BSc Nursing Studies (Registered Nurse Mental Health Nursing)
Entry requirements
A level: BBB
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Nursing (Mental Health). Core topics include Research Methods and Ethics & Professional Practice. The programme includes supervised practice placements at each stage of study, covering hospital, home, and community settings. Graduates are eligible to register as mental health nurses with the NMC.
Modules
- Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing Practice
- Practice Placement – Stage 1
- Foundations of anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology
- Professional, ethical, and legal considerations
- Foundations of mental health nursing
- Evidence Based Practice and Academic Skills
- Health inequalities, physical and mental health promotion across the lifespan
- Developing an emotionally intelligent Future Nurse Part 1
- Developing Mental Health Nursing Practice
- Practice Placement – Stage 2
- Hospital, home and community nursing and interdisciplinary care
- Specialist mental health skills across the lifespan
- Developing an emotionally intelligent Future Nurse Part 2
- Physical health care in mental health nursing
- Assessment and preparation for prescribing
- Contemporary research and mental health nursing
- Consolidating Mental Health Nursing Practice
- Practice Placement – Stage 3
- Clinical judgement and decision making
- Critical perspectives in mental health nursing
- Enhancing safety and quality of care in mental health nursing
- Consolidating care and professional practice
- Leadership and service improvement
- Independent research inquiry