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University of Bedfordshire

UCAS Code: B703 | MSc

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About this course

Course option

2years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Mental health nursing

Mental health nursing offers a range of rewarding and exciting career opportunities within the healthcare system. If you have a degree in a health, social care or health science-related subject and have the dedication to study while working full-time, this Master’s degree will enable you to become a registered mental health nurse in two years. Delivered by a team of highly skilled lecturers and practitioners, taught sessions take place in our immersive suites that offer real-world, online mental health-based scenarios.

By taking this course, you may be eligible for NHS funding of at least £5,000.

**Course accreditation**
All our nursing and midwifery courses are regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). On successful completion of your course, you can register with the NMC as a mental health nurse.

**Facilities and specialist equipment**
- Access to professional medical/health facilities and equipment at placement hospitals and community health settings

- New, fully immersive simulation floor in our modern STEM building which takes you from mock home and hospital, allowing hands-on experience of a range of scenarios

- Simulation wards with a range of medical-grade training mannequins to tackle real-life scenarios in a safe and supported environment

**Industry links**
To ensure your learning meets the benchmark set for this role, our courses have been developed in collaboration with local healthcare providers and health authorities. We also have strong, collaborative links with healthcare providers across our region, giving you a wide choice of practice placement options.

**Your student experience**
- We deliver predominantly face-to-face teaching so your tutors are on site to support you while you get to meet and exchange ideas with other healthcare students.

- Clinical specialists from our partnership trusts come to campus to support your learning so your studies are underpinned by the latest research and practice.

- Adult Nursing, Mental Health Nursing and Midwifery students gain a wider range of expertise through general units taught by tutors from all three courses.

- Our Nursing and Midwifery academics keep up to date with current practice through regular link-lecturer visits to our clinical placement settings alongside close links with practice.

- Our academic team are research active and have published widely in their fields, in journals including British Journal of Nursing, Journal of Psychiatric Mental Health, Human Psychopharmacology, Mental Health Practice, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing and Nurse Education Today.

- The School works closely with the University’s Institute of Health Research (IHR), which is renowned for the global impact of its research.

- Our Mental Health Nursing lecturers are involved in international, national and local research projects, working collaboratively to produce impactful research in areas such as the mental health of student nurses and addictions in the community.

Modules

Developing Mental Health Nursing Practice (NMH011-3) Compulsory
Introducing Mental Health Nursing Practice (NMH010-3) Compulsory
Preparing For Mental Health Nursing Registration (NMH012-3) Compulsory
Clinical Assessment And Decision Making In Mental Health Nursing (NMH003-6) Compulsory
Clinical Leadership (NUR012-6) Compulsory
Dissertation For Mental Health Nursing Registration (NMH004-6) Compulsory
Fundamentals Of Mental Health Nursing (NMH001-6) Compulsory
Life, Health And Social Sciences For Nursing (NUR009-6) Compulsory
Pharmacology And Medicines Management In Mental Health Nursing (NMH002-6) Compulsory
Research Methods For Nursing (NUR011-6) Compulsory
Values, Policy And Governance In Nursing And Healthcare (NUR010-6) Compulsory

Assessment methods

The assessment strategy for this course is closely aligned to the teaching and learning strategy which is designed to have: immediate professional relevance; foster active learning, be leaner-centred in approach and draw on expertise-by-experience. The choice of assessments is determined by their fitness for purpose i.e. to evidence achievement of unit learning outcomes at Masters level (Level 7).

To enhance your understanding and experiences of assessment practices you will encounter a wide range of formative and summative assessment methods including those that enable you to undertake practice-focussed tasks that have the potential to influence care delivery. Many of the assessment tasks are designed so that you can tailor them to your professional interests, experience and development needs. They are also designed so that you can rehearse ways of thinking and acting that are professionally relevant. Examples include: written assignments ranging from reflective pieces to case studies and academic essays as well as assessed practice within your placements. Assessments are also designed to support you integrating learning in theory and practice and in demonstrating that integration. The assessments culminate in a choice of dissertation projects: a service improvement project, a literature review or a research proposal.

The Uni

Course location:

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)

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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
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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.

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Post-six month graduation stats:

This is from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey, based on responses from graduates who studied the same subject area here.

It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

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Graduate field commentary:

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The Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset combines HRMC earnings data with student records from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?

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