BSc Hons Nursing Science Registered Nurse Mental Health

at Northumbria University

Throughout this course, you will experience a range of creative and challenging learning opportunities and different environments. This will enable you to grow, personally and professionally, within safe and supportive spaces. 

Our concept-based approach will allow you to build the complexity of your understanding gradually over the course of your studies. It will encourage you to question and think critically, establishing a healthy learning habit that will last throughout your career.

Your learning experience will be enhanced by the use of innovative technology – all lectures will be delivered electronically, so that you can get the most out of your time with staff during seminars, discussion groups and practical sessions. This will also encourage you to develop excellent communication and interpersonal skills, which you can use in your delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care.

In addition, we will use the supported online learning environment to enhance your digital skills within practice, and to help you understand and promote the use of digital technology as a solution within care settings.

Your assessments will be balanced between theory and practice, with essays evenly spaced through the year. Your supervision and assessment on placement will be extremely supportive, based on a model designed in collaboration with our partnership organisations, and will be structured to encourage you to develop the necessary proficiencies at the highest level.

Modules

Module information is indicative and is reviewed annually therefore may be subject to change. Applicants will be informed if there are any changes.

Year one

• MH0407 -Theory Module 1: Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Ill Health - Mental Health Nursing (20 Credits)
• MH0408 -Theory Module 2: Applied life and social sciences - planning and evaluating care (20 Credits)
• NS0423 -Practice Module 1: Becoming a Safe, Caring Professional (40 Credits)
• NS0424 -Nursing Skills 1: Introduction to Nursing Assessment Skills (20 Credits)
• NS0425 -Nursing Skills 2: Development of Communication Skills and Nursing Interventions (20 Credits)
• RV5001 -Academic Language Skills for Nursing, Midwifery and Health; Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

Year two

• MH0511 -Theory Module 3: Psychosocial Approaches in Mental Health Nursing (20 Credits)
• MH0512 -Theory Module 4: Perspectives of Complex Care in Mental Health Nursing (20 Credits)
• NS0524 -Practice Module 2: Developing Shared Decision Making (40 Credits)
• NS0525 -Nursing Skills 3: Developing Evidence-Based Skills for Best Practice (20 Credits)
• NS0526 -Nursing Skills 4: Enhancing Clinical Skills for Complex Care (20 Credits)
• RV5001 -Academic Language Skills for Nursing, Midwifery and Health; Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

Year three

• MH0613 -Theory 5: Transition to Accountable Practitioner in Mental Health Nursing (40 Credits)
• NS0621 -Practice Module (3) Leadership, Quality and Team Work (40 Credits)
• NS0622 -Nursing Skills 5: Leading and Improving Safety and Care Quality (20 Credits)
• NS0623 -Nursing Skills 6: Advancing Nursing Skills (20 Credits)
• RV5001 -Academic Language Skills for Nursing, Midwifery and Health; Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

Entry Requirements 2022/23

Standard Entry

120 UCAS Tariff points

From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, T Level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate.

Subject Requirements:

There are no specific subject requirements for this course.

GCSE Requirements:

Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or an equivalent.

Additional Requirements:

Applicants will be required to attend an interview. Admission is subject to a suitable DBS Enhanced Certificate and a satisfactory health check. Applicants must meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council's suitability for registration requirements.

International Qualifications:

We welcome applicants with a range of qualifications which may not match those shown above.

English Language Requirements:

International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 7.0 with 7.0 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

Fees and Funding 2022/23 Entry

UK Fee in Year 1: £9,250

* The maximum tuition fee that we are permitted to charge for UK students is set by government. Tuition fees may increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, these are subject to government regulations and in line with inflation.

EU Fee in Year 1: £16,500

International Fee in Year 1: £16,500

The focus on fitness for practice and employment in a nursing environment is a core throughout the programme, culminating in your Leadership and Management Internship in your final year. The course is vocational, leading directly to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, under the new Standards, which will allow you to start and quickly progress in your nursing career.

The NMC’s ‘Future Nurse’ programme seeks to drive forward changes in the profession, and we have embedded research, leadership and advanced practice strands throughout the course to equip you to play a key role in those future developments.

You will graduate as an accountable professional who has the knowledge and skills to promote health and prevent ill health; assess, plan, provide, co-ordinate and evaluate care; lead and manage nursing care and work in teams; and improve safety and quality of care.

At Northumbria we have long-standing strong relationships with our partnership Trusts, and we have developed this new course in close collaboration with them as well as with a wide range of experts by experience. This will ensure that the course prepares you for practice in exactly the way employers are seeking, so that you benefit from our consistently high employment rates.