Children and Young People's Nursing, BSc (Hons)

This degree integrates theoretical and practical learning to prepare graduates for professional registration as children and young people’s nurses, focusing on care for individuals under 25, their families, and support networks. It equips students to address physical, mental, emotional, and social needs while ensuring safeguarding, through skills in advocacy, family collaboration, and multidisciplinary teamwork. Successful completion enables registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), with a study format of one module at a time—five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment. Home learners may access government funding of at least £5,000 annually, plus extras for childcare, and 50% of the program involves real-world practice placements.Ideal for compassionate individuals, the course fosters professional identity, accountability, and skills for dynamic healthcare environments. Delivered by expert nursing professionals, it emphasizes evidence-based care, digital fluency, and critical thinking, with support from success coaches. Coventry University partners with NHS Trusts to build future-ready nurses, offering modules across three years that cover foundational practice, enhanced care, and career preparation, assessed via coursework, exams, and clinical evaluations. For the latest details, visit the university website.

Year one

• Becoming a Professional Practitioner

• Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context

• Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery

• Understanding Influences on Health and Care

• Placement 1: Introductions to Nursing Care

• Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care

Year two

• Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity

• Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care

• Therapeutic Interventions and Innovations in CYP Nursing

• Complex Decision Making Within CYP Nursing Environments

• Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care

• Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care

Final year

• Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional

• The Evidenced-Based Practitioner: Professional Project

• Complex Care Coordination in CYP Nursing

• Preparing for your Career in Nursing

• Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care

• Placement 6: Practising Autonomously

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.