Overview

Delivering evidence-based clinical care, supporting vulnerable young service users, and advocating for child and family health needs are vital to modern pediatric healthcare. The BSc (Hons) Nursing with Registration as a Children's Nurse at King's College London provides a comprehensive, professional healthcare education accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Delivered within the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, the curriculum combines foundational human biosciences and child development with immersive clinical placements. Students train in state-of-the-art clinical simulation suites that replicate real-life pediatric hospital wards, facing realistic patient handovers and emergency scenarios. The program emphasizes child and family-centered care, digital healthcare delivery, multi-disciplinary teamwork, and compassionate clinical leadership. This course is ideally suited for empathetic, resilient, and communication-focused individuals who are dedicated to making a positive difference in the health and wellbeing of infants, children, and young people.

What You'll Learn

• Theoretical foundations and practical application of child, family, and person-centered holistic nursing care

• Biological sciences, pediatric physiology, child development, pharmacology, and pathophysiology in young populations

• Clinical assessment techniques, diagnostic reasoning, acute child care interventions, and pediatric clinical skills

• Safe medicines management, drug calculations, administration protocols, and therapeutic monitoring for children

• Role of modern technology in healthcare delivery, digital health tools, and the evolving responsibilities of the nurse

• Patient safety frameworks, ethical practice, safeguarding protocols, and legal standards governing pediatric care

• Clinical placement learning across NHS hospital trusts, community child health teams, and specialist pediatric units

• Transition strategies to support the shift from student nurse to newly registered nursing practitioner

• Evidence-based practice methodologies, clinical research application, and service improvement evaluation

Learning Outcomes

Graduates will fulfill all academic and professional standards required to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Registered Children's Nurse. They will demonstrate the clinical competence to conduct comprehensive pediatric assessments, deliver safe therapeutic interventions, and formulate evidence-based care plans tailored to the unique physical, emotional, and social needs of children and young people. Students build robust practical abilities in clinical decision-making, patient handovers, emergency response, and digital health technology utilization through high-fidelity simulation and supervised hospital placements. Furthermore, scholars master the ability to communicate empathetically with young patients, parents, and multi-disciplinary healthcare teams while maintaining high standards of professional ethics and safeguarding. Through extensive clinical placement rotations and research-informed study, graduates possess the professional confidence, decision-making agility, and leadership readiness required to excel in NHS pediatric wards, intensive care units, community nursing teams, specialist children's hospitals, or postgraduate healthcare research.