Nursing (Mental Health) Keele University

Overview

This Nursing (Mental Health) degree from Keele University builds your academic skill sets, professional responsibility and technical complexity related to patient care throughout the two years. Successful completion of this innovative programme will ensure you will meet the registration requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced new educational standards, which identified the importance of parity between mental health and physical health care (NMC, 2018a).

The Mental health nursing field welcomes this and recognises that the lifespan of people with mental health problems is shorter compared to the general population (DH, 2011; Nash, 2010). The mental health field will develop a nurse who is culturally competent, empowered and able to work in partnership with service users, their families and the wider community.

Career opportunities:

Upon successful completion of this course you will be a qualified, capable postgraduate nurse ready to work in your chosen specialism. You will have developed competency in assessing, delivering and managing nursing care and be able to confidently support your nursing practice decisions with a robust evidence base. 

You will have the research and leadership skills to work as a leader and change agent.You will graduate with a MSc and key sets of clinical, interpersonal and research skills, ready to register as an adult nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You will have the opportunity to find employment in a range of settings in the UK or internationally. 

Nursing work can be diverse and in planning your future career you may wish to follow one of the following career pathways: Practitioner, Educator, Researcher or Manager.Preparation for nursing practice encompasses learning in the spheres of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours.

 It is recognised that evidence based knowledge is required for safe and effective nursing practice and as such programme content is driven by the NMC Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses, QAA Academic and Practitioner Standards for nursing alongside the QAA Master’s Degree Characteristics (NMC, 2018; QAA, 2010). 

The programme builds in terms of academic skill sets, professional responsibility and technical complexity throughout the two years.