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MSc

Nursing with Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

2 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

S2M9

Delivery

Campus Taught

Our Nursing with Registered Nurse (Mental Health) course will enable you to develop the core skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that are essential when you’re caring for people with complex mental health needs.

You’ll gain the skills required to practice mental health nursing effectively and professionally in a variety of health and social care settings, with an emphasis on compassion, communication and dignity in care.

Along the way you’ll develop an appreciation of the importance of comprehensive person-centred assessment, care planning, care delivery, and inter-professional working.

You’ll explore how mental health services are organised and delivered while gaining vital work experience. Half your time will be spent working within a professional practice, where you’ll develop a strong portfolio of clinical and interpersonal skills, preparing you for the next stage of your career as someone who’s able to provide safe and effective interventions to people requiring mental health care.

Please note, nursing programmes leading to registration are not available to international students.

Why study with us

We’re award-winning. We won in the Student Experience category at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2018.
Our programme incorporates the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s new standards of proficiencies, 2019.
You’ll have access to outstanding facilities, including high specification clinical skills laboratories fitted with state-of-the-art equipment, including anatomage medical dissection tables.

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What you'll do

Our course is made up of 50% practice and 50% theory and you’ll be allocated to one of several NHS Trusts within our region as your base.
Your clinical placements will be interspersed throughout your two years and you will be supervised, assessed and supported by relevant health care professionals. You’ll work alongside practice supervisors and be expected to work a range of different shift patterns across a 24 hour, seven day period.
You’ll gain a dual academic and professional qualification on completion of this programme.

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

80%Face-to-face

20%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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We have close links with healthcare providers across central Lancashire, including NHS Trusts across Preston and Fylde Coast, Fleetwood and Blackpool, Blackburn, Burnley, Wigan, Chorley, Southport and Ormskirk.

We can also find a placement for you with private healthcare providers and independent and voluntary sector organisations. These learning environments will provide you with a unique insight into how mental health care is managed in all settings, not just within the NHS. Our clinical placement providers are audited according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council professional regulatory requirements for learning and teaching in clinical practice. Each area has a dedicated member of academic staff attached to the placement, so that you can access support and advice. Our academic staff work in close contact with the NHS Trust Practice Education Facilitators.

Future careers

Our well-established nursing programmes produce highly employable graduates. An impressive 100% of our mental health nursing undergraduates have gone onto employment or further study within six months (HESA 2018).

Our Nursing programme prepares you for a future career as a registered mental health nurse who’s equipped with the skills, knowledge and compassion required to deliver outstanding care to individuals experiencing acute and complex mental health issues.

You’ll also have the confidence to implement best practice and bring about positive changes in the delivery of mental health care within your workplace.
As a registered nurse you’ll have the option of widening your career path. Some of these options include a wide variety of clinical specialisms, advanced practitioner / therapist, non-medical prescriber, practice / service development, senior management, educator: preceptor / supervisor / lecturer, researcher and consultancy roles

Please note: Students who have successful undertaken the Nursing Associate programme will join the programme as part-time students in Year 2 and a full-time student in Year 3.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£9250 per year

International

Full-time£17,600 per year

2023/24

Full-time£8,400 per year

International

Full-time£17,600 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country and see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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During your time with us you’ll spend around half your time at the University, where you’ll engage in a range of directed and self-directed study as an active learner. While on campus you’ll attend a combination of keynote lectures, discussions, seminars and clinical skills sessions, as well as engaging in debates and independent study.

You’ll spend the other half of your time working on practice placements within professional healthcare environments, including the National Health Service. Part of the placement experience is to help you to understand how modern nursing care is delivered to people experiencing a range of needs in various settings. You’ll also work closely alongside other professionals to enable you to gain a good understanding of how different professionals work together to deliver quality care for people.

You’ll have the opportunity to engage in skills development and simulated practice within our skills and simulation environments. This will allow you to practice the skills that you will be expected to reach proficiency in, as well as identifying where you need to focus your personal and professional development plans.

Our assessment strategy is designed to determine that you have met the necessary standards as set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Assignments are likely to include written reports, examinations and story boards. Throughout your placements you will also be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, behaviour and conduct that the public expects from nurses in all health and social care settings.

Our School is committed to the values and principles of the NHS Constitution and these are integral to this programme. Our approach to learning aims to foster a culture which embraces the NHS Values of:

Working together for patients
Respect and dignity
Commitment to quality of care
Compassion
Improving lives
Everyone counts

As part of the course you will have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users, carers, patients and public members via our community engagement and service user support groups (Comensus).

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This course is based in the School of Nursing located in the Faculty of Health and Care

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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