Nursing (Child Health) with Integrated Foundation Year

About this course

Child health nursing, also known as paediatric nursing, is a specialism that requires all the clinical competence of adult nursing combined with the additional knowledge, sensitivity, and communication skills needed to care for children and young people from infancy through adolescence, and to support their families through often frightening and difficult experiences. Paediatric nurses work in neonatal units, paediatric wards, outpatient clinics, community settings, and children's intensive care, and the ability to build trust with both children and parents is as central to the role as clinical expertise. This four-year programme at the University of Plymouth includes an integrated foundation year that provides the scientific and academic grounding needed before you progress to the main nursing curriculum. You will study the biological and physiological foundations of child health, incl

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 89% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 1% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 2% of graduatescards →
• 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 1% of graduatescards →
• 8 / 100Other Health Professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 6 / 100Nursing Professionals · 84% of graduatescards →

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