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Develop the skills you need to work in the complex field of mental health care. Learn to assess and manage a variety of clinical presentations.
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() Mental Health Nursing
Degree Duration
3 years
Start Dates
September
As a mental health nurse, you will care for people in a diverse range of settings, presenting with a variety of mental health challenges. For the BSc version of this course you are not required to complete an honours project or dissertation.
A significant proportion of the population will experience difficulties with their mental health during their lifetime. This course will prepare you to support them in their recovery. You will gain practical and cognitive skills and will leave the course as a competent and confident practitioner.
You will learn to work in different settings, such as city hospitals, rural communities, and in people’s own homes.
You will spend 50% of your time learning on campus and the other 50% on placements in hospitals and community settings. Your placements help you develop the hands-on skills needed to work in healthcare and you will be introduced to the practical elements of mental health nursing in our clinical skills centre.
This course will be taught by the faculty of the Dundee School of Health Sciences
Mental health nurses can work in a diverse range of environments. There are career opportunities in clinical practice, research, management, and education. Nurses can work in hospital settings or in the community either with the NHS or in the Independent sector. Registered mental health nurses can develop their careers as advanced practitioners or in specialist roles.
Completing this course gives you both an academic qualification and professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The IS1 is the first year of a four year International Incorporated Bachelors. And its designed to strengthen your English language abilities and introduce core concepts and knowledge required at university study level. Once you have successfully completed your studies you will continue the remaining stages of your degree directly with the University of your choice.
Learn more about International Stage One open_in_newRanked in The Guardian's Top 20 UK Universities in 2021, the University of Dundee prides itself on three things: Impactful research, an excellent student experience and a community campus in the city.
Situated beside the majestic River Tay, Dundee is Scotland’s sunniest city. It also has the highest student ratios per head of population anywhere in the UK so there is an exciting and diverse range of nightlife, leisure activities and culture.
