Nursing - Mental Health
Mental Health Nursing is a, proactive and humanising profession, delivering valuable contributions to effective and equitable mental health services. This three-year course is designed to prepare you for the professional role of a registered Nurse (Mental Health) who will have the skills to respond to the mental health needs of individuals in partnership with them, their families, significant others and their community.
| Award Name | Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Ulster University |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 | Ulster University |
Duration
3 years full-time.
Attendance
Students on the BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) programme are subject to a number of attendance regulations. These are underpinned by the University Programme Regulations and statutory requirements, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2018) Standards for Education and Training, and the Department of Health, who fund student tuition fees for the BSc (Hons) Nursing Mental Health course.
Entry Requirements
Irish Leaving Certificate
112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English, Maths and Science at H6 if studied at Higher Level or 04 if studied at Ordinary Level.
Careers / Further progression
Graduate employers
Graduates from this course are now working for:
• Numerous opportunities in the public
• private and third sectors.
Job roles
With this degree you could become:
• Mental Health Nurse
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse
• Forensic Mental Health Nurse
• Mental Health Nurse Care of the Older Person
• Community Addictions Nurse
• Community Mental Health Nurse
• Mental Health Practitioner
Career options
Career opportunities for graduates from this programme are excellent. Graduates are now working in many innovative posts in the field of health care, including such activities as holding their own clinics, introducing evidence-based practice, initiating practice development activities, undertaking research and holding joint appointments between service and the University.
Graduates are also qualified to apply for a range of postgraduate programmes in nursing such as the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Advanced Nursing, or MPhil/PhD. Following relevant experience graduates will be able to apply to undertake further study leading to additional NMC recognised qualifications such as specialist practice.
Further information
Start date: September 2024
Deadlines for on-time applications
2024 entry application deadlines
For courses starting in 2024 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.
16 October 2023 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.
31 January 2024 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.
Some course providers require additional admissions tests to be taken alongside the UCAS application, and these may have a deadline. Find out more about these tests at https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/admissions-tests
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All applications received after 30 June are entered into Clearing - find out more about Clearing at https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/clearing-and-results-day/what-clearing
Overview
Mental Health Nursing is a, proactive and humanising profession, delivering valuable contributions to effective and equitable mental health services.
Summary
This is a three years full-time (each year of 45 weeks). Students will study six 20 credit modules each academic year and complete an average of 22 weeks practice learning across three semesters.
About
This course is designed to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Nurse Education (2010). The three-year course prepares students for the professional role of a qualified mental Health nurse. The course will enable nurses to give and support high quality care in rapidly changing environments.
Each year must be successfully completed before a student is permitted to progress to the next year. Overall the course is structured so that learning occurs 50% of the time in nursing practice while the other 50% covers theory & practice in the university.
The course will equip the graduate nurse with the knowledge, skills and attitude to deliver high quality complex essential Mental Health Nursing in a manner that safeguards the public. Graduate nurses will have developed the ability to act with professionalism and integrity, and work within agreed professional, ethical and legal frameworks and processes to maintain and improve standards of care. Throughout the course students will learn to practice person centered evidence based nursing in a compassionate and respectful way that promotes dignity and wellbeing.
The skills of communication, leadership and health promotion, that are integral to professional nursing practice, are also developed throughout the course.
Here is a guide to the subjects studied on this course.
Courses are continually reviewed to take advantage of new teaching approaches and developments in research, industry and the professions. Please be aware that modules may change for your year of entry. The exact modules available and their order may vary depending on course updates, staff availability, timetabling and student demand. Please contact the course team for the most up to date module list.
Year 1
Assessing the mental and physical health needs and abilities of people
The accountable, professional and evidence informed registered nurse (Mental Health)
Interpersonal communication and collaboration in person and family centred nursing
Planning and providing person-centred care for mental and physical well-being (Mental Health)
Learning to be a professional nurse in practice
Year 2
Meeting the mental and physical health care needs of people in mental health nursing
Promoting holistic health and well-being in mental health nursing
The Accountable, Professional and Research Informed Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
Interpersonal communication and the principles of psychological therapies
Interdisciplinary Working in Practice
Year 3
Leadership and Quality Improvement in Healthcare Environments
Supporting people with complex care needs and pharmacological interventions in mental health nursing
Therapeutic psychological approaches and interventions in mental health nursing
The Accountable, Professional and Research Competent Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
Becoming a registered nurse
Assessment methods vary and are defined explicitly in each module. Assessment can be a combination of examination and coursework but may also be only one of these methods. Assessment is designed to assess your achievement of the module’s stated learning outcomes. You can expect to receive timely feedback on all coursework assessments. This feedback may be issued individually and/or issued to the group and you will be encouraged to act on this feedback for your own development.
Coursework can take many forms, for example: essay, report, seminar paper, test, presentation, dissertation, design, artefacts, portfolio, journal, group work. The precise form and combination of assessment will depend on the course you apply for and the module. Details will be made available in advance through induction, the course handbook, the module specification, the assessment timetable and the assessment brief. The details are subject to change from year to year for quality or enhancement reasons. You will be consulted about any significant changes.
Normally, a module will have 4 learning outcomes, and no more than 2 items of assessment. An item of assessment can comprise more than one task. The notional workload and the equivalence across types of assessment is standardised. The module pass mark for undergraduate courses is 40%. The module pass mark for postgraduate courses is 50%.
Professional recognition
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the purpose of registration as a qualified nurse (mental health).
Work placement / study abroad
Students have the opportunity to undertake a practice learning experience outside the UK of up to 4 weeks . Students may undertake such experiences only where formalised agreements exist between the University and practice partners. All students will be prepared for such experiences and must have the essential language skills needed to participate in learning activities, and where relevant have the level of language required to safely and effectively engage in direct patient care.
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