MN Mental Health Nursing

Qualifications or experience

• A second-class honours degree, or equivalent, completed within the last 5 years. Applicants should have completed 12 years of general education with relevant documentation to support this (or 10 years with relevant vocational training).
• All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview in support of their application, and will be asked to submit a portfolio of evidence that they have a minimum of 800 hours of prior relevant clinical experience and 650 hours of relevant theory learning. If successful, applicants will be required to declare if they have been subject to any disciplinary procedures of fitness to practice by any other regulator, professional body, employer or educational establishment.
• Applicants must pass Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Occupational Health checks before starting the course.

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When you graduate from the MN Mental Health Nursing degree course, you'll have the knowledge and practical skills to work across the healthcare field locally and nationally, while leading the way in innovation and patient care.

Once you become a mental health nurse, you'll be ready to take on a hugely important role in our healthcare system, with opportunities to work in a variety of nursing roles in primary, secondary and community health care.

Graduates of this course could work in:

• Charity and aid work
• Nurse education and mentoring in practice or in higher education settings
• Healthcare management in ward manager or lead nurse roles
• Research nursing

Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

• Fundamental Knowledge and Skills for Nursing – 30 credits
• Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Practice - 30 credits
• Integrated Care for People With Acute and Long Term Conditions – 30 credits

Year 2

Core modules in this year include:

• Evidence, Innovation and Improvements in Nursing– 15 credits
• Improvement Project – 15 credits
• Professional Responsibilities and Governance in Nursing – 15 credits
• Proficiency in Mental Health Nursing Practice - 45 credits