Mental Health Nursing (Dispersed Learning route for Powys based students) BN (Hons) 36 months Undergraduate Program By Bangor University |Top Universities

Program overview

Main Subject

Nursing

Degree

BN

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This Mental Health Nursing BN Dispersed Learning route programme is available to students domiciled in the Powys region of Wales only.
We also offer Adult Nursing BN Dispersed Learning route programme.
Mental health (MH) student nurses learn about working with people of all ages experiencing a range of mental health issues - addressing not only their mental health needs but also their physical, social and spiritual needs.  
This exciting new Mental Health Nursing BN programme will provide you with the knowledge and skills to successfully graduate as a registered mental health nurse, and you will undertake practice placements in community and hospital settings with our partner organisations within Powys, with experiences in a range of mental health care related areas. MH Nurses work in a variety of settings which are reflected in the placement opportunities which include community and inpatient services such as child and adolescent MH, adult and older adult MH in hospital, rehabilitation, prison and forensic services, therapeutic substance misuse services and nursing homes.  
Registered nurses’ learning is supported throughout their careers through, initially preceptorship that  offers the structured support needed to successfully transition your knowledge into everyday practice, and through continuous professional development.
Mental health nursing will lead you to an exciting and rewarding, though demanding, career as a mental health nurse. The Mental Health Nursing BN degree will enable you to develop your career working with people of all ages who are facing physical and mental health challenges, or living with learning disabilities, who need professional mental health nursing care. You can experience a very wide range of community- and inpatient-based  practice placements as a mental health nursing student, which could include: 
  • Primary Care 
  • Child and adolescent mental health services in the community and residential setting
  • Mental health hospital care for adults and older people with 24-hour needs  
  • Multidisciplinary community mental health teams for adults and older people 
  • Prison and forensic medium secure hospital services with links to the criminal justice service  
  • Home treatment, rehabilitation and step-down recovery services  
  • Perinatal mental health services 
  • Memory services
  • Liaison mental health services
  • Therapeutic substance misuse, peer support and detoxification services.  
  • Interprofessional Independent hospitals and nursing homes.  
This Mental Health Nursing BN offers the opportunity to gain a degree and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.  This 3-year undergraduate programme is made up of interprofessional modules and field specific mental health modules that equate 120 credits per year.
Bangor accepts applications for nursing courses throughout the year, while places are still available.  As this pathway is in demand, we recommend applications are submitted as soon as possible.  
Elements of the course can be available through the medium of Welsh and you’ll be supported to access the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol incentives. For more information on the School's bilingual provision click here

Program overview

Main Subject

Nursing

Degree

BN

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This Mental Health Nursing BN Dispersed Learning route programme is available to students domiciled in the Powys region of Wales only.
We also offer Adult Nursing BN Dispersed Learning route programme.
Mental health (MH) student nurses learn about working with people of all ages experiencing a range of mental health issues - addressing not only their mental health needs but also their physical, social and spiritual needs.  
This exciting new Mental Health Nursing BN programme will provide you with the knowledge and skills to successfully graduate as a registered mental health nurse, and you will undertake practice placements in community and hospital settings with our partner organisations within Powys, with experiences in a range of mental health care related areas. MH Nurses work in a variety of settings which are reflected in the placement opportunities which include community and inpatient services such as child and adolescent MH, adult and older adult MH in hospital, rehabilitation, prison and forensic services, therapeutic substance misuse services and nursing homes.  
Registered nurses’ learning is supported throughout their careers through, initially preceptorship that  offers the structured support needed to successfully transition your knowledge into everyday practice, and through continuous professional development.
Mental health nursing will lead you to an exciting and rewarding, though demanding, career as a mental health nurse. The Mental Health Nursing BN degree will enable you to develop your career working with people of all ages who are facing physical and mental health challenges, or living with learning disabilities, who need professional mental health nursing care. You can experience a very wide range of community- and inpatient-based  practice placements as a mental health nursing student, which could include: 
  • Primary Care 
  • Child and adolescent mental health services in the community and residential setting
  • Mental health hospital care for adults and older people with 24-hour needs  
  • Multidisciplinary community mental health teams for adults and older people 
  • Prison and forensic medium secure hospital services with links to the criminal justice service  
  • Home treatment, rehabilitation and step-down recovery services  
  • Perinatal mental health services 
  • Memory services
  • Liaison mental health services
  • Therapeutic substance misuse, peer support and detoxification services.  
  • Interprofessional Independent hospitals and nursing homes.  
This Mental Health Nursing BN offers the opportunity to gain a degree and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.  This 3-year undergraduate programme is made up of interprofessional modules and field specific mental health modules that equate 120 credits per year.
Bangor accepts applications for nursing courses throughout the year, while places are still available.  As this pathway is in demand, we recommend applications are submitted as soon as possible.  
Elements of the course can be available through the medium of Welsh and you’ll be supported to access the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol incentives. For more information on the School's bilingual provision click here

Admission Requirements

1000+
80+
104+
7+

3 Years
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
9,000 GBP

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