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Mental Health Nursing

Course details
  • 1 Study option
  • Undergraduate
Course location
2 Campuses

Course summary

You can choose to study this course in Coventry or Scarborough.

This degree combines theory and practical learning to lead you towards professional registration and a rewarding career as a mental health nurse.

Mental health nurses work with a diverse range of people across a variety of settings including community and primary care, charities, in-patient, forensic and specialised services.

Proficient in treating physical health needs, mental health nurses focus on establishing therapeutic relationships with individuals and their support networks. They aim to ensure that individuals are actively involved in decision-making processes related to their own care.

This course aims to equip you with the skills to respond to individuals in distress or crisis, reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and advocate for the holistic health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations.

  • Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as a mental health nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (please see Accreditation section on our website for more information).

  • Learn to collaborate and thrive as a mental health nurse across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.

  • Study one academic module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.

  • All eligible learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.

  • Your learning on placement will take place in diverse practice-based learning environments where you will apply your theoretical knowledge to the real world.

Why you should study this course
If you are compassionate, enthusiastic and committed, we can support you in developing the skills to deliver professional, evidence-informed care that truly impacts people’s lives.

  • Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity and accountability from day one.

  • Develop your confidence and skills in preparation to lead, influence and supervise others.

  • Delivered by a team that includes highly skilled, knowledgeable, nursing and allied health professionals.

  • Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.

  • Access to success coaches, placement supervisors and specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.

Studying in the School of Health and Care
Gain the skills and experience to transform lives, communities and the future of healthcare delivery. We aim to empower you to become a stand-out healthcare professional, capable, competent and confident in your field and role within the wider healthcare team.

While continuously developing your sense of professional identity as a mental health nurse from day one, you'll also collaborate with learners from other School of Health and Care fields, learning in an environment that puts inclusivity, diversity and dignity at its heart.

For full course and professional body accreditation information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Modules

Course Modules

Year one

  • Becoming a Professional Practitioner
  • Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
  • Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery
  • Understanding Influences on Health and Care
  • Placement 1: Introductions to Nursing Care
  • Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care

Year two

  • Therapeutic Interventions in Mental Health Nursing
  • Complex Decision Making within MH Nursing Environments
  • Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity
  • Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care
  • Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care
  • Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care

Final year

  • Complex Care Coordination in Mental Health Nursing
  • Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
  • The Evidenced-Based Practitioner: Professional Project
  • Preparing for your Career in Nursing
  • Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care
  • Placement 6: Practising Autonomously

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.

*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council

How to apply

Application codes

Institution code:
C85

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

Course options

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BCC

Excludes General Studies.

T Level
M

Overall grade of Merit in the T Level Qualification in any subject.

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 104

[1] 4 qualifications for tariff points allowed (excludes General Studies)
[2] Must include one qualification of 32 tariff points in a Health, Sport or Science based subject
[3] May also include AS level or EPQ

Scottish Higher
CCCCD

Access to HE Diploma

The Access to HE Diploma in Health or Science subject to include 24 Level 3 credits at Distinction in Health units. Plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

5 GCSES at grade 4 / C or above including English, Mathematics and Science.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 27

to include 14 points at Higher level.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

in a Health, Sport or Science based subject.

We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start.
Contact us via our website to find out more.

Additional entry requirements

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check
Health Checks
Interview

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Grades alone don’t tell us everything about your potential and your story. We use information from your application to assess achievements in your personal situation to support fair and equal access. For example, we consider where you live, your school, if you are a carer or a care leaver or have experienced disruption to your education.
We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.

Learn more on the Coventry University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

Course options

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£9790*
EU & International£20800*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

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