Nursing with Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Entry requirements

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our Nursing with Registered Nurse (Mental Health) course will enable you to develop the core skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that are essential when you’re caring for people with complex mental health needs.

You’ll gain the skills required to practice mental health nursing effectively and professionally in a variety of health and social care settings, with an emphasis on compassion, communication and dignity in care.

Along the way you’ll develop an appreciation of the importance of comprehensive person-centred assessment, care planning, care delivery, and inter-professional working.

You’ll explore how mental health services are organised and delivered while gaining vital work experience. Half your time will be spent working within a professional practice, where you’ll develop a strong portfolio of clinical and interpersonal skills, preparing you for the next stage of your career as someone who’s able to provide safe and effective interventions to people requiring mental health care.

Why study with us?

• We’re award-winning. We won in the Student Experience category at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2018.
• Our programme incorporates the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s new standards of proficiencies, 2019.
• You’ll have access to outstanding facilities, including high specification clinical skills laboratories fitted with state-of-the-art equipment, including anatomage medical dissection tables.

Future Careers:

Our well-established nursing programmes produce highly employable graduates. An impressive 100% of our mental health nursing undergraduates have gone onto employment or further study within six months (HESA 2018).

Our Nursing programme prepares you for a future career as a registered mental health nurse who’s equipped with the skills, knowledge and compassion required to deliver outstanding care to individuals experiencing acute and complex mental health issues.

You’ll also have the confidence to implement best practice and bring about positive changes in the delivery of mental health care within your workplace.

As a registered nurse you’ll have the option of widening your career path. Some of these options include a wide variety of clinical specialisms, advanced practitioner / therapist, non-medical prescriber, practice / service development, senior management, educator: preceptor / supervisor / lecturer, researcher and consultancy roles.

Information for international students

Please note, nursing programmes leading to registration are not available to international students.

Fees and funding

For fees and funding, please visit the Nursing with registered nurse (Mental Health) course page.