BSc Honours Nursing Degree (Child field)

Overview & facilities

The Nursing degree (BSc Honours) Child field is a 3 year qualification that leads to professional status as a Registered Children's Nurse Taught at Middlesex University in London; this course is designed to give you the skills needed to work in a modern health service. You will develop clinical and other skills that will enable you to work alongside other healthcare professionals to provide seamless care. Study is at our Hendon and Archway campuses in London and placements occur our NHS Trust partners.

Nursing is a well paid career with professional status and excellent prospects. The work is demanding but you will experience immense satisfaction from working as a team to provide seamless care to people in need.

Content & modules

A list of the modules for this course is shown below. The course is 50% practice and 50% theory.

YEAR 1

Foundations for Field of Practice
Foundations for Nursing Practice
Foundations for Professional Practice
Practice Learning 1

YEAR 2

Developing Knowledge & Skills in Caring for the ICYP and their Families
Developing Knowledge & Skills in Caring for the ICYP and their Families with Long Term Conditions
Practice Learning 2
Practice Learning 3
Approaches to Health and Social Care Research

YEAR 3

Preparation for Registration: ICYP Professional Nurse Practice
Consolidation of Knowledge & Skills in ICYP Nursing
Practice Learning 4
Practice Learning 5
Dissertation

Entry & applying

Detailed Entry requirements

Pleas note that we can only accept your application for consideration if you have already obtained your GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English at the appropriate level prior to applying.

• A minimum of 200 UCAS tariff points from 2 A-levels, plus 5 GCSEs / O-levels grades A-C, including English language and maths, OR
• A full Access to Nursing certificate, or an access course in a related subject - minimum 45 credits at level 3. Must contain maths / English language GCSE equivalent. Must be recent within 5 years, OR
• AVCE health and social care double award + 5 GCSEs / O-levels grades A-C, including English language and maths, OR
• NVQ level 3 in a health related subject, need English and maths components – must be recent, within last five years + 5 GCSEs including grade A-C in maths and English language, OR
• BTEC National Diploma  (18 Unit, level 3) in a health-related subject, grades MPP + 5 GCSEs including grade A-C in Maths and English language (must be recent - within last five years), OR
• BTEC National Certificate (12 unit, level 3) in health-related subject, grades DM = 5 GCSEs including grade A-C in Maths and English (must be recent - within last five years), OR
  
• CACHE certificate, level 3 plus 5 GCSEs including grade A-C in maths & English language. Must be recent (within five years), OR 
• Higher Education Introductory Nursing Studies; Nursing and Midwifery pathway plus 5 GCSEs including Maths & English language; grade C or above (or equivalent) 120 CATS points, OR
• Equivalents are considered on an individual basis – NARIC is used to check qualifications from overseas, OR
• Irish Highers: Equivalent to 240 UCAS tariff points. Must include minimum grade B or above in 4 subjects at Higher level, minimum grade C in 3 subjects at Ordinary level incl. maths and English language, OR
• FETAC: Level 5 in health related subject. To include five Distinctions (minimum) and also maths and English language at grade C at Ordinary level

Eligibility
You must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for 3 years at the beginning of the year when your course starts and have full settled status. 
There are some exceptions and other conditions in relation to fees and bursary payments.

Other Requirements
To begin the course you must also complete a satisfactory enhanced CRB check, Occupational Health Check, and provide suitable references.

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Qualifications accepted

For a comprehensive list of qualifications accepted by Middlesex, see further information under entry requirements

English language requirements

You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.0 (with minimum 5.5 in all four components) or TOEFL internet based 72 (with at least 17 in listening & writing, 20 in speaking and 18 in reading).

Middlesex also offers an Intensive Academic English course (Pre-Sessional) that ranges from 5-17 weeks depending on your level of English. Successful completion of this course would meet English language entry requirements. For more information on applying for the pre-sessional please email english@mdx.ac.uk.

Numeracy requirements

You will need a GCSE in Maths at grade C or above or a Level II in numeracy at Key Stage II

UK/EU applicants with existing higher education qualifications

If you have already been awarded a qualification at the same level as the course you are applying for, you may not be eligible for a tuition fee loan, see fees and funding for more information.

Nationality and status

For nursing and midwifery courses you must have been ordinarily resident in the UK,  throughout the 3 years preceding the first  day of the first academic year of the  course for purposes other than full-time  education AND have settled status in the UK within the  meaning of the Immigration Act 1971. There must be no restrictions on your  length of stay in the UK.  You must be ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, Wales or Northen Ireland.  EU students are usually eligible to study nursing but may not receive full financial support.

Applying

Applications for UK and EU students should be made to UCAS – the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. The institution code for Middlesex is M80, and the code name is MIDDX. You also need the code for the course you wish to apply for – this is found in the 'at a glance' box above.

Fees & funding

No tuition fees are payable for BSc Nursing.

BSc Nursing students on the three year programme, who satisfy the conditions for eligibility, are entitled to a non-means tested bursary and may be able to apply for a means tested bursary from the NHS, and a reduced rate student loan from Student Finance England.  You may also be able to get extra money for dependants and help towards childcare costs as well as some money towards travel costs. For more information, please see our Rough Cuts finance leaflet for nursing and midwifery students.

You can apply for your student loan via the Directgov website, but you must remember to tick the box that says that you have applied for an income assessed NHS bursary.

Careers & placements

Placements are an integral part of the course; 50% of your study time will be spent on various placements. Many of our students go on to get their first job after graduation in their placement locations.

There are many well-paid nursing jobs within both the NHS and private sector. The skills you will bring into the degree may enable you to progress quicker up the Nursing career ladder. The table below shows a selection of nursing jobs in the NHS and their associated salaries. If you work in the private sector, you may earn even more.