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**Why choose this course**- Study a hands-on, clinical curriculum, where you’ll learn to meet the diverse needs of individuals with mental health difficulties and their families, on a course ranked top 5 in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2021.- Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and community flat, to practise scenarios created with people who have lived experience and actors.- Spend half of your training in clinical placements, to practise your skills in
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**Why choose this course**- Study a hands-on, clinical curriculum, where you’ll learn to meet the diverse needs of individuals with mental health difficulties and their families, on a course ranked top 5 in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2021.- Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and community flat, to practise scenarios created with people who have lived experience and actors.- Spend half of your training in clinical placements, to practise your skills in healthcare settings like acute inpatient, community and specialist mental health services, under the supervision of qualified practitioners.- Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like ethics and compassionate practice.- Get the academic requirements needed to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to work as a mental health nurse once you’ve graduated.**What you will study**On this course, you’ll learn to meet the diverse needs of people with mental health difficulties and their families. In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to mental health nursing, including concepts of caring, physical health sciences, and public health promotion, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree. During your second year, you’ll explore self-awareness and the ability to use the self therapeutically, to begin delivering effective, evidence-based care to people experiencing specific mental health difficulties. You’ll also learn how to empower people on their recovery journeys, utilising mental health policy and multi-agency approaches. In your third year, you’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills, and will gain an interesting perspective into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided. You’ll be exposed to a variety of mental health clinical practice experiences where you’ll learn interpersonal engagement and assessment strategies to use with service users, and how to effectively provide care when patients are in crisis.
Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Grades / Points required
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Grades / Points required
DMM
Grades / Points required
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Details
Overall: BBCApplicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.Recent study within the last five years required.We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.
Overall:BBBBBRecent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C Scottish National 5: Science - C
Overall: BBCRecent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C Scottish National 5: Science - C
Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 21 at Distinction and 24 at Merit.Required subjects:Must include 15 level 3 credits in Science.Recent study within the last five years required.
GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at Grade C(4) (equivalents may be considered).
Overall: 31 overall including 5,5,5 at Higher Level.Recent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent: English, HL4/SL4 (including MYP).Maths, HL4/SL4 (including MYP).Science, HL4/SL4 (including MYP).Maths Studies, SL4.
Overall:DMMRecent study within the last five years required.
Overall:Pass overall with BBC from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.Recent study within the last five years required.
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The University of Surrey is a vibrant institution with a beautiful campus located in Guildford, UK. The university is well known for its excellent standard of teaching and hands-on approach to learning, which equips students with the knowledge and skills for professional success and personal development.
The university is spread over three sites with the following faculties:
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
The university’s track record for graduate employability is one of the best in the UK, with 96 per cent of undergraduates within work or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020).