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Mental Health Nursing

Entry requirements


A level

B,B,C-B,B,B

112 - 120 UCAS Tariff points

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM-DDM

UCAS Tariff

112-120

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Mental health nursing

**The relationship between a person with a mental illness and their nurse is central to helping them back to mental health. This course gives you the skills you need to offer person-centred care and, on completion, you can apply for registration as a mental health nurse.**

On this interactive course, you learn safe, effective nursing care that meets the needs of those with a mental health problem; it also teaches you to adapt your skills to individual situations, keeping the service user and their family at the centre of your care.

It is a hands-on course where you develop your knowledge and skills in practice settings such as hospitals, prisons, service users’ homes, residential centres, specialist clinics and other community settings.

Study areas include assessments and interventions in mental health nursing; mental health care across the lifespan; primary care services in the community; multi-professional care; leading complex care; and advocacy, empowerment and protection.

Successfully completing this course leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, allowing you to practise as a mental health nurse, in accordance with the NHS Constitution.

**Why choose this course?**
- Develop the practical skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours needed to meet the demands of mental health nursing in an evolving healthcare system

- Learn real-life skills in our on-campus simulation units as well as in a variety of practice settings

- Benefit from University facilities that include new simulation labs with state-of-the-art medical mannequins so you can experience real-life scenarios in a safe and supported environment

- Explore the value of inter-professional working, developing and using leadership and teamwork skills to influence contemporary and future practice

- Benefit from a course that prepares you for rewarding careers in the UK and overseas in acute in-patient mental healthcare, community-based mental healthcare, residential care settings or specialisms (such as secure care, assertive outreach, drug and alcohol services)

The NHS Constitution brings together details of what staff patients and the public can expect from the National Health Service. It sets out the principles and values that guide how the NHS should act and make decisions. The NHS Constitution states that the NHS 'aspires to the highest standards of excellence and professionalism'. Applicants are expected to demonstrate their understanding and application of these values throughout the selection process.

**Additional information**
We would strongly recommend that all successful applicants (unless exempt on medical grounds) receive a full course of Covid-19 vaccinations prior to commencing the course.

Modules

Areas of study may include:
- Academic skills development for nursing
- Introduction to nursing interventions
- Assessment and interventions in mental health nursing practice
- Planning, delivering and coordinating care across agencies for people with mental health problems
- Advocacy, empowerment and protection
- Leading complex care in mental health nursing

Every effort is made to ensure this information is accurate at the point of publication on the UCAS website. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to our website.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course locations:

Aylesbury Campus

Luton Campus

Department:

School of Nursing

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

90%
Mental health nursing

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Mental health nursing

Teaching and learning

95%
Staff make the subject interesting
93%
Staff are good at explaining things
91%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
93%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

77%
Library resources
90%
IT resources
84%
Course specific equipment and facilities
76%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

99%
UK students
1%
International students
38%
Male students
62%
Female students
95%
2:1 or above
4%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
A
B

After graduation


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Mental health nursing

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
med
Average annual salary
99%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

99%
Nursing and midwifery professionals
0%
Health professionals
0%
Other administrative occupations

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Mental health nursing

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£30k

£30k

£31k

£31k

£31k

£31k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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