Nursing (Mental Health) Honours Middlesex University

Overview

Why study BSc Nursing (Mental Health) Honours at Middlesex University?

At least one in four people will experience mental distress during their lifetime – and nurses are a vital part of their recovery. This Nursing (Mental Health) Honours offered at the Middlesex University will help you develop the unique skill set and confidence to succeed in a challenging yet rewarding career that positively impacts on the lives of patients.

A shortage of mental health nurses in the UK means many of our recent graduates with nursing qualifications were able to secure graduate employment or go onto further study (DLHE 2017).

Nursing education in the mental health field will build on your passion for helping others. You’ll develop a holistic approach to assessing, treating, care planning and supporting people to recover and live the best lives possible. With plenty of hands-on experience throughout your nursing study, you’ll also gain the observation and communication skills to confidently collaborate with service users, families, carers and colleagues. In fact, many of our students secure their first job with a placement host.

Once you’ve completed your course, you’ll be able to get professional status as a registered mental health nurse and gain registration with the NMC.

Course Highlights

• You’ll develop a holistic approach to assessing, treating, care planning and supporting people to recover and live the best lives possible
• Build your practical experience through a variety of unique clinical placement opportunities with our NHS partners across London, including the prestigious Barts Health NHS Trust , Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and many more.
• Access to state-of-the-art nursing skills labs, professional training equipment and a building set up to deliver high-fidelity simulations in areas such as resuscitation and dealing with the seriously ill.
• Opportunities to contribute to projects at our research centres, including our Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (DARC), our Research Centre for Transcultural Studies and our Centre for Coproduction.

Career Opportunities

You can work as a mental health nurse across the age-range. Nurses work in services for children and adolescents right up to the groundbreaking work that is going on in dementia care. Mental health nurses are needed in secure facilitates like prisons and special hospitals, in specialist mental health wards, across a host of community settings and in health settings like GP surgeries and Emergency Departments in general hospitals.

Accreditation

• This degree is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).