BSc (Hons) Nursing - Mental Health

The aims of the course are to:

• Provide a challenging educational experience which will develop the student’s intellectual and imaginative abilities in order to facilitate the development of independent judgement and problem-solving skills
• Provide an educational framework that will encourage the student to develop her/his skills of analysis and critical awareness in order to stimulate an enquiring and creative approach to both the theory and practice of mental health nursing
• Develop the student’s ability to respond to changing needs in mental health care in an analytical way
• Develop the student’s critical awareness of relevant research findings and facilitate integration of these findings into mental health nursing practice
• Develop her/his knowledge and understanding of health policies and systems relevant to the development and provision of mental health services of the country and their impact for the population
• Provide leadership which is appropriate in the context of mental health nursing and which is underpinned by knowledge and understanding of relevant nursing and social theories and conceptual frameworks
• Contribute to the evaluation of the mental health nursing services being provided to the local community and national population.

Level One

Public Health

This module introduces students to the concept of public health. It outlines earlier and more recent policy influencing the provision of public health services. The main themes of more recent white papers, Choosing health: Making healthy Choices Easier (DH 2004) and Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services (DH 2006) are explored in relation to public health service provision. These white papers outline plans to support the public to make healthier and more informed choices about their health, improving flexibility with a more specific personal health service. Ultimately this will provide patient and service users more control over their health and well being.

The module as a whole explores the relationship between the health of the public, the social determinants influencing health and the tools and structures that underpin the assessment and provision of health services. The module will develop students' understanding of the contribution of public health to improving the health of the population. It commences by outlining the historical preludes to modern public health. Setting the scene contextually and socio-politically, it maps the changing face of public health through history up until modern times. The module delivery places strong emphasis on the integration of theory into practical application. With the assistance of service colleagues, the role of the practitioner both in contemporary public health practice and in implementing public health policy is highlighted and explored.

Level Two

• User and carer involvement
• Communication Skills.

Level Three

• Evidence based practice and research
• Essential clinical skills.

Six core themes run through the three years of the course and are reflected in the theory and practice experiences of the students’ study.

Placements

A wide range of practice placements are available which will provide you with varied clinical experiences. These include both hospital and community settings, and stretch from inner city to remote and rural locations across the counties ofLincolnshireand Nottinghamshire.

The placing of students across the two counties offers the student a wide range of practice opportunities that will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to become a registered practitioner.

A practice placement has a direct bearing on your ability to work effectively and integrate theory to practice. A mentor will facilitate and assess your learning, enabling the achievement of required learning outcomes and competencies.

Additionally students will experience working alongside colleagues from other health and social care disciplines, such as medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social work.

Nursing and Midwifery Council.

If a nine to five Monday to Friday desk bound job fills a student with dread and they have a passion for making a difference in peoples lives for the better in a career where no two days are the same then yes this might be the course for them.

There is no undergraduate course in nursing study anywhere in the UK which will prepare students better for practice in the 21st Century.

Graduates go on to a wide range of roles in nursing, including education and research, professional leadership and management and specialist practice.

• Life experience which has given students sound ‘people skills’. Examples of this include charity work, professional caring, working with the public, school and college, work experience placements and parenthood
• Self awareness: Students should be able to list the skills and personal qualities they can bring to nursing
• A sense of commitment: Students should give evidence that they are not applying on a mere whim but that they have given time and thought to what is a major life decision.

How to Apply

Apply via UCAS on-line at www.ucas.com.

For details about NHS Bursaries please see: www.NHSBSA.NHS.UK/Students.

• Good Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Arithmetical Skills
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Flexibility.

• 260 UCAS points from a minimum of three A levels
• A minimum of 3 GCSEs at grade C or above, to include English Language, Mathematics and Science, or the equivalent.  GCSEs must be obtained prior to application.
• Access 45 level 3 credits at merit or above from a recognised Access to HE course
• IELTS 7.0
• Other qualifications or experience which demonstrate an appropriate knowledge. Applicants without formal qualifications will be asked to bring a short essay if invited to interview
• Successful performance at an interview
• Knowledge of contemporary health and social care issues, and the nature of nursing in a public health context
• Understand and make use of written material and can communicate clearly and accurately in written and spoken English
• “Settled residential status” in the United Kingdom in line with the requirements of the 1977 Immigration Act
• Resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years
• Satisfactory completion of Occupational Health Check
• Satisfactory completion of an enhances Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.

A registration charge is payable, which covers both the cost of registration and an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.

Further information can be found at www.isa-gov.org.uk.

For further information and funding your study please see our Fees & Funding pages.

Fees and Funding