Studying at Sunderland will provide you
with an excellent opportunity to access some of the fantastic resources that we've got around
caring for sick children. We have a children's ward area within Helen McArdle House which
is equipped with the most up-to-date paediatric resources from a simulation point of view,
including a simulation baby, junior simulator, and we've also got some trauma effects mannequins as
well, which are designed around children and young people. You will also have the ability to access
fabulous clinical placement areas as the course is 50% theory and 50% practice and that includes
accessing the great north children's hospital, based in Newcastle, as well as Sunderland trust,
as well as accessing community placements within the 0-19 healthy child service across the region
and also accessing services from our mental health trust partners as well.
The best thing about this course at Sunderland is that you get a varied experience around both the
theoretical aspects within the teaching and within the clinical practice aspects of the course,
by looking at the care of children within a community setting, looking at the care of children
within an acute paediatric setting such as a children's ward, and you also get to look at the
care of children within a critical care setting. So those children now who are really quite
seriously ill and also you will get the experience of caring for children with long-term health
problems and the support that they need, both within an acute area and also in the community.
The modules that you will be studying cover a range of topics, but in year one you'll be
looking at study skills as you transition to writing a degree, you'll be looking at
the biocycle social model of health and how that impacts upon the health and well-being of a child,
and specifically looking at children's anatomy and physiology. You will also be looking at the
foundations of children's nursing practice and you'll also be looking at clinical practice and
the skills needed to care for sick children. In year two we'll build on these skills so that you
do some altered pathophysiology of how conditions present in children and what the nursing care
needs of those children and young people will be. You'll also start to look at research and
some of the theory behind research and we'll also develop your clinical skills as well and then in
year three, we'll consolidate all of your learning so you're looking at leadership and management,
and your leadership and management skills development. You'll also be writing a dissertation
around a topic that you choose to explore from a paediatric nursing perspective and we'll be
consolidating your clinical skills and looking at the complex skills that are needed to care
for children with complex health care needs and also those children who are critically unwell.
There are lots and lots of extra opportunities when you are studying at Sunderland University,
and they always include the opportunity to become part of the nursing society,
but also the fantastic opportunity to engage in clinical practice in clinical practice development
within areas of expertise in paediatric nursing.
Innovative. In that, it's an innovative approach to children's nursing.
We're looking at children's nursing within its contemporary current context and we're
using creative and innovative ways to deliver the teaching
within the University, but also to give you innovative and creative placement areas.
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