Mental Health Nursing with Registration (MSc)

Course description

**OVERVIEW**
This exciting, two-year pre-registration MSc Mental Health Nursing is underpinned by master’s level education, enabling you to become a highly educated mental health nurse with longer term potential for management, leadership, consultancy, educational and research roles.

It is designed for graduates of biological, health, social science, nursing or related subject subjects.

The MSc Mental Health Nursing is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Graduates are eligible to apply for professional registration as a Registered Nurse (Mental health).

Throughout the course, you will critically explore systematic approaches to the delivery of nursing care in response to health improvement and health promotion strategies based on local, national and international targets.

Practice-based learning makes up 50% of the course with placements available with NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Clyde Area), NHS Highland (Argyll and Bute) and NHS The State Hospital.

You will utilise our innovative clinical skills suites and develop your nursing skills out in practice in areas such as mental health in-patient settings, the community and in the prison service.

You will also focus on developing communication and interpersonal skills that will enhance your ability to provide values-based, person-centred, compassionate care and develop comprehensive knowledge of mental health nursing and associated current healthcare interventions. You will undertake a piece of substantive research on a topic of contemporary practice specific to mental health nursing.

**PRACTICAL FOCUS**
Practice-based learning makes up 50% of the course with placements available with NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Clyde Area), NHS Highland (Argyll and Bute) and NHS The State Hospital.

Through your placements, you will experience the 24*7 continuum of care which represents contemporary healthcare delivery, enhancing your clinical skills and integrating theory with practice.

**RELATED COURSES**
If you are interested in studying for a pre-registration Mental Health Nursing degree (BSc Mental Health Nursing), see our web course entry for this: https://www.uws.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-course-search/mental-health-nursing/

If you are a graduate, you may also be interested in our postgraduate pre-registration MSc Adult Nursing (UCAS: BR40) or MSc Midwifer (UCAS: B722).

**PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION**
The MSc Mental Health Nursing is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

**CAREER PROSPECTS**
**Jobs**
Our aim is to provide an enjoyable and intellectually stimulating course of study that will prepare you for a successful career as an adult nurse. UWS produces nurses of the future who are fit-for-practice and who will contribute to the leadership of a competent, dynamic workforce. Upon graduation from the MSc, you could find yourself working in a variety of different areas such as forensic mental health, dementia care, children and young peoples’ mental health or substance misuse.

**Further Study**
Further study can lead to specialist roles such as a Health Visitor, District Nurse or Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Some graduates choose further study, leading to a Master of Science (MSc), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Research (MRes), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or a Professional Doctorate (DProf).

Subjects

• Nursing
• Psychiatric nursing
• Mental health