Mental Health and Children's Nursing

Why study Mental Health and Children's Nursing at Liverpool John Moores University?

• Qualify in two fields of nursing: Mental Health Nursing and Children's Nursing

• You will graduate with an integrated masters (MNurs), having studied at Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7

• NHS Training Grant eligible course - receive £5,000 per year (eligibility criteria apply).

• Learn from highly experienced nurse academic practitioners, who will support you at each stage of your journey.

• Study in professional standard, technology enhanced clinical simulation suites in our Tithebarn Building.

• Excellent placement opportunities.

• Dual field NMC registration opens up more career opportunities than being registered in a single field.

• 95% of students surveyed said the academic support on LJMU's nursing courses was good or very good (National Student Survey 2024).

About your course
Qualify as both a Mental Health Nurse and Children's Nurse with LJMU's four-year integrated master's dual field MNurs degree.

Our MNurs Mental Health and Children's Nursing degree offers you a chance to gain NMC registration in two incredibly rewarding fields of nursing.

As an integrated master's degree, it combines undergraduate (levels 4 to 6) and postgraduate (level 7) study.

The first three years are all undergraduate level and focus on Mental Health nursing. The last year is postgraduate level and focuses on Children's nursing:
Level 4 - year 1
Level 5 - year 2
Level 6 - year 3
Level 7 - year 4
The MNurs course is four years full time.

At each level you will undertake an integrated placement. This a placement in a setting where you will be involved with patients or service users from both fields, for example a GP's surgery.

Mental Health Nursing

As a mental health nurse, you will specialise in providing nursing care to individuals experiencing mental health issues or disorders.

You will be trained to assess and monitor patients’ mental and physical health. You will also offer support to patients' families and help with care and recovery plans.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support patients alongside nurses, doctors, social workers, and other healthcare professionals, within hospital and community settings.

Children's Nursing

As a children’s nurse, you will provide nursing care to infants, children, and adolescents. You will care for children and young people in both acute and long-term care.

You will be trained to assess, treat, and manage a wide range of physical, emotional, and developmental health conditions in young patients.

Working alongside fellow nurses, doctors and other healthcare providers, you will ensure the well-being of children, offering support to both the child and their families.

Our Mental Health and Children's nursing MNurs course combines practice with theory, and there is lots of support available to help you achieve your potential and progress through your course successfully.

Degree Structure

Each year, you will undertake modules totalling 120 credits:

In years 1 - 3 you will undertake five theory modules and assessments, plus one practice module.
In year 4 you will undertake four theory modules and assessments, plus one practice module.
Placements form parts of your practice modules.

You will complete two to three placements a year, with a simulated placement each year in years 1, 2 and 3.

Course modules

The modules you will undertake have been designed to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) programme standards and proficiencies. They ensure you will be capable of demonstrating the knowledge, skills and behaviours to provide safe, effective and kind care that improves health and wellbeing.

Assessment varies depending on the modules you choose, but will usually include a combination of exams and coursework.

There will be a final (summative) assessment for each module and there are informal (formative) assessments throughout modules.

Formative assessments help you to focus on your development, identifying strengths and areas for improvement, in addition to providing you with feedback on your progress during your learning journey. Examples of formative activities include discussion boards to develop learning networks, article reviews and group presentations.

Feedback may come from several sources, including academic staff, practice supervisors and assessors, service users and wider university support staff. You may receive this verbally or in written format. Formative feedback and feedforward are helpful in your development throughout the modules.

Summative assessments are the module assessments which you need to pass to receive the credits for the module. As an undergraduate student, the pass mark for your theory assessments in years 1, 2 and 3 is usually 40% and in year 4 it is 50%.

The assessments will use methods that you will use in your professional life, including relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes.