Nursing - Mental Health - Pre-registration - MSc

This module will provide an introductory background to the history of nursing in the United Kingdom and provide an in-depth knowledge of the legislation that governs healthcare provision and the roles and responsibilities of the registered nurse. The module will explore the key principles of professional nursing practice including effective communication and team working, enabling the student to reflect on the diverse needs of a modern-day healthcare service. The student will develop skills of emotional resilience and intelligence to support them throughout their nursing career. This module will also develop students’ literacy and academic skills, giving them the opportunity to develop their ability to work at academic level 7 and to contextualise their literacy into the clinical setting.

The aim of this module is to enable you to gain an understanding of health inequalities and the role of health prevention and promotion programmes. It will enable you to understand the management of long-term conditions, within the context of health inequalities, and how government and local initiatives aim to improve the quality of life of your service users. You will also explore how society is structured in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, social class, family and households, and its impact on health and wellbeing. 

The purpose of this module is to introduce the student to the process of assessing patient need and planning their care. Students will learn about the concept of holistic care, and will gain greater insight into the physiological, psychological and sociological elements of human development across the lifespan. Additionally, students will begin to learn a variety of core nursing skills and communication strategies to enhance their nursing care.

This module aligns to platform 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) 2018 professional standards. The module will focus on the development of self-awareness and self-exploration of the student as an individual to enable them not only lead and manage the care of patients, but understand how these skills and concepts are fundamental to all echelons of the health. Module content will give consideration to various theoretical components, to understand the practical application of leadership and management theory.  

The module will focus on the role of the nurse within an inter-professional framework in relation to the improvement of safety and generation of high quality care. Module content will give consideration to current and prevalent governance issues within clinical practice and the methods used in order to measure the quality of care delivered. This will be done through conducting audit and critically analysing evidence base. Additionally, students will focus on the relationship between the employment of appropriate leadership strategies and the generation and implementation of quality measures.

The purpose of this module is to further develop students’ skills in assessing patient need and planning their care. The module will also introduce students to the principles of providing and evaluating care, including the optimisation of medicines usage. Students will continue to learn about the concept of holistic care, and will gain greater insight into the physiological, psychological and sociological elements of human development across the lifespan. Additionally, students will be introduced to more core nursing skills and communication strategies to enhance their nursing care.

This double module will take place over approximately sixteen months. It comprises on-line asynchronous taught material and self-directed research work, both with academic supervision.  Students will learn that research is part of successful career pathways in nursing. It will be seen that research forms the basis of all evidence-based nursing, a questioning approach to practice, accountability and creating the possibility to initiate change. Chosen research topics will have a distinctive nursing character with importance placed on exploration of the interfaces between the four fields of nursing, partnership working with other professionals and a radical exploration of the core nursing value of person-centred care. 

The purpose of this module is to build upon the previous learning to further advance the students’ knowledge and skills with the coordination of patient care. Students will learn about the concept of partnership working and coordination of care.  Additionally, students will continue to explore communication strategies to enhance their nursing care and how they can be a role model for others.