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Overview

We want you to become the best nurse you can be. That means helping you gain more than a registration. Here, you’ll think about your future – what does a career as a children’s nurse look like for you? And how can we help you get there?

As part of our diverse community, you’ll learn what it means to deliver safe and effective care. And this starts in our simulation suite. Mirroring a real-life children’s ward, you’ll receive patient handovers and face different scenarios. It’s also the perfect place to familiarise yourself with the equipment you’ll use on placement.

To help you gain experience, you’ll experience placements in different settings, from specialist wards to settings like schools or hospices. We’ll also give you the chance to do an elective placement and develop specialist knowledge with optional modules in areas like neonatal nursing and global health.

Quick to adapt and confident making decisions. These are just two reasons why employers hire our graduates. As you move into the final year of your degree, the focus will be on helping you move from student to newly registered nurse. You’ll leave us feeling ready to take on diverse challenges, whatever comes next.

Key benefits

  • You will be studying at the top nursing faculty in the UK, and #2 in the world (2026 QS World University Rankings).
  • Decide whether you take an elective placement in the UK or abroad during year 2.
  • Become part of a diverse healthcare community and connect with students studying everything from medicine to midwifery.
  • Develop specialist knowledge in areas such as child protection and care of neonates with our choice of optional modules.
  • Delivered by a supportive team of researchers and clinicians with a diverse range of experience and expertise in children’s health.
  • A training grant of £5,000 from the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available, as well as financial support for placement travel or accommodation.
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So far, my time at King’s has been exceptional. As a nursing student we utilise many different teaching methods - meaning there really is something for everyone.
EllieChildren's Nursing with Registration

Course essentials

Course aims

  • To provide you with the knowledge and understanding of how to maintain individual and professional accountability while practicing interdisciplinary working.
  • An understanding of the concepts of equity, equality and diversity and how these apply when nursing children, young people and families with complex health and social care needs.
  • Understanding of the psychological theory and its application to nursing practice and to understanding the relationship between mental, physical and emotional health.
  • To provide you with an understanding of the methods, techniques and models of patient assessment as well as measurement and assessment of health deficit and health need.
  • An understanding of the theory and practice of child, family and person-centred holistic practice.
  • An understanding of the growing importance of technology in health care and delivery and the role of the nurse in delivering digital health.

Key Information

UCAS code:

B730

Course type:

Single honours

Delivery mode:

In person

Study mode:

Full-time

Required A-Levels:

ABB

Duration:

Three years

Application status:

Start date:

September 2027

Application deadline:

Administrative bodies

Course accreditation

NMC

Reviewed, inspected and accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Awarding body

King's College London

King's College London and Affiliates

Regulating body

Base campuses

Waterloo - students walking outside Franklin-Wilkins building

Waterloo Campus

Centrally located and well connected, Waterloo brings together students from health, science and law, just steps from the South Bank. It's also home to the world's #2 nursing school – the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery (QS 2026).

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Guy’s Campus

Tucked next to London Bridge and the historic Borough Market, Guy's Campus is a close-knit home for health and science students. With cutting-edge labs and buzzing central location, it offers an inspiring and unique place to study.