BN Mental Health Nursing (Dispersed Learning route for Powys based students)

at Bangor University

Bangor University’s underpinning philosophy is of promoting intelligent kindness and compassionate leadership, and these are woven throughout the curriculum. Interprofessional modules promoting a student-centred approach and recognising the value of learning from past and current experiences as well as that of service users and the introduction of new knowledge. The learning, teaching and assessment strategies are designed to support students towards being an independent learner and that progresses towards becoming a registered practitioner. The assessment strategy is designed across the programme to be progressive and will encourage you to develop critical thinking and analysis. The modules foster reflective learning; reflective learners are able to engage in independent reflection in order to achieve personal learning and in order to pursue practice excellence. Being a research-led University, we have embedded research principles and skills in research and enquiry into these modules in a progressive manner enabling the student to move from locating evidence (year one) to appraising evidence (year two) and finally to applying evidence (year three). 

Within the dispersed learning nursing programme in Powys, inter-professional education (IPE) will be a key component in health care practice teaching; its aim is to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for collaborative patient centred practice. The dispersed learning programme will include IPE which is interactive focussed learning that encourages active collaboration between professions.

Using this methodology within the programme, you will be equipped to develop the knowledge, skills, and competence in relation to values, ethics, roles, responsibilities, and inter-professional communication. Inter-professional education affords you the opportunity to experience how other disciplines apply differing emphases to areas such as professional ethics and work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive patient care.

In practice, you will have opportunities to collaborate with professionals such as physiotherapists, radiographers, midwives, and social workers. Bangor University is developing models for virtual placement opportunities within NMC standards and developing use of virtual reality within its current programmes in order to equip the student with the skills and knowledge to becoming the proficient practitioner within an interprofessional workforce, within best practice guidance, and for the benefit of future patient care.

For 2022 entry the Bachelor of Nursing programme (Dispersed Learning Powys) is mapped to the 2018 Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of proficiency for registered nurses and the Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency.  The new programme ensures nurses have greater understanding of patient/client needs across all four fields of nursing practice, but remaining field focused. The programme prepares future registrants with team working and leadership skills and enhanced knowledge in public health which is needed to deliver care in different settings to support health and well-being for people you care for.

You’ll develop therapeutic interpersonal skills and professional behaviours, values and attitudes expected of a mental health nurse to ensure the safety and protection of people of all ages and their carers and families.  You will develop skills for assessing mental health needs; formulating, planning and reviewing mental health care; implementing care and therapeutic interventions for mental health; and applying mental health legislation to practice.

GCSEs: applicants must normally have, or be working towards, a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C/9-4 including GCSE Welsh or English first language and Mathematics/Numeracy (or a recognised alternative qualification*), but consideration is given to individual circumstances.

Offers are tariff based, 96 - 120 UCAS tariff points for the Bachelor of Nursing programmes:
 

• A Levels

• T-Levels in a relevant subject

• BTEC National/Extended Diploma and Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM

• International Baccalaureate Diploma

• Extended Project Qualification

• Access including Distinction / Merit profile (maximum 9 Passes)

• Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge

• Irish Leaving Certificate: 96 - 120 points from a minimum of 4 Higher Subjects

• FETAC QQI Level 5 Certificate in Nursing Studies: distinction profile

We welcome applications from mature students who are completing an Access HE Diploma or who have evidence of recent study at Level 3 or above in the past five years which meets our entry requirements; please note that we do not accept NVQ Level 3/QCF Level 3 as a means of meeting our entry qualifications.

General University Requirements
 

• We accept students with a wide range of qualifications and backgrounds and consider each application individually.

• All students need to have good basic skills and the University also values IT and communication skills.

• As part of the University’s policy, we consider applications from prospective disabled students on the same grounds as all other students.

• We also consider applications from mature students who can demonstrate the motivation and commitment to study a university programme. Each year we enrol a significant number of mature students. 

International (including EU) students
 

• International Tuition Fee For Full Year is £16,250

Career opportunities can range  from front line staff to working in a leadership position or specialised nurse or consultant nurse.

There are opportunities to work as a mental health nurse in a variety of collaborative roles such as in Accident and Emergency Departments, Prisons and forensic services liaising with the Criminal Justice System, and with the Local Authorities and Social Care services. There are clinical and academic nurse career opportunities such as nurse consultants in children and adolescent mental health or dementia care.  Nurses are in a unique position to deliver care in partnership with people and carers, wherever care is needed.