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PG Dip Mental Health Nursing

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    PG Dip; Full-time: 2 years

Course Description

This course is no longer accepting applications for September 2020 start.

Mental health nursing is a constantly evolving field, with as many as one in four people experiencing a mental health issue each year.  We’ll help you to meet the challenges of effective mental health care provision.

You’ll gain practice experience in a wide range of 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.

Entry Requirements

Applicants will be considered on an individual basis but will normally require:

  • A Bachelor degree 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.
  • In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements, Maths and English GCSEs/equivalent (at C or above) are also required.

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Fees

https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-and-funding

Module Details

Year 1

  • Assessing, planning and providing care in Mental Health Nursing
  • Applied physiology for Mental Health Nursing
  • Promoting health and preventing ill health
  • Pharmacology and medicines management in MH Nursing

Year 2

  • Enhancing and evaluating care in Mental Health Nursing
  • Research in health and social care
  • Acute and complex care in Mental Health Nursing
  • Mother and new-born
  • Transition to Leadership

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