MSc Nursing (Pre-registration - Mental Health)
Postgraduate
In Lincoln
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Lincoln
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Duration
2 Years
Mental health nurses support patients with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, addiction, and eating disorders. They work in a settings such as in hospitals or the community and help people manage their illness and improve their lives.
This Master's degree enables graduates from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to transfer their skills to become a registered nurse (mental health). The course is aimed at graduates of relevant degrees who aspire to qualify for eligibility to apply to the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register.
The course is underpinned by the Nursing and Midwifery Councils's (NMC) core values and aims to promotes critical thinking skills and the spirit of inquiry.
Over the past few decades the nurse’s role has developed due to the changing context of health and social care, resulting in a wide range of new roles and services. Registered nurses (mental health) hold a significant role in terms of leading and coordinating care provision for people across the lifespan; aware of complex mental, physical, cognitive, and behavioural care needs of those they look after.
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About this course
This Master's degree aims to develop registered nurses (mental health) who prioritise people by providing safe and effective care, educating those in their care through the use of technology, promoting health literacy to prevent ill health, and supporting healthy choices and lifestyles. The course has been developed to raise the professional values and social conscience of students to prepare them for future healthcare roles.
Nurses translate evidence-based knowledge to improve healthcare delivery while maintaining and emphasising the ethics of person centred care. Modules on this course have been designed with this in mind and aim to stimulate innovation, improve quality, manage risk, and identify areas for productive change.
The University of Lincoln, together with our practice partners, share a vision to prepare students to become dynamic nurses that are fit for practice in rapidly changing and challenging care environments.
Nursing graduates have an opportunity to work in a range of diverse health and social care settings from acute nursing to community settings or in education, research, and improvement.
Applicants should hold an honours degree at 2.2 classification or above.
Normally 3 GCSEs at grade 4 (C) including English, Maths and Science, or equivalent qualifications. These GCSEs must be obtained prior to submitting an application. Applicants who completed an Access to HE in Health and Social Care will be required to provide evidence of undertaking science units at level 3.
Evidence of experience in a practice setting to include 650 hours of care related practice experience to be completed by the 31 October 2020 for January 2021 entry. Please see below for more information.
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Subjects
- Mental Health
- Midwifery
- Evaluation
- Planning
- Nurse
- Nurse training
- Assessing
- Health
- Improvement
- Coordinating
Course programme
- Applied Health Improvement (Core)
- Assessing needs, planning and coordinating care (L7) (Core)
- Being an Accountable Professional Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (L7) (Core)
- Essential Interprofessional Practice (Core)
- Leadership and Supervision in Nursing Practice (Core)
- Managing complex care (L7) (Core)
- Providing and evaluating care (L7) (Core)
- Service Evaluation for Clinical Practice (Core)
- Service Transformation (Core)
Additional information
(including Alumni £1000 reduction)
International - £14,600 per year
International - £13,600 per year
(including Alumni £1000 reduction)
Part-time Home/EU - £77 per credit point
Part-time International - £122 per credit point
MSc Nursing (Pre-registration - Mental Health)