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Course Description
This course prepares you for a gratifying career at the forefront of modern healthcare. City is ranked 1st in London for student satisfaction in Nursing (Complete University Guide 2020)
Children's nurses need to be versatile and resilient as they care for neonates and babies, children with acute or long-term health problems, children with mental health issues or special needs and children with life-limiting illnesses. Children’s nursing is a fulfilling and challenging profession where you will care for children up to the age of 16 (or in some circumstances, even up to 19*) alongside their families and carers. It is essential that as a Children's nurse you can empower children of all ages and also provide support to their families.
Teaching is a combination of classroom theory, simulated practice and practice placements. Simulated practice takes place within the specialist Clinical Skills Centre at our Northampton Square campus, a facility designed especially for you to practice your skills in a safe environment. Through simulated practice you will not only learn the necessary practical skills to enable you to go into your placements with confidence, but develop your communication and interpersonal skills, an essential part of a child nurses role.
As a City student you will benefit from clinical placements at London’s leading hospitals and trusts. Your placements will be in a range of settings, allowing you to experience the many different environments and specialisms’ children’s nurses’ work in. Specialist placements include the internationally recognised acute children’s emergency department service at the Royal London and specialist Paediatric gastroenterology unit, the only unit of its kind in the UK.
If you have already graduated with a primary degree, City also offers a two year fast-track MSc Children's Nursing (pre-registration).
Course Content
The course combines theoretical study with clinical experience in a range of community settings and leading hospitals, alongside our state-of-the-art facilities.
Year 1
The first year focuses on the foundations for nursing and considers the psychological, social and biological factors influencing health. Students are required to undertake practice placements.
- HS 1921 – Foundations of evidence informed practice
- HS 1922 – Foundations of biological sciences for nursing practice
- HS 1924 – Mental health and wellbeing in integrated care
- HS 1925 – Foundations for nursing care
Year 2
In the second year, students focus on person-centered care and explore this theme in the context of acute and long-term care. Students can also pursue specific clinical interests on a two-week elective practice placement in addition to course clinical placements.
Core Modules
- HS 2005 – Promotion of wellbeing and prevention of ill-health
- HS 2006 – Acute care management
- HS 2017 - Working collaboratively with people with long term conditions
- HS 2007 – Pathophysiology and therapeutics for nursing practice
- HS 2008 – Critical use of evidence to inform decision making in practice
- HS 2009 – Applying knowledge and skills for person-centered care for practice
Elective Modules
Students choose one of the below elective modules:
- HS 2441 – Family centered practice: Challenging perspectives of risk and resilience
- HS 2446 – Communities and health
- HS 2449 – Introduction to critical nursing
- HS 2004 – Working collaboratively with people with mental health issues
- HS 2010 – Contemporary issues in sex and sexuality
- HS 2012 – Contemporary issues within adolescent health
- HS 2011 – Global health
- HS 2014 - Understanding and caring for people who use substances
- HS 2016 – Preparing for specialist practice in primary and community care
Year 3
In the final year, the emphasis is on leading and managing in professional practice and becoming a proficient practitioner. Students undertake a 6,000-word dissertation. As part of the clinical placement experience, students spend the final 12 weeks of the course in practice and have a placement base and opportunities to identify practice experiences with their practice supervisors and assessor.
- HS 3014 – Leading and managing others
- HS 3015 – Integrated approaches to complex care
- HS 3016 – Principles of prescribing
- HS 3018 – Dissertation
- HS 3017 – Developing advanced knowledge and skills for professional practice
- HS 3019 – Preparing to be a proficient practitioner
Course Intakes
| Location | Start Date | Fees | Duration | ||
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Classroom Northampton Square City, University of London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom |
September, 2025
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3 years, Full Time |
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Entry Requirements
We may demonstrate some flexibility of entry requirements in Clearing. This will depend on the results we receive and the number of spaces we have available. Applications through Clearing are likely to be considered on a case by case basis.
If you are an applicant who has completed qualifications outside of the UK then we encourage you to visit our country pages ahead of calling our Clearing hotline. On these pages you will find information on equivalent grades City will be applying during the Clearing process for students applying from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain and the USA.
Entry requirements in Clearing for A-Level students will be published on 15th August.
Details of the standard entry requirements for 2019 are shown below.
- 'A' Level - Typically BBC or a combination of 'A' levels (we do not accept General Studies or Critical thinking).
- Combined - A combination of A’levels and BTEC are welcome but will be reviewed on an individual basis.
- UCAS tariff - 112 points. For more information on the new UCAS tariff system, please visit the UCAS website.
- IB - 32 points.
- Extended Project Qualification (EPQ): We welcome applications that include the EPQ. Where relevant, this may be included in our offer, resulting in an 'A' Level offer reduced by one grade.
- BTEC: DDM (Health and Social Care, Children’s Care, Learning and Development, Sport and Exercise Sciences, or science related subjects only)
In addition, the following is required:
- GCSE: Must have passes in English Language and Mathematics grade 4 (C) at GCSE.
- Applicants would normally be required to have a further three passes at grade 4 (C) at GCSE in any subject, any applications that do not meet these requirements are welcome and will be reviewed on an individual basis.
- Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English will be considered.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass in a QAA recognised Access to HE Diploma in a Nursing, Midwifery, Health, Science, or Social Care subject NOT Nutrition or Paramedic Studies with full award (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 credits must be at Level 3 including 24 credits at Distinction. Applicants must also hold either GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade C (4) or above, or Functional Skills English and Maths at Level 2. Other equivalent English Language and Mathematics qualifications will be reviewed on an individual basis.
Shortlisted applicants will be required to attend a Selection Day held at City, University of London before an offer can be made. At the Selection Day applicants are interviewed to assess their values match those of the NHS constitution, as well as having the opportunity to find out more about the course from our staff and students. For further information, please visit our Selection Day page.
Special requirements: Students are required to have occupational health and enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) clearance. Academic and character references are also required.
English requirements
Applicants educated outside of an English speaking country, without GCSEs are required to hold IELTS at:
IELTS: 7.0 overall band score; with at least 7.0 in the listening, reading, writing and speaking sections.
You must include evidence of your IELTS score, or the date you will be completing the test, on your application.
Assessment Methods
You will be assessed using a variety of methods, depending on module choices:
- Practice Assessment Document (PAD): used to demonstrate achievement of practice competencies and also to record the number of hours of practice experience
- Written assignments, including essays: these may take the form of care studies in which you will be expected to relate your essay to a particular service user or as support another assessment such as a poster presentation
- Written examinations: including short answer questions, multiple choice questions, calculations, scenario based
- Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCEs): practical skills assessments which enable you to demonstrate particular clinical, communication or teaching skills
- Dissertation: this final project will enable you to choose a relevant topic of interest to you and demonstrate an in depth knowledge of this.
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