Course overview

Study mental health nursing at Surrey and learn to meet the diverse needs of people with mental health difficulties, and their families and carers.

Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and community flat, to practise real-life scenarios with actors.
Benefit from a course that allows for 50% theoretical learning, 50% practical learning in clinical placements, to ensure you meet the requirements of our registering body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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 such as clinical risk, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.
Get the academic requirements needed to register with the NMC to work as a mental health nurse once you’ve graduated.
On this course, 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.In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to mental health nursing, including anatomy and physiology, public health promotion and explore self-awareness and the ability to use the self therapeutically, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.
During your second year, you’ll begin to plan and deliver effective, evidence-based care to people experiencing specific mental health difficulties. You’ll learn how to empower people on their recovery journeys, utilising mental health policy and multi-agency approaches. You’ll also explore the interrelationship between physical and mental health comorbidities integrating with other health professionals and partner agencies like the police and social care.

In your third year, you’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills, and will gain insight into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided
Professional recognition

BSc (Hons) – Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the purpose of registration as a qualified nurse (mental health).

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3 years

Duration

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Guildford

Location

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£15,000

Tuition Fee

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