Get 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 degree 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.

Upon graduation, you’ll achieve registration as a Registered Nurse in Mental Health with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

• Upon graduation, you’ll achieve registration as a Registered Nurse in Mental Health with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• This degree 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 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
• We offer support throughout your academic and professional studies from a wide range of lecturers, university support services and colleagues in clinical settings