BSc (Hons) Nursing (Children's) Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

As a nursing student, this module will help to prepare you for academic and professional learning. You will develop the skills for academic writing, including your academic integrity. You will be introduced to evidence-informed practice and critical thinking. You will select reflective tools and explore the concept of reflection as a tool for developing your self-awareness and learning in the academic and clinical environments.

Following the UK Bioscience in Nurse Education guidance, this module will help you to build confidence in bioscience knowledge that underpins nursing clinical practice. This will involve developing your knowledge of anatomy, scientific terminology and physiological principles that underpin health and illness, including microbiology and genetics. You will also look at how medications act on body systems. The knowledge you develop and build will help to inform your clinical decision making and com

This module is your introduction to professional values, professional identity, ethical principles and the culture and practice of nursing. You will study themes such as: team working, collaborative practice, person and family centred care, nursing models. You'll examine the nursing process within the context of your field of practice. You will also look at caring for people across the lifespan and meeting the specific care needs of people within your chosen field of practice, which will help yo

This module is your introduction to a systems approach and will help you build a foundational knowledge of working with families. You will look at child and family modes of communication, together with child and family assessment, child development, and developing relationships with families. You'll examine how wider influences and determinants of health, such as political, global, and socioeconomic factors, affect family development. You'll also look at how key public health, health promotion a

Through simulation practice learning and direct patient care, this module will help you to develop a relevant knowledge base, skills and behaviours to fulfil the professional requirements for the children's nursing programme. Your placement experience for this module will usually include 2 placements during the year. Completion of this module will contribute to the achievement of Part 1 of your programme.

In this module, you'll learn how to support families, children and communities with regards to lifestyle changes that are designed to improve overall health. You'll be introduced to the key concepts surrounding public health, and will train in facilitating this knowledge into the wider community to enhance health activities. You'll familiarise yourself with the latest National Public Health resources. This will equip with you a range of strategies, models and approaches which will support your c

In order to fulfil your professional requirements and qualify as a registered nurse, you will need to complete this module. Through a combination of simulation practice learning (SPL) and direct care, you will develop the relevant knowledge base and skills to ensure you meet the requirements for the children's nursing programme. You will gain transferable skills for application in a range of clinical settings, and will be offered placement experience opportunities - there will be two placements

You'll build upon your knowledge and understanding gained in the bioscience module of Year 1, with an increased focus on the clinical assessment of childhood illnesses. You will base your findings on a combination of processes associated with disease or injury, how medicines affect the body, and holistic treatments. You'll learn how to consolidate and evaluate insights and information gathered to develop integrated individualised plans of care. You'll learn how to do this while incorporating leg

Research shows that better relationships with patients lead to better outcomes. You'll gain an insight into how the diverse experiences of people and their families inform all stages of the nursing process. You'll discover how to help them get the most out of therapy from a physical and mental health care perspective. You'll deepen your knowledge from Year 1 of how human connection, communication and self-awareness can be crucial elements in forming a therapeutic relationship with the patient, g