Why choose this course
Access our state-of-the-art [Clinical Simulation Centre](https:www.surrey.ac.ukschool-health-sciencesbecome-a-health-professionalsimulation-learning), featuring wards and a community flat, to practise scenarios with professional actors.
Gain extensive experience out on clinical placements with our NHS partner trusts, which you’ll combine with theoretical learning to ensure you meet the requirements of our registering body, the [Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)](https:www.nmc.org.uk "Original URL: https:www.nmc.org.uk. Click or tap if you trust this link.").
Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics such as clinical risk, dementia, ethics, and compassionate practice.
Benefit from a course that champions interprofessional learning, allowing you to practise your skills alongside midwifery, paramedic science, and medicine students.
Get the academic requirements needed to register with the NMC to work as a mental health nurse once you’ve graduated.
If you’re a home student, you’re eligible for an [NHS training grant](https:www.nhsbsa.nhs.uknhs-learning-support-fund-lsf) of £6,000 per year and financial support for excess placement travel or accommodation costs.
We’re preparing you for the future by integrating AI into every course, building digital skills, confidence and creativity that employers value in tomorrow’s workplace.
What you will study
On our BSc Mental Health Nursing course, you’ll be exposed to a variety of mental health clinical practice experiences. You’ll learn interpersonal engagement and assessment strategies to use with service users, and how to effectively provide care when patients are in crisis.
In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to mental health nursing, including anatomy and physiology, and public health promotion. You'll also explore self-awareness and the ability to use the self therapeutically, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.
During your second year, you’ll begin to plan and deliver effective, evidence-based care to people experiencing specific mental health difficulties. You’ll learn how to empower people on their recovery journeys, utilising mental health policy and multi-agency approaches. You'll also explore how physical and mental health comorbidities interact and how to deliver care alongside other health professionals, the police, and social care services.
In your third year, you’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills, and will gain insight into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided.
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