On this course, youll learn to care for infants, children and young people, in a variety of settings. Youll also see how to support and educate families, so they can be involved in their child's care. In your first year, youll study topics that are fundamental to children's nursing, including concepts of caring, physical health sciences, and public health promotion, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree. During your second year, youll gain an appreciation for safeguarding by exploring an ethical situation that requires you to be an advocate for a child in your care. Youll also identify a current healthcare issue and develop an innovative solution to this, to enhance the experience of service users. Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and operating theatre, to practise real scenarios on lifelike neonatal manikins and actors. Spend half of your training in clinical placements, to practise your skills in healthcare settings like paediatric accident and emergency departments and the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital, under the supervision of qualified practitioners. Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like cancer, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.