
Interview formatOur interviews for 2024 will take place on our campus. You will be invited to book your interview for a morning or afternoon session by email. The email will include the arrival time and building location. We use a variety of the buildings on our campus for interviews, but they will either be on our Main Campus or on our West Campus (which is around a 20-minute walk from the centre of the Main Campus, near the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital). The session will last no longer than 3 hours in total. Applicants who are based outside of the UK at the point of applying will be offered an online interview. The format will match the process outlined below as closely as possible.
As part of the session, you will take part in ‘multiple mini-interviews’ with academic members of staff from the School of Health Sciences at UEA, clinicians from the profession, service users* and/or current UEA students from the course.
*A ‘service user’ is someone who has access to use health or social care services or could be affected by the services of health and social care professionals.
You will undertake your ‘multiple mini-interview’ alongside another applicant for the course. Together, you will be taken to your interview room, which will be furnished with two interview stations. You will attend each interview station in turn, swapping with the other applicant you have been paired with.
Before you visit each interview station, you will be given time to read some information. The information will include the interview questions or topics that you will be asked about. You will then be given a set amount of time with the interviewer(s), who will ask you the questions verbally.
The other applicant that you have been paired together with will be following the same process as you at the same time. They will be speaking to alternate interviewer(s) to you simultaneously. You will both be interviewed at both interview stations.
Separate to the ‘multi mini-interviews’, you will be grouped with 2 or 3 other applicants to complete an interview with local school children. You will be taken into a separate room for your interview as a group. The room will be furnished with three or four interview stations.
You will attend one of the interview stations. The interviewers at the station will ask you some questions verbally, and the questions will also be written down for you. You will just visit one interview station in this room. The other applicants that you have been grouped with will be following the same process as you at the same time at different interview stations.
As part of your interview day, you may also have an opportunity to join some other sessions, for which you will not be assessed. The sessions are an opportunity for you to learn more about the course, the university, the students that study here, and for you to ask questions of current students and teaching staff. There may be an opportunity to undertake some practical skills during some of these sessions, if possible. There may also be an opportunity to tour the teaching facilities. These parts of your interview day are not compulsory, and do not form part of the assessment.
Interview questionsAt each interview station you will be asked questions that focus on a particular domain. The order in which you are asked about these domains will be variable. The domains are:
- Your knowledge of the professional field for which you are applying.
- Your personal qualities and suitability for the profession. To help with discussion around this domain, you may be asked to consider a scenario and asked questions about how you would respond to it. You will be given time to read the scenario before you approach the interview station, and it will also be read to you by the interviewer(s).
- Your understanding of and suitability for the course at UEA.
On all interview stations, interviewers will also consider your understanding of the values that are required of a healthcare professional. This will include your understanding of moral and ethical values, competence, commitment to improve and personal accountability. You won’t necessarily be asked specific questions about these areas, but the information you include in your answers to all questions will be considered when the interviewer(s) assess you.
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This free one-week course aims to increase your chances of being accepted onto a UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) approved Nursing programme in the UK. You’ll be guided through the interview process to help you understand the purpose of the interviews and how they’re conducted. We introduce a range of resources, which will help you develop your knowledge of the Nursing profession and potential career pathways. Through information, guidance, and activities, you’ll learn how to identify transferable skills and relevant experiences that you can draw upon during your Nursing course interview, giving you the best chance of success.
Experience of healthcareWe are aware that it is a difficult time to try to gain relevant experience in healthcare. First time applicants to Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions will all be in a similar situation.
Clinical work experience will not generally be a requirement for applying to train in healthcare. We will be looking for you to show that you are able to work with people, that you appreciate the health and social care setting, and that you understand what a career in health will involve. While we will expect you to show some understanding of what it is like to be the professional of your choice, part of this involves demonstrating that you know what it is like to work in a responsible role, particularly with the public.
Note that your experiences are only as valuable as the way you talk about them and what understanding you take from them. It is important that you think about how you might be able to demonstrate your understanding of healthcare, that you can relate this to experience or research, and that you can explain what you have learned.
What type of experience or research do you need?Any activity, life experience or research that helps you to prepare for training to be a healthcare professional will help. This means any activity that allows you to demonstrate that you have:
- Had people-focused experience of providing a service, care, support or help to others, and that you understand the realities of working in a caring profession.
- Developed some of the values, attitudes and behaviours essential to being a Nurse, Midwife or Allied Health professional such as conscientiousness, effective communication and the ability to interact with a wide variety of people. The values that we are looking for are set out in the NHS Constitution.
- A realistic understanding of Health and Social Care and in particular the physical, organisational and emotional demands of the career.
Practical ways to gain experienceKeep a reflective diary on what is happening in the news and online. Listen to what healthcare professionals have to say and reflect on this. All healthcare professionals can be a valuable source of information and experience, not just those that work in the specific profession that you are applying for. Demonstrating that you have a sense of all healthcare professions (and how they work together) will help you in both your personal statement and interview.
Volunteer in your spare time if you can, all forms of voluntary work can provide helpful work experience. If volunteer work in the NHS isn’t something that is available to you, think about what else you could explore i.e. working with other people in a caring or service role. Voluntary commitments to community groups (for example groups related to the work of churches, mosques and temples, or other groups such as Scouts or Guides) and online community support groups may also provide valuable experience of taking on responsibility, dealing with people and communicating effectively.
Remember: what is important is what you learn about yourself and about other people, and what you learn about how effective care is delivered and received. How you learn these things is only a small part of the story; it is how you communicate what you learnt that matters.
COURSE CONDITIONS
Offers will be made to applicants after completion of successful interviews, and will be subject to a satisfactory occupational health check (including evidence of appropriate immunisations), an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two satisfactory references. We will let you know what you need to do (and when) to meet these conditions if you are successful in gaining an offer.
PLACEMENTS
During the course, no less than 50% of your time will be spent on practice placement. This might be in a variety of settings that include hospitals, community services, general practice, social services and voluntary or private organisations. Placement allocation occurs throughout the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
As this course includes patient facing placements in health or social care settings, and these are a mandatory component of the course, you will need to comply with the placement vaccination policy. Failure to meet the placement vaccination policy may prevent you from joining the course or may lead to your withdrawal from the course in the future. Future employment may also be subject to this condition.
ASSESSING YOUR FITNESS TO BECOME A REGISTERED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL
Please see our guidance on assessing your fitness.
- Deferred Entry
We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. If you intend to apply with deferred entry, please let us know about your gap year plans in your UCAS application.
ADMISSIONS POLICY
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.
- Intakes
This course is open to UK and overseas applicants. The annual intake for this course is in September each year.
Additional Information or Requirements
2.2 or above
Grade requirements:
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DDM (made up of Extended Certificate, Diploma or Extended Diploma subjects)
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DD (made up of Extended Certificate or Diploma subjects) plus B at A Level
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D (Extended Certificate) plus BB at A Level
Subject requirements:
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Extended Diploma in any Health, Care or Science subject
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A combination of BTEC/OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 subjects, at least one of which is in Health, Care or Science*
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Any BTEC/OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 subjects* taken in combination with A Levels
*BTEC Public Services, BTEC Uniformed Services and BTEC Business Administration are not accepted to make up any grades
60% or above
60% or above in Year 2
60% or above in Year 2, in a Health, Care or Science subject
65% or above in a Foundation Year of an undergraduate degree programme at a UK university, in a Health, Care or Science subject
2 subjects at H2, 4 subjects at H3
Grade B or above in Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator)
Grade B or above in one of the following subjects:
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Children's Care, Learning and Development
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Children and Young People's Workforce
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Health and Social Care (including Technical Level)
60 credits at 60% or above, in a Health, Care or Science subject
CCC or above
A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable, please contact Admissions for further information.
We welcome and value a wide range of alternative qualifications, and we also recognise that some students might take a mixture of some of the qualifications above. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.
UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes.
Please note that we do not consider A Levels in General Studies or Critical Thinking, Apprenticeships, NVQs (any level) or Work-based Level 3 Diplomas (previously NVQs) to meet the minimum academic entry requirements, although these can be used as evidence of recent study. We’ll also be unable to consider you for this course if you’ve obtained an academic fail from a previous health based degree programme, including where an exit award has been achieved.
GCSE REQUIREMENTS
Mathematics and English Language at minimum grade C or grade 4 required, alongside all other specified requirements.
In place of Mathematics GCSE we can also consider:
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Functional Skills Level 2 Mathematics
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Essential Skills Wales L2 Application of Number
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Essential Skills Northern Ireland L2 Application of Number
RECENT STUDY
We would prefer you to be able to demonstrate evidence of recent academic study within 5 years of the start of the course. If your last qualification will have been completed more than 5 years ago by the time the course starts, please contact us via Admissions Enquiries.
AGE ON ENTRY
Applicants for this course need to be aged 18 or over by 31 December 2024. This is owing to the integrated nature of placements within the first year of the course and safeguarding implications. In view of this, applicants who will not be 18 years old or over by this date, should consider applying for deferred entry.
INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
View our information for Tuition Fees.
Scholarships and Bursaries
We are committed to ensuring that costs do not act as a barrier to those aspiring to come to a world leading university and have developed a funding package to reward those with excellent qualifications and assist those from lower income backgrounds. View our range of Scholarships for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
NHS Learning Support Fund
If you are eligible for tuition fee and maintenance support from the Student Loans Company, you can apply for additional financial support through the NHS Learning Support Fund when studying this course.
Course Related Costs
You can find information regarding additional costs associated on our Fees and finance webpages.
How to Apply
Apply for this course through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), using UCAS Hub.
UCAS Hub is a secure online application system that allows you to apply for full-time undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the United Kingdom.
Your application does not have to be completed all at once. Register or sign in to UCAS to get started.
Once you submit your completed application, UCAS will process it and send it to your chosen universities and colleges.
The Institution code for the University of East Anglia is E14.
View our guide to applying through UCAS for useful tips, key dates and further information:
Employability
After the Course
As a UEA Children and Young People’s Nursing graduate, you’ll be a highly sought-after healthcare professional. On graduation and subsequent registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, you’ll be ready to start your career in a demanding, yet rewarding, environment, such as:
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Children’s wards and adolescent units
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Neonatal Intensive Care Units
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Outpatients clinics
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Specialist nursing roles
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Emergency care
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Theatres and recovery
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High dependency and intensive care units
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Community nursing teams
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Primary Care services
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Children’s hospices
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Public health
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Schools
Careers
Examples of careers that you could enter include:
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UK NHS and private healthcare providers
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International nursing
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Nursing research
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Schools and higher education institutes
Discover more on our Careers webpages.