Postgraduate Diploma Nursing (Children)
Register in an additional field of nursing practice. Study over one year and learn to assess and care for children and young people.
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Qualify as a children’s nurse with our NMC-validated Postgraduate Diploma.
Over one year, you'll learn to support children and young people who are acutely unwell and/or have complex needs.
You'll also learn about promoting children’s health and wellbeing, and consider the role of nursing leaders in delivering quality healthcare.
Learn in our specialist nursing skills labs and out on placements.
When you graduate, you’ll be ready to practice as a registered children’s nurse.
We also offer: Postgraduate Diploma Nursing (Adult) and Postgraduate Diploma Nursing (Mental Health).
Our Postgraduate Diploma is approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK. You'll be qualified to work as a children's nurse when you graduate.
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Learn to assess and care for children and young people
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Use specialist nursing skills labs
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Get hands-on experience out on placement
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Gain NMC registration in an additional field of practice
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Careers
Register in an additional field of practice when you graduate – and start work as a children’s nurse.
Our Postgraduate Diploma is approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK.
Teaching and modules
Develop the essential knowledge and skills you need to work as a registered child nurse.
Over the course of a year, you’ll learn more about clinical assessment and recognising acute deterioration in children and young people.
You’ll also explore complex care needs, and learn more about factors that influence children’s and families’ health.
There’s a focus on nursing leadership, too. You’ll learn more about leading patient care in multi-disciplinary healthcare teams, and reviewing the effectiveness and quality of that care.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Into ARU
- Clinical Decision Making in the Acutely Unwell Child and Young Person
- Applying public health to children and young people’s nursing
- Contemporary Children's and Young People's Nursing Practice 4
- Leading and managing quality in the care of children and young people
- Managing the Care of Children and Young People with Complex Care Needs
Facilities
Hone your skills in specialist nursing labs and out on placement.
You'll have use of extensive library and IT resources, careers support through our Employability Service and, after you graduate, lifelong access to our Alumni Career Centre.
You can also access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.