📖Program Curriculum
The first is designed to give you a thorough introduction to the key skills and knowledge you will need to provide effective, compassionate care based on the latest thinking in Mental Health Nursing.
Modules
The Scientific Foundations of Nursing Practice - 20 credits
Fundamental Skills for Person- and Family-Centred Practice - 20 credits
Study Skills for Evidence-Based Practice - 10 credits
The Foundations of Evidence-Informed Practice - 10 credits
Health and Wellbeing in the Community - 20 credits
Introduction to the Foundations of Nursing Practice (Practice 1) - 20 credits
The Foundations of Nursing Practice (Practice 2) - 20 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
In the second you will gain more experience of mental health nursing practice and develop an understanding of the importance of evidence-informed decision-making in service user care.
Modules
Ethical and Legal Decision-making in the Context of Nursing - 20 credits
Developing the Management of Care Across the Lifespan (Practice 3) - 20 credits
Assessing Needs and Planning Care Across the Lifespan - 20 credits
Therapeutic Interventions in Mental Health Care - 20 credits
Managing Care Across the Lifespan (Practice 4) - 20 credits
Facilitation and Teaching of Learning in Practice - 10 credits
Developing Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in Nursing - 10 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
Your degree culminates with a 4,000-word literature review related to one aspect of nursing practice. Past students have covered topics as diverse as the link between childhood trauma and adult mental health, suicide prevention in adolescent care, cannabis and psychosis, effectiveness of CBT in the treatment of depression..
Modules
Leadership and Management for Healthcare Professionals - 20 credits
Co-ordinating, Leading and Managing Complex Mental Health Care - 20 credits
Co-ordinating Inter-professional Health and Social Care (Practice 5) - 20 credits
Specialist Care in Mental Health Nursing - 10 credits
The Autonomous Practitioner (Practice 6) - 20 credits
Evidence-Based Project - 20 credits
Transition to the Accountable Practitioner - 10 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.