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Bachelor of Nursing (with Honours) - BNurs (H)
Telford
Full Time
Sep 2027
4 Year
Mental health nurses work with people experiencing mental health difficulties across the lifespan. At the core of a mental health nurse's role is the ability to establish trusting therapeutic relationships with service users and with their families and carers. As a mental health nurse you would care for people affected by a range of mental health difficulties, for example: anxiety; depression; eating disorders; psychological trauma; psychosis; and dementia. Mental health nurses support individuals and their families in a wide variety of settings, including in their own homes; GP practices; primary care facilities; specialist nursing homes; hospitals (both general and mental health); prisons; community mental health nursing; and forensic mental health units. Whatever your client group, you will use professional expertise, skills and knowledge to promote recovery and positive mental health. Full-time (4 years)
This module explores equality, diversity, inclusion, and ethics. During the first part of the module, you will explore your self-identify, values and beliefs, where they came from and how they have developed. The second part of the module will look at the professional values you already have and start to look at the expected values of a professional in your field of study using the professional standards.
Many factors affect the health of individuals, communities and populations. During this module you will identify and discuss some of the reasons and explore how levels of health vary between different groups in society.
You will work with peers on case studies centred on the concept of the family. You will learn how different professions work together through group tasks.
On this module you will learn and have the opportunity to develop key academic skills such as referencing, academic writing and sourcing credible information. You will work both independently and within groups to develop not just these skills, but your confidence and your belief in your ability to succeed within education.
This module will consider the ways in which systems of the body interact in order to maintain homeostasis. You will be introduced to the anatomy and physiology of the human body and the organisation of body structures and systems. The module will also consider communication systems within the body and the protective and survival mechanisms that work together to maintain a 'healthy' state. Aim: To introduce you to the anatomy and physiology of the human body, its body structures and systems.
This module is designed to support you in your transition to studying as a Healthcare Professional at Wolverhampton University. Through a range of facilitated group and individual activities, discussions, personal reflection and wider reading and research, you will have the opportunity to explore the knowledge and skills required to understand the expectations and demands of Professional Practice. You will also receive guidance on professional related study skills such as reflection and self development, which will enhance previously acquired skills.
This module is intended to provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to support you within your first care setting. During the module you will consider the legal, ethical and professional aspects of care interventions across a range of sectors including the public, private and charitable sectors. You will explore commonly encountered health conditions and a range of nursing interventions utilised across all fields of nursing practice and you will examine how effective communication strategies can assist the process of working in partnership with others.
This module sets out to introduce you to a variety of approaches to communication that you might employ in managing interactions and interventions with others in practice. Through the acquisition of evidence based knowledge you will be enabled to develop and maintain effective communication and relationship management skills in accordance with the requirements of The Code (NMC, 2018). The Code expects all nurses to use a range of communication skills and technologies to support person-centred care. You will have the opportunity to explore ways in which you can ensure people receive the information they need in a language and manner that allows them to make informed choices and share decision making. This module has aligned placement hours at a nominal value of 528 hours.
This module enables you to explore the human life journey from conception to death. In doing so you will develop an understanding of public health, health protection and health promotion and there significance to your developing nursing practice. During this module you will learn how genomics; lifestyle choice; mental ill-health; wider determinants of health; and communicable disease impact on the human life journey, its diversity and population health. Throughout the module you will develop knowledge and skills to support evidence based practice and inform healthcare interventions.
This module enables you to explore the importance of being self-aware as a health care professional. You will consider reflective practice and its significance to the legal, ethical and professional requirements of your role. You will do this by being encouraged to identify and explore approaches to reflective practice in order to prepare for your lifelong journey of self-reflection as part of your continual professional growth and development. This module has aligned placement hours at a nominal value of 264 hours.
This module enables you to explore how evidence underpins care for individuals with specific conditions and co-morbidities. The module will enable you to advance your skills of mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health needs assessment and interventions in caring for individual and their families experiencing mental distress. This module has aligned placement hours at a nominal value of 251 hours.
This module enables you to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with promoting health and wellbeing within a diverse society. During the module you will explore the indices of health and how inequalities in health can influence health outcomes across the lifespan. You will have the opportunity to focus on specific health issues in relation to genomics, health surveillance, screening and health protection as well as being able to explore health promotion within an inter agency context.
This module enables you to safely and effectively apply person-centred approaches to interventions for people of all ages in a range of changing health states across diverse settings. During the module you will be introduced to adverse situations in practice and will be enabled to develop your knowledge of pharmacology and pharmacodynamics and how these impact upon interventions used in changing health states.
This module enables you to further develop your evidence-based knowledge of collaborative working in relation to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care in a diverse range of settings. As such the module will enable you to further develop your knowledge of how to assess the complex health needs of individuals and their families or carers. During the module you will explore the principles of effective leadership and their relationship to the coordination and management of care. Your learning in this module will be supported by successful completion of the practice assessment document (PAD). This module has aligned placement hours at a nominal value of 501 hours.
This module enable your to advance your health assessment skills to meet the needs of contemporary mental health nursing practice. During the module you will have the opportunity to advance your skills of mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health needs assessment and interventions through the exploration of models and approaches to assessing, planning and evaluating care. The module enables you to focus on specific conditions and safe evidence based responses when caring for people with changes to their mental health status. Knowledge of pharmacology and pharmacodynamics will be synthesised into your developing practice in relation to safe medication administration. Methods of evaluating the impact of care will be explored .
This module enables you to independently, consistently and confidently assess, plan, implement and evaluate safe and effective nursing interventions of people with altered mental health states in a range of settings. During this module you will explore the impact of human factors upon the safety and quality of care and their connections with local and national policies, protocols and guidelines. In the course of these explorations you will have opportunities to consider the scope and limitations of your developing practice and that of others. You will engage in exploring causation of error in healthcare, analysis of influencing factors abd strategies to reduce risk.
This module enables you to pursue an area of personal professional enquiry. You will manage your own learning and communicate this effectively through the completion of an independent solution- based project. The project should enable you to critically evaluate the evidence pertaining to your are of interest in order to appraise its development in enhancing the quality of care. The project is aligned to the University academic regulations and associated criteria for the award of an Honours Degree (University of Wolverhampton 2018). This module has aligned placement hours at a nominal value of 267 hours.
This module enables you to further develop your skills of independent thinking, critical thinking and decision making. During the module you will further explore the concept of collaborative working and the opportunities and challenges posed in leading care for people, their families and carers. The module will revisit the political influences on health and healthcare and the impact of these influences on the your emerging leadership skills. Through continual reflection you will continue to explore your personal professional journey to becoming a registered practitioner This module has aligned placement hours at a nominal value of 533 hours.
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