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Study Details: PGDip 2 years full-time
This course has been designed for graduates (from any degree subject background) who would like to become a nurse. The PgDip Nursing (Mental Health) course at the University of West London offers an exciting, rewarding and challenging career. You will support people with a wide range of mental health conditions such as:
– anxiety
– depression
– stress-related illness
– personality disorders
– psychotic disorders i.e. Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorder
– dementia
– eating disorders
– drug and alcohol addiction.
As a student studying mental health nursing you will achieve a PgDip Nursing (Mental Health) and become registered as a Mental Health Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
You must have a first degree 2:2 or above (in any subject), plus two GCSEs including English and Mathematics at grade C or above; or equivalent, evidence of literacy and numeracy at Level 2.
You need to show evidence of recent study in the last five years.
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After studying to become a mental health nurse, you will need to be committed to lifelong learning, ensuring your skills and knowledge remain up to date.
To maintain your registration to practice with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, you’ll need to go through the process of revalidation, every three years. The process is straightforward and will help you to demonstrate safe and effective practise.
After qualifying as a registered nurse there are a variety of exciting routes you could take in the NHS, examples include working in a:
– psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU)
– inpatient mental health ward
– home treatment rapid response team
– outpatients unit
– specialist unit (eating disorder)
– child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
– community mental health team
– older people’s mental health and healthy aging services
– mental health rehabilitation services
– single point of access service
– high secure services
– prison and youth offender institutes
– bresidential centre
– client’s own home.
What modules will I study as part of my course?
The University of West London (UWL) offers a diverse range of postgraduate courses, with options to study full-time and part-time, both in daytimes an...
