Program Overview

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Nursing (Children and Young People) with Health Care Foundation Year

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Overview

The Health Care Foundation Year aims to provide an understanding of basic essential healthcare concepts and develop skills and knowledge for successful progression onto a degree course.

Attendance and Course Details

• Attendance: Full-time
• Course: Four year
• Next enrolment: September 2025

Introduction

The course prepares students for the realities of contemporary 24-hour service provision when caring for patients across all aspects of the health/ill health continuum. 50% of studies will be spent in hospital and community settings, including prison placements.

What You Will Learn

• Develop skills and knowledge to successfully study at Level 4
• Learn about basic theories and concepts relating to healthcare
• Be taught by a multi-disciplinary programme team with experience in a range of professional health care settings

Course Details

Foundation Year

• Foundations of Mental and Physical Health (40 credits)
• Introduction to Applied Sciences (20 credits)
• Introduction to Exploring Evidence (20 credits)
• University Life (20 credits)
• Working in Healthcare Settings (20 credits)

Year One

• Practice Module: Part 1
• Introduction to Children and Young People Nursing (20 credits)
• Transdisciplinary Science
• Voices and Choices

Year Two

• Children and Young People Field Specific Care Needs
• Developing Children and Young Peoples Nursing (20 credits)
• Evidence Based Interventional Nursing
• Practice Module - Part 2

Year Three

• Being an Autonomous Children and Young People’s Practitioner
• Being an Inspiring Children and Young People’s Practitioner
• Leading Children and Young Peoples Nursing (20 credits)
• Practice Module – Part 3

Teaching and Assessment

• Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, reflective practice, guided study, teamwork, and oral presentations
• Assessment methods include exams, observed structured clinical examinations, presentations, and written assignments

Facilities

• Clinical Practice Wards in the Mary Seacole Building
• Clinical skills rooms and nursing skills rooms

School of Health and Society

• A forward-thinking, dynamic school with a commitment to lifelong learning and real-world impact

Requirements

• GCSE English Language and Maths at grade C/grade 4 or above; or approved equivalency
• UCAS tariff points: 80 points
• BTEC Extended Diploma: MMP

Fees

• Full-time home: £8,505 for Foundation Year and £9,535 for subsequent years

Additional Costs

• Books, stationery, printing, binding, and general subsistence on trips and visits

Enrolment Dates

• September 2025
• September 2026

Student Information

• Terms and conditions

UCAS Information

• Course ID: B706
• Institution: S03

Related Courses

• BSc (Hons) Nursing / RN Mental Health
• BSc (Hons) Nursing/ RN Adult
• BSc (Hons) Nursing / RN Children and Young People

Student Feedback

• 58% say staff value students' views and opinions about the course
• 81% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well
• 94% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course