Mental Health Nursing - BSc (Hons)

Abertay University

**This thought-provoking Mental Health Nursing degree is designed to give you all the knowledge, skills and experiences you need to practice as a mental health nurse. Top in Scotland for Overall Satisfaction (Mental Health Nursing, Complete University Guide 2027).**This course is underpinned by a philosophy of values-based and relational nursing practice, with a strong focus on delivering research-informed, person-centred care in a mental health setting.**Three Year Honours Degree**Student placements begin in the first term of year one, with **50% of your learning happening in the university, and 50% happening in practice.**Uniquely, you'll graduate with an honours degree after only three years, having explored topics such as psychological interventions, physical and mental health, professional working and leadership in nursing.Splitting your time between placements and the classroom means that everything you learn is integrated to aid your development. You'll complete around 2,300 hours of practice-based work by the end of your degree, and have experience of a diverse range of settings and situations.**Build self-awareness and resilience**We actively encourage you to build self-awareness and resilience through our interactive teaching methods, so you'll have space and time for personal and professional reflection. You'll get a consistently high level of support from a team of tutors and lecturers who come from a variety of clinical backgrounds. This is to help prepare you for the challenges of working in this field.Every day, every year, there's more research and more understanding of mental health. So it's important that you have **theoretical knowledge underpinning your skillsets** within the practice environment. This impacts on how you learn to help and care for your patients.A degree in mental health nursing gives you a great springboard into **a challenging and rewarding career.****Recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council**This Mental Health Nursing degree is recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) meaning you can register as a qualified nurse (mental health) when you graduate.Study at **Scotland’s TOP Modern University** (Guardian University Guide 2027) or a course ranked **No.1 in Scotland for Teaching** (Mental Health Nursing, Guardian University Guide 2027).

Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences