Nursing

Take your first steps towards professional registration as a Mental Health Nurse with our BSc Nursing. The BSc Nursing (Mental Health) is a three-year degree that prepares you to support people with a wide range of mental health needs. You will learn how to build therapeutic relationships, communicate with empathy and provide care that supports a person’s overall well-being.

The course combines university teaching with practical experience in clinical settings, giving you the knowledge and confidence you need to become a registered mental health nurse. As many as one in three people in the UK have issues with their mental health at some stage of their life. Nurses who specialise in mental health, a complex and demanding area, work with GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists, and others, to help care for patients with mental illnesses.

As a mental health nurse, you focus on the therapeutic relationship with those with mental ill health, and with their families. You provide the support and treatment to meet their physical, psychological, social, mental and spiritual care needs. More than anything else, mental health nursing requires empathy, to care about the people you are working with.

There's never been a better time to train as a nurse! Not only is public appreciation for nurses growing, so is the funding. You can now apply for a £5000 grant that you won't need to pay back!

Mental Health Nursing has been confirmed as a shortage group which means you will be eligible to apply for an additional £1000.