Mental Health Nursing BSc (Hons)

at City University of London

Mental health nurses help patients understand and manage their condition, take positive steps towards recovery, and minimise the impact of their mental health on everyday life.
 

Working in community or hospital settings, you will support patients of all ages and backgrounds, with diverse conditions such as anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, OCD, perinatal depression and more.
 

This three-year degree is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and provides the opportunity to train in one of London's leading departments for nursing.
 

You will graduate with the skills and knowledge to start your career with confidence, due to the wide range of professional experiences built into your training.

 

• Benefit from diverse clinical placements at East London NHS Foundation Trust

• Practise your skills in our well-equipped Clinical Skills Centre, before transferring these skills to real life settings

• Spend approximately half your time on clinical placement, understanding the journeys of service users including older people, children, the severely ill and those in recovery

• Learn from leading academics, active researchers, clinicians and experts in mental health nursing, to gain up-to-date insights about professional practice.
   

Structure
 

Course content
 

During the three years of this BSc Mental Health Nursing degree, you'll develop the skills to care professionally and compassionately for people with mental health issues, through a combination of theory, practise and clinical experience.
 

Year 1
 

Focus on the foundations for nursing practice and learn about the psychological, social and biological factors influencing health. Take the first of your practice placements.

 

• Foundations of Evidence Informed Nursing Practice (30 credits)

• Foundations of Biological Sciences for Nursing Practice ( 30 Credits )

• Biopsychosocial Development Across the Lifecourse ( 30 Credits )

• Mental Health and Wellbeing in Integrated Care ( 15 Credits )

• Practice 1- Foundations for Nursing Care ( 15 Credits)
   

Year 2
 

Explore person-centered care in the context of acute and long-term care. Pursue specific clinical interests related to mental health nursing on a two-week elective practice placement in addition to core clinical placements.

 

• Promotion of Wellbeing and Prevention of Ill-Health Across Health and Social Care ( 15 credits )

• Acute Care Management (15 credits)

• Working Collaboratively with People with Long Term Conditions (15 credits)

• Pathophysiology and Therapeutics for Nursing Practice (30 credits)

• Critical Use of Evidence to Inform Decision Making in Practice (15 credits)

• Practice 2- Applying Knowledge and Skills for Person-Centred Care for Practice (15 credits)

• Making a Difference: Research and Development in Care for Older People (Adult and Mental Health) (15 credits)

• Family Centred Practice: Challenging Perspectives of Risk and Resilience (All fields) (15 credits)

• Communities and Health (All fields) (15 credits)

• Engaging Technology in Health and Social Care (Adult and Mental Health) (15 credits)

• Contemporary Issues in Sex and Sexuality (All fields) (15 credits)

• Global Health (All fields) (15 credits)

• Contemporary Issues within Adolescent Health (All fields) (15 credits)

• Understanding and Caring for People who Use Substances (Adult and Mental Health) (15 credits)

• Preparing for Specialist Practice in Primary and Community Care (All) (15 credits)

• Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health (Mental Health) (15 credits)
   

Year 3
 

Learn about leading and managing in professional practice and becoming a proficient practitioner. Complete a 6,000-word dissertation and spend the final 12 weeks of the course in practice.

 

• Leading and Managing Others (15 credits)

• Integrated Approaches to Complex Care (15 credits)

• Principles of Prescribing (30 credits)

• Developing Advanced Knowledge and Skills for Professional Practice (15 credits)

• Dissertation (30 credits)

• Practice 3- Preparing to be a Proficient Practitioner (15 credits)

UK
 

A-level:

Typically BBC
 

Tariff:

112 UCAS tariff points
 

International Baccalaureate:

29 points
 

BTEC:

DMM. Health and Social Care, Children’s Care, Learning and Development, Sport and Exercise Sciences, or science-related subjects only
 

GCSE:

Unless studying towards an Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, all applicants must have a minimum of five passes at grade 4 (C) GCSE, including English Language and Mathematics in addition to other requirements.
 

In addition to our other entry requirements, City also accepts T-levels with the following grades:
 

T-Level in any of the following. Must have a grade of Merit, or above:
 

Entry requirements are currently subject to change.

 

Important information regarding COVID-19 vaccination

 

Clinical placements are an exciting and essential part of the training required to become a qualified Nurse.
 

To protect students, staff and patients during these experiences, we strongly encourage our students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (unless medically exempt).
 

University preparation programmes
 

If you do not qualify for direct entry, you may wish to take a foundation programme first. These programmes are designed to prepare students for entry to City's undergraduate courses.
 

Access to HE Diploma
 

Pass in a QAA recognised Access to HE Diploma in a Nursing, Midwifery, Health, Science, or Social Care subject NOT Nutrition or Paramedic Studies with full award (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 credits must be at Level 3 including 21 credits at Distinction.
 

Introduction to Health Sciences
 

If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course, you may be interested in our Introduction to Health Sciences course. This is completed over one year and provides an introduction to clinical and professional healthcare, enabling you to progress on to this course on successful completion (subject to meeting progression criteria, please visit the Introduction to Health Sciences course page for more details).
 

Selection process
 

As well as meeting the stated academic entry requirements, applicants will be required to attend an online interview as part of the selection process, to ensure that your values match those of the NHS Constitution.

 

Students are required to have occupational health and enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) clearance. Academic and character references are also required. Please see the Entry Requirements page for full information.
 

Mixed qualifications
 

We often use tariff points within our offers. Any conditional offer based on tariff is likely to only be based on the equivalent of an applicant's top three A-level grades.

 

We do not offer any flexible offers on this course.
 

Subject exclusions
 

We do not accept General Studies and Critical Thinking. These subjects will not be included in any conditional offer we make.
 

Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
 

We welcome applications from students who are completing relevant EPQ Projects. Whilst we recognise the value of these projects in preparing students for independent learning at university, the EPQ is unlikely to form part of any conditional offer we make.

 

The EPQ will also not lower the specifics of any conditional offer we choose to make. We will consider the EPQ as part of the holistic assessment of the application and it could be used to form part of our final decision at Confirmation stage.
 

AS levels
 

We recognise that there will be differences of opportunity varying by school and college. As not all students will have the opportunity to sit AS Level exams, it is unlikely we will include AS Level grades in any offer we choose to make.

 

Where students have completed an AS Level subject, we will consider this as part of the holistic assessment of the application and it could be used to form part of our final decision at Confirmation stage.

 

• Health and Science: Healthcare Science

• Education and Childcare

• Health - supporting the adult nursing team

• Health and nursing

• Laboratory science

• Medical and healthcare science.
   

 

English language requirements
 

If your first language is not English, we will require evidence of English language proficiency. Minimum requirements are:
 

IELTS:
 

7.0 overall with at least 7.0 in Writing, 7.0 in reading, 7.0 in Listening and 7.0 in Speaking.
 

TOEFL iBT: 94 overall with at least 27 in Writing, 24 in reading and Listening and 23 in Speaking sections.

Fees for year 2022/23
 

UK
 

£9,250
 

Overseas/EU
 

£26,530
 

The fees indicated are for undergraduate entry in the 2022/ 23 academic year only. Fees for future years may be subject to an inflationary increase, which is normally 2%.

Career
 

On successful graduation you will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, enabling you to practice in the UK and overseas (additional registration maybe required in some countries).

 

Our graduates enjoy excellent employment prospects, working as registered mental health nurses in the NHS and beyond.

 

As well as a career as a mental health nurse, you can progress to:

 

• health and social care

• advising on policy and quality of care

• academic teaching and research.

 

You can also go onto further study at master's level including an MSc Advanced Practice degree at City.