BSc in Mental Health Nursing
Kingston University
Key Information
Campus location
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 9,250 / per year **
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* only for home students. We will continue to accept applications from international students after the 25th of January
** UK students: £9,250 per year | international: £16,200 for the first year
Introduction
Why choose this course?
Mental health nursing is a highly rewarding career where you can make a real difference. One in four people experience mental health problems in any given year, and this course prepares you to work in collaboration with service users, their relatives and carers towards recovery. This course leads to registration as a mental health nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Your studies include core elements for all fields of nursing and modules specific to mental health. You'll learn first-hand from mental health service users and carers, through our strong partnerships with the service user and carer-led organisations including the Recovery College, the Sutton Carers Centre and the South West London Recovery College,
You'll have the opportunity to apply your learning in a wide range of placements. Our placement providers include South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust, Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust, South London and Maudsley (SLAM) NHS Foundation Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and independent hospitals, including the Priory Group.
At the end of your second year, you'll have the opportunity to take an elective placement, nationally or internationally.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston is No.1 in London and No.2 overall in the UK for Mental Health Nursing (Guardian league tables 2023).
- You'll have the opportunity to learn with and from people with lived experience of mental health challenges at the Recovery College.
- 50% of the course will be on placement or in our award-winning simulation suites (Student Nursing Times Awards 2019), developing practical and therapeutic skills.
Accreditation
This degree confers both an academic award and a professional qualification in nursing. On completion of the programme, students are recommended to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for professional registration.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
NHS Training Grant
Nursing students on pre-registration courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back, subject to eligibility criteria.
Curriculum
What you will study
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Year 1
You will study both generic modules – alongside students from all fields of nursing – and modules that focus on mental health nursing.
Core modules
- Introduction to Life Sciences
- Introduction to Mental Health Nursing NG4104
- Introduction to Public Health and Health Promotion
- Introduction to Professional Practice
Year 2
You will develop your understanding of the application of person-centred care, assessment, clinical reasoning and decision-making. You will examine holistic care across the lifespan and focus on acute and long-term care within this field of practice.
Core modules
- Therapeutic Interventions in Nursing: Bio-Psycho-Social Approaches
- Assessment and Care Process in Mental Health Nursing NM5107
- Collaborative Working for Health and Wellbeing in Mental Health Nursing NM5108
- Developing Professional Practice
Year 3
You will prepare for the transition to professional practice and develop skills in management, leadership, team working and teaching and supporting learners. You will develop the critical thinking skills required to make informed decisions in clinical practice.
Core modules
- Safe and Effective Quality Care in Mental Health Nursing NM6110
- Leadership in Mental Health Nursing NM6112
- Co-ordinating the Care of People With Complex Mental Health Care Needs NM6111
- Advancing Professional Practice
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
After you graduate
Type of jobs
- Staff nurse - mental health
- Forensic staff nurse
- Staff nurse child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
- Research nurse
- Psychiatric liaison nurse
- Deputy ward manager