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Child Nursing Course
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Child Nursing Course at Hull
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Undergraduate

Paediatric and child-focused nursing is among the most rewarding careers out there.

You'll learn to work and communicate with children and their families – often in difficult, demanding situations – and you’ll develop the skills and experience needed to take your next steps as a healthcare professional with this hands-on degree.

Students studying this course will also receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year. This doesn't need to be paid back and is in addition to any financial support received through your student loan.

This course is accredited by

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About this course

The University of Hull is one of the top universities in the UK to be taught nursing, according to the Guardian University Rankings 2025.

Some of the reasons for that include our fantastic health facilities on campus following a recent £28 million investment, along with our hands-on approach to your development.

Our children's nursing team is there to support you throughout your degree, and your course is divided equally between class-based learning and on mentored clinical placements to give you the unique, professional insight into the diverse care needs of both healthy and sick children, and their families.

Our degree is also approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), so you’ll be able to register as a qualified nurse when you graduate.

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Module options

Each year, you’ll study modules worth a certain number of credits, and you need 120 credits per year. Most modules are 20 credits – so you’ll study six modules each year. Some longer modules, such as a dissertation, are worth more. In these cases, you’ll study fewer modules - but the number of credits will always add up to 120. Some modules are compulsory, some are optional, so you can build a course that’s right for you.

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  • Fundamental Nursing Skills

    Link theoretical knowledge with fundamental nursing skills in a safe clinical simulation environment giving you a firm grounding in preparation for clinical practice.

    core

    20 credits

  • Fundamentals of Professional Practice

    Explore ethical, legal, and professional dimensions of nursing practice and use research skills as part of academic writing.

    core

    20 credits

  • Practice 1

    Get your first taste of working in a healthcare environment with the support of a practice supervisor and practice assessor.  Participate in people’s care with support and guidance from others.

    core

    30 credits

  • Promoting Health and Preventing Ill Health

    Explore how the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age impact on their health and life experiences.

    core

    20 credits

  • Practice 2

    Build on Practice 1 to become more confident and competent in participation in care with guidance and support from others.

    core

    30 credits

  • Developing Nursing Skills

    Consolidate your clinical skills in a clinical simulation environment and extend and apply your knowledge of life and social sciences to nursing practice.

    core

    20 credits

  • Developing Professional Practice

    Explore how nurses work within multidisciplinary teams, with patients and service users and their supporters to deliver safe, effective, meaningful care.

    core

    20 credits

  • Practice 3

    Be an active participant in care under the guidance and supervision of practice supervisors and assessors.

    core

    30 credits

  • Meeting the Acute Healthcare Needs of Children and Young People

    Develop the knowledge and skills needed to care for children and young people with acute healthcare needs.

    core

    20 credits

Our facilities

Get hands-on in our mock hospital ward and practise a range of scenarios in our state-of-the-art facilities.

Our academics

You’ll be taught by expert staff in some of the UK’s finest health facilities following our £28 million investment.

Our academics work closely with local partners to train the healthcare professionals of the future, as well as to conduct research that is at the forefront of its field and benefits the wellbeing of our local community and beyond.

Fiona Girling

Fiona Girling

Lecturer

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Karen Pattrick

Lecturer

Entry Requirements

Fees & Funding

How much is it?

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Future prospects

By the end of your course, you’ll be ready to undertake the responsibilities of a health practitioner and eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Most of our graduates go on to work in the NHS – but others find positions overseas, in private practice, in the social services, the pharmaceutical industry, the Armed Forces, the prison service or in specialist areas such as drug rehabilitation.

Become part of the next generation of futuremakers

Like what you've seen? Then it's time to apply.

The standard way is to apply through UCAS. This will give you the chance to showcase your skills qualities and passion for the subject, as well as providing us with your academic qualifications.

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Not ready to apply yet?

Visit our next Open Day, and see all that Hull has to offer for yourself. Talk to our lecturers about your subject, find out what university is really like from our current students, and take a tour of our beautiful campus and amazing facilities.

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100% employability (Nursing and Midwifery) UK domicile full-time first degree leavers; Higher Education Graduate Outcomes statistics, for the academic year 2021/22, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency June 2024.

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Available to all undergraduate students studying Nursing, Midwifery, Paramedic Science or Physiotherapy. You don't need to pay this back, and you'll get it as well as your student loan.

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Nursing (Child) is ranked 9th out of 53 institutions for Teaching Satisfaction. the Guardian University Rankings 2025.

All modules presented on this course page are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.