28Nov
UndergraduateLondon South Bank University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Exceptionally rewarding Mental health nursing is a constantly evolving field, with as many as one in four people experiencing a mental health issue each year. We will help you to meet the challenges of effective mental health care provision. Our innovative two-year course will prepare you for a career in a wide range of rewarding mental health nursing opportunities, including in-patient and community settings, reflecting the diversity of mental health specialities. This could include acute psychiatry, child and adolescent mental health, forensic psychiatry, eating disorders, substance use and rehabilitation. Many of our graduates take their first posts as qualified practitioners in the NHS Trusts and hospitals in which they gained experience. The course will also develop your abilities to consider the wider aspects influencing health needs of adults, preparing you for future leadership in a changing and challenging health care system.
Modules
Year 1: Assessing, planning and providing care in Mental Health Nursing - • Applied physiology for Mental Health Nursing - Research in health and social care - Promoting health and preventing ill health - Practice Experience Year 1. Year 2: Enhancing and evaluating care in Mental Health Nursing; Acute and complex care in Mental Health Nursing - Mother and new-born - Pharmacology and medicines management in Mental Health Nursing - Transition to Leadership - Practice Learning - Dissertation.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- B765
- Institution code:
- L75
- Campus name:
- LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants: IELTS 7.0 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 7.0)
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - Not accepted
A level - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - Not accepted
Access to HE Diploma - Not accepted
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
A Bachelor degree (with honours) with a minimum 2:2 classification. Candidates without a health or science related degree are required to complete a Life Sciences work book package to satisfy the Life Sciences element of the APL portfolio. Applicants must hold GCSEs A-C in Maths and English Language or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).
Additional entry requirements
Health checks
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Interview
Student Outcomes
Operated by the Office for Students
There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
London South Bank University
103 Borough Road
Southwark
SE1 0AA