Curious about studying Nursing Studies (Mental Health) Pre-registration MScat Teesside University? We've gathered all the key details—entry requirements, modules, fees, and more. Hear from real students by checking out reviews, or take the next step by booking an open day to explore it for yourself.
MSc - Master of Science
Teesside University Middlesbrough
Full Time
Jan 2027
106 Week
Study MSc pre-registration nursing Hear from lecturer Olivia and two current students as they share their experiences on our MSc pre-registration nursing courses. Open to graduates from any subject, these accelerated two-year programmes prepare you for a rewarding career as a registered nurse. As a mental health nurse you are in a unique and privileged position. You play a key role in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the wide-ranging care needs of people experiencing mental health problems and their families. This requires hard work, commitment and excellent interpersonal skills. If you are a motivated graduate with healthcare experience, this course gives you an exciting opportunity to work towards professional registration within two years, and prepares you for a fulfilling and successful career in mental health nursing. You develop the essential knowledge and mental health nursing skills required to care for people and their families in a variety of diverse mental healthcare settings including hospital and community care. During these placements you are required to participate in shift working to include weekends and night duties. You become a confident and competent skilled practitioner and, ultimately, demonstrate your ability to lead and manage the care of individuals and their families. You develop as a resilient and future-ready nurse with strong professional values, to exercise clinical judgement, challenge inequality, champion diversity and uphold the integrity of the profession whilst delivering high-quality, person-centred compassionate care. The course content reflects the changing and challenging nature of providing healthcare in the 21st century and the evolving and diverse role of the registered nurse. Leadership is embedded throughout the course, recognising the crucial role nurses play in moving practice forward. The course places a strong focus on you working with students from the child, adult and learning disability fields of nursing to engage in shared learning through experience. There is emphasis on cognitive and mental health issues impacting on physical health - and vice versa - and the essential need to consider biological, psychological and social care across the age continuum, bridging the existing gaps between healthcare services. Study this course and you may be eligible for a £5,000 maintenance grant each year from the NHS Business Service Authority. Find out more. You can also apply for our Placement Support Fund if you are experiencing financial difficulties attending your placement. Find out more. Pre-registration nursing courses are typically three years, so in order to join this two-year master's degree, you are required to submit a Portfolio of Evidence. This portfolio will demonstrate how you have achieved the year 1 requirements of the course (through previous study and/or work experience). You must also provide evidence that you have worked a minimum of 500 hours within a health or social care setting. These two elements are a condition for application and for shortlisting. Please ensure you read the entry requirements, guidance and complete the Portfolio of Evidence and Declaration (documents available from Entry requirements section) before commencing your course application. Supporting information for applicants Student Reference Policy
You will gain the requisite skills needed to analyse, conduct and assess qualitative research within the applied psychology setting. You will also gain an understanding of key theoretical approaches in designing qualitative research projects as well as practical experience in collecting and analysing qualitative data. The module aims to facilitate the development of a knowledge of and skills in using advanced qualitative research designs, specifically it will develop your knowledge and skills in qualitative research design and methods as applicable to applied psychology at MSc level. You will understand the relationship between theory and practice of interpretative approaches in psychological research, and explore different modes of investigation and analysis employed within these interpretative approaches. Indicative content: Theoretical approaches in qualitative research: phenomenological, ethnographic, social constructionist, discursive and narrative approaches; Sampling in qualitative research; Interview design and constructing the data corpus; Analysis of textual and visual data including Grounded Theory; Interpretative Phenomenological analysis; Narrative inquiry; Semiotics; Discursive Psychology; Conversation analysis; Critical discourse analysis & affective textual analysis; Trustworthiness and credibility. The assessment for this module is a 5,000 word qualitative research bid including feasibility study and data analysis (ECA, 100%).
This module builds on the skills and knowledge that you have developed in Year 2. It enables you to further develop the complexity of your clinical decision-making skills across the age continuum. It helps develop your skills and knowledge to assess and manage a caseload, lead teams and deliver care for adults, their families and carers in a range of settings.
You gain the knowledge, skills and understanding of the nurse's role in health improvement locally, nationally and globally. Learning alongside master's students from other areas of nursing, you explore current public health legislation and policies which impact on health and wellbeing, emphasising inequalities in health.
This module runs across the academic year and helps develop your nursing skills. It integrates theory gained in the other modules into practice and prepares you for placement.
Utilising clinical and research related knowledge, you identify a question to research, find an evidence-based solution, and demonstrate the leadership skills that are required to make a successful sustainable change in practice.
This module introduces you to evidence-based integrated decision-making theories and their application to mental health nursing practice in a variety of settings within the context of healthcare.
Cost of living Fee - You need to provide at least £1,171 per month, up to a maximum of 9 months (£10,539)
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