Mental Health Nursing (Dispersed Learning route for Powys based students)

This Mental HealthNursing BN Dispersed Learning route programmeis available to students domiciled in the Powys region of Wales only.

Mental health (MH) student nurses learn about working with people of all ages experiencing a range of mental health issues - addressing not only their mental health needs but also their physical, social and spiritual needs.

This exciting new Mental Health Nursing BN programme will provide you with the knowledge and skills to successfully graduate as a registered mental health nurse, and you will undertake practice placements in community and hospital settings with our partner organisations within Powys, with experiences in a range of mental health care related areas. MH Nurses work in a variety of settings which are reflected in the placement opportunities which include community and inpatient services such as child and adolescent MH, adult and older adult MH in hospital, rehabilitation, prison and forensic services, therapeutic substance misuse services and nursing homes.

Registered nurses’ learning is supported throughout their careers through, initially preceptorship that offers the structured support needed to successfully transition your knowledge into everyday practice, and through continuous professional development.

Mental health nursing will lead you to an exciting and rewarding, though demanding, career as a mental health nurse. The Mental Health Nursing BN degree will enable you to develop your career working with people of all ages who are facing physical and mental health challenges, or living with learning disabilities, who need professional mental health nursing care.
You can experience a very wide range of community- and inpatient-based practice placements as a mental health nursing student, which could include:

• Primary Care
• Child and adolescent mental health services in the community and residential setting
• Mental health hospital care for adults and older people with 24-hour needs
• Multidisciplinary community mental health teams for adults and older people
• Prison and forensic medium secure hospital services with links to the criminal justice service
• Home treatment, rehabilitation and step-down recovery services
• Perinatal mental health services
• Memory services
• Liaison mental health services
• Therapeutic substance misuse, peer support and detoxification services.
• Interprofessional Independent hospitals and nursing homes.

This Mental Health Nursing BN offers the opportunity to gain a degree and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This 3-year undergraduate programme is made up of interprofessional modules and field specific mental health modules that equate 120 credits per year.

Bangor accepts applications for nursing courses throughout the year, while places are still available. As this pathway is in demand, we recommend applications are submitted as soon as possible.

Elements of the course can be available through the medium of Welsh and you’ll be supported to access theColeg Cymraeg Cenedlaetholincentives. For more information on the School's bilingual provision clickhere.

A Levels or International Baccalaureate - see course pages for specific entry requirements.

Mature students will be considered on a case by case basis.

Entry into Year 2 will be considered for students with a HND or at least one year of study at a University overseas or in the UK.

If you do not meet our requirements then we will consider you for entry onto the International Year Zero.
 

IELTS 6.0 (5.5) or equivalent. Some courses have higher English Language Requirements.

For students educated in English or from an English speaking country we may be able to waive the requirement, if you can provide evidence that you achieved a minimum of a C or equivalent in your high school English (higher for some courses) or a letter from your University confirming your bachelor degree was taught in English.