Mental Health Nursing (Honours) Munster Technological University

Overview

Our nursing programmes are taught in the purpose-built Sólás building at the North Campus. This state-of-the art facility has technology enhanced classrooms, lecture halls, practical skills laboratories and computer suites. Our partnership with the HSE offers students a wide range of exciting clinical placement facilities across counties Kerry and Cork. Throughout this Mental Health Nursing (Honours) programme at Munster Technological University, you will get great support from the University and from clinical staff, both in the classroom and on placement.

ERASMUS opportunities are available in Oxford Brookes University in England for students studying mental health nursing at MTU Kerry Campus.

What are my career opportunities

Nursing offers exciting opportunities to develop valuable specialist knowledge and skills that are in demand both nationally and internationally.

Registered Psychiatric Nurses can develop career pathways in a number of ways, including:

• Clinical practice: specialisation in a wide range of clinical practice areas, e.g. forensic psychiatry, community psychiatric nursing, counselling, etc;
• Management: progression in nursing and health care management structures
• Research: joining the fast developing field of nursing and health care research
• Education: becoming lecturers in nursing in third level or health care institutions

Former IT, Tralee nursing students have worked across Europe and in America, Canada, Australia, Africa, Saudi Arabia and other middle-eastern countries. This course is of 4 years duration and consists of 76 weeks of classroom-based theory and practical learning interspersed with 81 weeks of clinical placements. A thirty-six week continuous rostered placement is included.