Mental Health Nursing - BSc (Hons)

Bucks New University

You'll design and present a research project and develop an academic research poster. You'll practice research methods and their application, to equip you with the skills to draw on research to inform your practice.

The aim of this module is to enable you to understand the legal and professional requirements of registered practice. The focus is on applying aspects of health care law and ethics to practice settings across fields, to enable you to develop confidence in your ability to take part in raising concerns, reporting incidents and providing evidence to enquiries into complaints, in addition to meeting professional standards and safeguarding responsibilities. 

This module explores a range of health conditions to enable you to understand pathophysiology or aetiology of mental health conditions and their impact on the person and their family. The module will enable explore comorbidities, the inter-relationship between physical, mental and social aspects of care and analyse evidence-based nursing practice.

You'll further develop mental health and physical nursing skills required for the acutely unwell service user in a variety of settings. Communication skills are further developed in order to engage and manage relationships with people of all ages and with a range of mental, emotional, physical, cognitive and behavioural health challenges.

You'll work to develop a deeper knowledge of engagement and managing relationships with people, of all ages with a range of mental and behavioural health challenges, even when behaviours can challenge. The need for, and strategies to develop, personal resilience will be addressed.

You will continue to develop and extend your competence and confidence in practice. You will attend clinical environments in a supernumerary capacity for allocated periods. You will participate in the direct care of service users under supervision of qualified experienced practitioners who are trained as supervisors.

This module aims to build on your learning of pharmacology and numeracy from Year One and assimilate it and your existing practice learning with further legal, professional and pharmacological principles and field specific issues. This will facilitate and develop your readiness to manage medicines professionally in practice after registration.

This module provides a platform for you to examine theories and practices around leadership, delegation, collaboration, and management within healthcare settings and to introduce healthcare regulation. You'll also get to enhance your problems solving skills and further develop your communication skills in challenging situations.

You'll consolidate your knowledge and shared decision making, including service user, carer, and multidisciplinary team, in the delivery of complex care for people with severe or enduring mental illness and/ or comorbidities. You'll develop collaborative communication skills across health and social care provision including risk assessment and management. You'll develop an understanding of NHS policy in this field and apply it the nurse’s role with service users with complex needs.

This module aims to further develop your research literacy and skills to evaluate research evidence in order to enhance evidence–based practice in your field. Approaches to practice development will also be introduced.

This module aims to focus on the transition from student nurse to Registered Mental Health Nurse. You will have the opportunity to reflect on your learning across the programme and develop a professional, academic portfolio that demonstrates your readiness for registration. Career opportunities will also be discussed.

This is the opportunity to enhance your therapeutic skills and clinical decision-making, beginning to take responsibility for leading care and practise delegation, supervision and supporting others. You will attend clinical environments in a supernumerary capacity for allocated periods and deliver care under indirect supervision.