MSc Mental Health Nursing (Pre-registration)
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,500 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The MSc Mental Health Nursing (Pre-registration) has been designed with graduates in mind, building upon the existing skills you achieved through your undergraduate degree, and applying them at the master's level.
One in every eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder. This is often characterised by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour (WHO 2022).
In addition to exploring a range of mental health conditions and presentations, for example, psychosis, depression, self-harm and suicide risk, you’ll identify the variant determinants of health as well as the inequality that exists across populations. You’ll be introduced to the psychosocial interventions and medical treatments that are available.
Features and Benefits
- Approved course - This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Become a registered nurse - On successful completion, you are eligible to register as a mental health nurse with the NMC. - Accelerated course - An accelerated postgraduate pathway into professional nursing practice, you will gain the experience and skills required to practice as a registered nurse in two years, rather than three.
- Specialist nursing facilities - In addition to our clinical skills lab, we also have access to our simulation ‘The Flat’ and immersive CAVE. Both are used to recreate real-life challenges in mental health practice.
- Real-world experience - In this course, you will spend an equal amount of time on clinical placements and at university on nursing theory. Find out more about placements in Manchester by watching this video.
- Award-winning School of Nursing - We have consistently been shortlisted or won in the Student Nursing Times Awards since 2012. In 2024, our mental health nursing team were shortlisted in the 'Nurse Education Provider of the Year (pre-registration)' category.
- Equivalency tests - We offer one equivalency test in science or mathematics for the purpose of securing a place on our nursing courses.
- NHS Learning Support fund - This course is eligible for the NHS Learning Support Fund.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course information
We’ve designed our two-year course around the core values of the NHS constitution so that you understand what’s required in caring for and supporting vulnerable patients.
On this two-year full-time course you'll spend 42 weeks per year at University or on placement/simulated placement, with 10 weeks holiday per year. This is to ensure you’re able to complete the required hours set by the NMC to be able to register at the end of your two years.
Year 1
Core Modules
- Person Centred Nursing (Mental Health)
- Local and Global Health
- Enquiry and Evaluation
- Resilience and Relationships
Year 2
Core Modules
- Fieldcraft Skills
- Supervised Independent Study Project
- Leading and Improving Care
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Career prospects
When you graduate, you’ll gain a masters degree (MSc) and eligibility to register as a mental health nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The roles and opportunities within mental health nursing have expanded significantly in recent years. You may choose to follow a clinical career pathway towards advanced skills, such as prescribing for nurses, or specialist psychological therapies training.
Maybe you’re one of our future educators? Alternatively, you may want to develop your skills in the pursuit of a career in leadership and management within either the NHS or the private sector.
Mental health nurses work across a vast range of settings and with patients across the lifespan. You could work as part of a specialist eating disorder unit, or alcohol and substance use services. You may choose to work with mentally disordered offenders in secure/forensic services, or apply your skills within a care home setting or outpatient clinic for individuals affected by dementia.
Program delivery
Study
- Full-time 15% lectures, seminars or similar; 50% placement; 35% independent study
Assessment
- Full-time 90% coursework; 0% practical; 10% examination
Program Admission Requirements
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