Nursing (Children's) with Foundation Year
University of DerbyDerby (Kedleston Road), United Kingdom
Course overview
• Benefit from some of the best university facilities of their kind, including clinical skills suites and our state-of-the-art immersive suites • Learn from a highly experienced and enthusiastic teaching team who provide full support to help you achieve your ambitions • The Foundation Year course leads on to the full Children's Nursing degree that is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council meaning when you graduate, you’ll be eligible to register and practise as a nurse, as long as you meet the NMC’s requirements. • ▼ Artificial patients Providing realistic medical training, our Clinical Skills Suite has a number of high quality artificial patients from individual limbs to technically advanced simulation dolls. • ► NHS Standard mock hospital ward The hospital ward is complete with teaching facilities, a nurses station and simulated learning patients to provide a lifelike taste of working in a modern hospital. • Foundation Year Foundation Year
Key highlights
- Leads on to an NMC-accredited Children's Nursing degree
- Graduates eligible to register and practise as a nurse
- Clinical skills suites and state-of-the-art immersive suites
- Realistic training with artificial patients and advanced simulation dolls
- NHS standard mock hospital ward with nurses station
- Maths and English at Level 2 available within the course
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 80 — Requirement: What we're looking for Requirement: What we're looking for UCAS points: 80 A Level: CDD T Level: Pass (C or above in the core) BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have…
- A-level: CDD — …What we're looking for Requirement: What we're looking for UCAS points: 80 A Level: CDD T Level: Pass (C or above in the core) BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifica…
- T-level: Pass — …looking for Requirement: What we're looking for UCAS points: 80 A Level: CDD T Level: Pass (C or above in the core) BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you wil…
- BTEC: MMP — …looking for UCAS points: 80 A Level: CDD T Level: Pass (C or above in the core) BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and Englis…
- Access to HE Diploma: Pass — Pass; with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum
Scholarships
Full Payment Discount
If you pay your annual tuition fee in full ahead of enrolment, you will benefit from a £1,000 discount.
Up to £1,000Sports Scholarships - Individual and Team Sport Scholar
Up to £3,000 fee subsidy and support services.
Sports Scholarships - Performance Team Sports Scholar
Up to £3,000 fee subsidy and support services.
Talented Athlete Award
Please contact the provider.
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships
Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships - £2,000
Up to £2,000
Careers this course leads to
- Registered Nurse (Children's)
- Paediatric Staff Nurse
- Neonatal Nurse
- School Nurse
- Community Children's Nurse
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,535 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Derby, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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