Childrens and Young Peoples Nursing Practice

About this course

Children's and young people's nursing is a specialist branch of nursing focused on the care of children and young people from birth through to young adulthood, across a wide range of health conditions and clinical settings. Working with children requires a distinctive blend of skills: the same clinical knowledge and technical competence as adult nursing, combined with the ability to adapt communication, assessment, and care approaches to patients who are developing rapidly, who may be frightened, and whose family context is central to the care encounter. Children's nurses also work closely with parents and carers, recognising that supporting the family is an integral part of supporting the child. At the University of Sunderland, this three-year full-time programme combines academic study with supervised clinical placement experience in a range of settings, including paediatric wards, co

Where its graduates go

The 4 largest scored destinations, covering 92% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 1% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 2% of graduatescards →
• 6 / 100Nursing Professionals · 87% of graduatescards →
• 6 / 100Caring personal services · 2% of graduatescards →

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