BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing
As a mental health nurse, you’ll help your patients to face their challenges and make a difference to their lives, every day.
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Course overview
Course information
Features and benefits
Become a registered nurse
This course leads to registration as a mental health nurse with the NMC.
Real-world experience
On this course you will spend an equal amount of time on clinical placements in community and acute settings and at the university on nursing theory.
Employability
77.8% of BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing graduates are employed or in further education fifteen months after graduating. (Graduate Outcomes survey 2022/23 graduates – UK, full-time, first degree respondents).
Enhanced content
You will gain the added benefit of an additional experience in Acute Illness Management and Recognising and Assessing Medical Problems in Psychiatric settings.
Outstanding facilities
We have well-equipped clinical skills laboratories complete with computerised SimMan manikins, used to facilitate both basic and challenging scenarios and nursing interventions.
Shared learning
Opportunity to learn with other undergraduates and adult nursing students through the integrated elements of the course.
Accreditations, awards and endorsements
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Year 1
Core modules
Science & Skills for Practice
Effective Communication in Health & Social Care
Becoming an Accountable Professional
Health, Enquiry and Evaluation in Mental Health Nursing
Study and assessment
Ten credits equates to 100 hours of study, which is a combination of lectures, seminars and practical sessions, and independent study. A three-year degree qualification typically comprises of 360 credits (120 credits per year). During the course, you are likely to be required to engage in collaborative projects, practical assessments, group work activities, and to give presentations to your peers/tutors. The exact composition of your study time and assessments for the course will vary according to your option choices and style of learning.
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Placements
Taught by experts
BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing is part of the School of Nursing and Public Health at Manchester Met. Discover more about the school and who you’ll be working with if you choose to study this course.
Entry requirements
Typical offer
112 UCAS tariff points
IELTS score
IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum score of 6.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 6.0 in Writing, taken within two years of the course start date.
Interview
We will interview you as part of your application
UK students
Level 3 qualifications
112 UCAS tariff points.
Level 2 qualifications
Additional requirements
Further information
International students
IB Diploma
IELTS
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If you are an international student, you will usually need to get a student visa before you can study in the UK.
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Alternative entry route
If you do not meet the entry requirements for this programme, you may still be eligible to join Manchester Metropolitan University International College through a foundation pathway. This programme is designed to help you build the academic skills and subject knowledge needed to progress to your chosen degree at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Fees and funding
Careers support and prospects
Employed or in further study
87.6% of our UK-domiciled, full-time, first degree graduates are employed or in further study 15 months after graduation.
Graduate Outcomes survey 2022/23 leavers, HESA data.
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Programme review
Our programmes undergo an annual review and major review (normally at 6 year intervals) to ensure an up-to-date curriculum supported by the latest online learning technology. For further information on when we may make changes to our programmes, please see the changes section of our terms and conditions.
Important notice
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