MSc Children's Nursing in Keele United Kingdom | Keele University

The MSc Nursing program aims to cultivate Children's Nurses who are curious, analytical, clinically skilled, confident, adaptable thinkers, and capable of addressing both present and future healthcare demands. This course equips students to support children and adolescents facing mental, physical, cognitive, or behavioral health issues. Participants will master child-centered care approaches that prioritize young patients and their families.
If you're a driven graduate with care experience seeking to qualify as a children's nurse and earn an MSc within an intensive two-year period, this accelerated graduate entry program is ideal for you.

Our curriculum mirrors modern healthcare's evolution toward services tailored to children's and families' needs, focusing on holistic wellbeing rather than just treating illness. Since nursing care occurs across various environments - homes, schools, and hospitals - the program offers diverse clinical placements to understand young patients' healthcare journeys in different contexts.

Over two years, the program enhances your academic capabilities, professional accountability, and clinical expertise. Graduates will satisfy all Nursing and Midwifery Council registration requirements upon completing this forward-thinking course.

The program aligns with NMC's pre-registration nursing standards, particularly the 2018 "Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses," covering all necessary knowledge, clinical competencies, and leadership skills. It meets Quality Assurance Agency standards through England's Higher Education Credit Framework while addressing current healthcare challenges highlighted in "NHS in England at 75: priorities for the future" (2023).

Keele's 'Future Nurse' MSc Nursing curriculum incorporates all seven NMC platforms (2018a) that form the foundation of pre-registration nursing education. These standards ensure all students, regardless of specialization, develop essential knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors alongside field-specific competencies in adult, children's, learning disability, or mental health nursing.