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Bachelor of Science - BSc
Paisley Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Science - BSc
Ayr Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Science - BSc
Lanarkshire Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Science - BSc
Paisley Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Science - BSc
Dumfries Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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OverviewGet your career as a mental health nurse off on its best foot forward with UWS’s BSc Mental Health Nursing – an NMC-accredited programme with BSc Honours pathway providing a competitive, optional additional year to progress to Honours degree qualification. You’ll gain the knowledge, skills, practical experience and confidence to treat complex health and mental health needs with a recovery-focused approach.This programme consists of 50% theory and 50% work-based learning; allowing you to put the theory you learn into practice in real life clinical environments. Theory is delivered via a flipped classroom model, blending online and campus-based delivery to support your application of theory to clinical practice.Programme highlights• Upon graduation, you’ll achieve registration as a Registered Nurse in Mental Health with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).• This programme will provide you with the knowledge, skills, practical experience and confidence to become a mental health nurse.• You’ll be prepared for a career in one of the most complex and fascinating fields of healthcare.• An emphasis on work-based learning means you’ll spend a 50% of your time in clinical settings putting what you’ve learnt in university into practice.• You will learn in an interprofessional context with colleagues studying adult nursing.• There is a focus on integrated practice and the programme content is evidence-based and delivered by experienced lecturers, researchers and colleagues from clinical practice.• Support is offered throughout your academic and professional studies from a wide range of lecturers, university support services and colleagues in clinical settings.Programme detailsYou’ll undertake a combination of mental health field specific and shared modules in each year of your studies. Work-based learning is built into many modules and makes up 50% of the BSc Mental Health Nursing programme. You’ll spend time on placement with local healthcare partners:• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde• NHS Highland• NHS Lanarkshire• NHS Dumfries & Galloway• NHS Golden JubileeNB: Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council will be linked to an exit award of BSc Mental Health Nursing.CareersThis intellectually stimulating programme will prepare you for a successful career in a wide range of mental health settings, including:• Older Adult and Dementia Care• Adult Mental Health• Child and Adolescent Mental Health• Community Mental Health• Forensic Mental Health• Drugs and Alcohol ServicesUWS offers opportunities to develop further skills in mental health practice through its MSc Mental Health Practice and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programmes, Forensic Mental Health, Leading People-centred Integrated Care, Nursing, Advanced Clinical Practice, Drug and Alcohol Studies and/or mental health research degrees.
Exam type
Scottish HigherScottish Higher:
BBC Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
75 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
24 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H3,H4,H4,H4 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
MMP Grades / Points required
Scottish HNC:
Pass Grades / Points required
Scottish HND:
Pass Grades / Points required
T Level:
Pass (C and above) Grades / Points required
OR BBC plus First Steps to Nursing module
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
including Maths and English and with 3 subjects at H4 or above
plus Maths and English at Grade O5 or above
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A pass in a HNC in one of the following subjects, plus National 5 Maths at C (or equivalent): Health; Social Care; Care and Administrative Practice; Healthcare PracticeThese are preferred HNC subjects, but any will be considered.
A pass in a HND in one of the following subjects, plus National 5 Maths at C (or equivalent): Health; Social Care; Care and Administrative Practice; Healthcare PracticeThese are preferred HND subjects, but any will be considered.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
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