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Nursing Mental Health at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Course summary

Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information. Home fee-paying students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year. You may also be eligible for additional financial support based on your circumstances. Learn more at www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/health-and-social-care/fees-and-funding Course summary:

  • Build on your undergraduate experience and become a fully-qualified nurse in two years.
  • Understand health sciences in the practice setting.
  • Gain the knowledge, skills and values to enter into highly skilled employment.
  • Develop a strong professional identity and confidence.
  • Learn to develop and deliver person-centred care.
  • Reflect on the evolution of the nursing role.
This unique course offers you an exciting opportunity to transform the lives of individuals and communities by becoming a fully qualified adult nurse. You’ll consider the changing nature of health, illness and recovery, as well as the relationship between healthcare professionals and service users. You’ll graduate as a reflective, competent and employable professional. How you learn: All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive. This course equips you with the expertise, interpersonal skills and managerial ability needed for nursing those with mental health issues. You'll study in our facilities, and apply your skills across 40 weeks of practice-based learning. These placements take place in hospitals and homes across the region. You'll be supported throughout your placements by practice supervisors and practice assessors. Graduation ensures your eligibility for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You learn through:
  • practice-based learning
  • study in our advanced clinical suites
  • lectures and seminars
  • examination
  • coursework
  • case studies
  • presentations
Applied learning All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive. On this course, you’ll learn from enthusiastic academic staff who have a variety of clinical expertise and experience. You’ll apply your theoretical study directly to your practice setting — where you’ll work on real cases. Nurses are an integral part of a multidisciplinary team. In some modules, you will learn and collaborate with students from other health and social care courses. This approach will help you to deliver person-centred care with an understanding of how other professionals contribute to the person's journey through health and social care services.

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances. Year 1 - Compulsory modules Creating Original Practice Evaluating Research Methodologies Person Centred Care - Providing And Evaluating Sciences For Nursing Practice Understanding Complexity In Practice Final year - Compulsory modules Evaluating Complexity In Practice Leading For The Future Person Centred Care - Leading And Coordinating

Assessment method

Coursework Practicals

Entry requirements

You need a first degree recognised in the UK at 2:2 or above and GCSE's (single or double) in English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents* Maths at grade D or 4 or equivalents* Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents* *GCSE Maths equivalents • Level 2 Key Skills/Application of Number/Grade D at GCSE Maths/ Level 2 Maths credits from an Access course • maths equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk *GCSE English equivalents • Level 2 Literacy • Level 2 Key Skills *GCSE Science equivalents • OCR Science Level 2 • science units gained on a Level 3 BTEC or OCR National Diploma or Extended Diploma Qualification • science credits gained on Access to Higher Education Diplomas (at least 12 credits gained at level 2 or 6 credits gained at level 3) • science equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk

Fees and funding

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Additional fee information

Our postgraduate fees vary depending on course, level and mode of study. Each postgraduate course page tells you how much the tuition fees are, and what additional costs you might have to budget for during your studies. Please refer to our website for up-to-date information on costs and fees for both full-time and part-time postgraduate study options.
Nursing Mental Health at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS