Mental Health Nursing (Masters) MSc

University of Bedfordshire

About the courseMental health nursing offers a range of rewarding and exciting career opportunities within the healthcare system. If you have a degree in a health, social care or health science-related subject and have the dedication to study while working full-time, this Master’s degree will enable you to become a registered mental health nurse in two years. Delivered by a team of highly skilled lecturers and practitioners, taught sessions take place in our immersive suites that offer real-world, online mental health-based scenarios.What will you study?Studying our Mental Health Nursing MSc course will develop your knowledge and skills needed to become a resilient, caring and reflective nurse to care for adults with mental health issues professionally and compassionately. With an Introduction to Mental Health Nursing Practice, you will work under the supervision of nursing teams to deliver care to people with mental illnesses based on their needs. YouHow will you be assessed?The assessment strategy for this course is closely aligned to the teaching and learning strategy which is designed to have: immediate professional relevance to ensure safe and effective practice foster active learning be learner-centred in approach and draw on expertise-by-experience. The choice of assessments is determined by their fitness for purpose i.e. to evidence achievement of unit learning outcomes at Master's level (Level 7).You will be assessed across a range of practice settings and learning environments throughout the course. To enhance your understanding and experiences of assessment practices you will encounter a wide range of formative and summative assessment methods including those that enable you to undertake practice-focussed tasks that have the potential to influence care delivery. Many of the assessment tasks are designed so that you can tailor them to your professional interests experience and development needs. They are also designed so that you can rehearse ways of thinking and acting that are professionally relevant.Examples include: written assignments ranging from reflective pieces to case studies and academic essays as well as assessed practice within your placements. Assessments are also designed to support you integrating learning in theory and practice and in demonstrating that integration. The assessments culminate in a choice of dissertation projects: a literature review a research proposal or a service development project.CareersThe course opens the way to a challenging and rewarding career as a registered mental health nurse in a range of healthcare environments including community hospitals and residential settings and can provide a route to specialised clinical practice management or education. On completion you are likely to progress into the following areas of practice:in-patient carecrisis interventioncommunity mental health nursingspecialist areas of practiceresidential care settingsThe course is also the first step in a process of lifelong learning and professional development. The University of Bedfordshire offers a wide range of courses for continuing professional education which will complement your chosen post-qualifying area of practice.