理学学士（荣誉）理学士学位

患有强迫症的24岁男子无法离开家。有年幼儿童的自杀念头的母亲。一个患有抑郁症和药物滥用问题的中年男子。我们高科技，高速的生活方式以及与社交媒体不断联系的压力意味着，心理健康和福祉日益成为我们社会对健康的关注。在为期三年的课程中，您将开发专业知识来管理患者的身体和心理需求。您将探讨的一些主题包括药物管理的伦理学，康复方法以及药物滥用的干预疗法。您还将学习解决冲突的实用技能，如何处理具有挑战性的行为以及如何保护易受伤害的患者。当您在校园里时，您将练习临床技术，例如如何在我们的临床模拟套件中手动测量患者的血压以
A 24-year-old man with OCD, unable to leave the house. A mother with young children with suicidal thoughts. A middle-aged man with depression and substance abuse issues. Our high-tech, high-speed lifestyles and the pressure of constant connection to social media means that mental health and wellbeing is a growing health concern for our society. During this three-year course, you’ll develop the expertise to manage both the physical and psychological needs of patients. Some of the topics you’ll explore include the ethics of medicine management, recovery approaches, and intervention therapies for substance abuse. You’ll also learn practical skills in conflict resolution, how to manage challenging behaviour, and how to safeguard vulnerable patients. When you’re on campus, you’ll practice clinical techniques, such as how to manually take a patient’s blood pressure and how to give emergency care in our Clinical Simulation Suite. Here, we create simulations of a patient’s journey from admission to discharge. All students must demonstrate in their personal statements an understanding of mental health nursing in the UK incorporating the NHS core values, NMC code, vision for nursing and future nurse training standards as well as contemporary issues in mental health nursing. You must evidence an understanding of the qualities required to be a nursing professional in the UK in order to be shortlisted for an interview. Successful applicants will be invited to attend an online group interview.Career prospectsWhen you graduate, you’ll gain a Bachelor of Science degree and eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a mental health nurse.As a registered mental health nurse, you might work at one of our partner NHS trusts, where you completed a placement experience, or you might move into the private or voluntary sector.Many of our graduates work as staff nurses in hospitals or a wider multi-agency team including with the police and the justice system, social work, social care and a range of other support services providing a range of opportunities for employment.You might decide to specialise in a particular field of nursing and continue with postgraduate study. We have a range of postgraduate courses to support your professional development.