Mental Health Nursing with Registered Nurse Status

This Mental Health Nursing with Registered Nurse Status MSc program from the University of Liverpool will reveal the indivisible link between mental and physical ill health. You’ll discover the principles of mental health nursing practice, local and global determinants of mental health, and how to manage complex care needs.

Your learning will be brought to life through extensive clinical experience, working with patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient wards and forensic and community settings.

Developed in collaboration with leading healthcare providers in the North West, the program will be taught by experienced, working and registered practitioners. We’ll help you develop into a caring and compassionate nurse, able to support individuals and their families, and ready to lead and coordinate care as part of a multi-professional team.

On successful completion of the program, you’ll be eligible to apply for professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a mental health nurse.

You'll learn:

• Professional standards for nurses, midwives and nursing associates, as set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Relevant legal, professional regulatory and ethical frameworks
• Anatomy, physiology, genomics and behavioural sciences
• Commonly encountered mental health and physical health conditions
• Local and global determinants of mental health
• How to assess patient needs and plan, provide and evaluate care
• How to provide compassionate, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care
• How to recognise deteriorating health needs
• Public health principles including the promotion of good health and prevention of ill health
• Leaderships styles and management skills in mental health nursing
• Care planning, delivery, interventions and referrals for complex health care needs
• Collaborative working practices

Career opportunities:

• Owing to the national shortage of mental health nurses, as well as the global demand for British trained nurses, there are many opportunities for graduates to work in mental healthcare settings locally and around the world.
• Roles and opportunities in mental health nursing have expanded significantly in recent years in the NHS, with private providers and in the independent and voluntary sectors.
• You could pursue a career specialising in areas as diverse as children and young people’s mental health, dementia care, forensic mental health services, or substance misuse.

As a master’s graduate, you’ll be well placed to pursue more advanced roles with greater responsibility. These include working as a:

• Lecturer practitioner
• Specialist practitioner
• Advanced nurse practitioner
• Consultant nurse
• Academic lecturer
• Academic researcher.
• Alternatively, you may want to pursue a career in leadership and management or continue your studies at PhD level.

Courses include:

• Developing And Enhancing Skills For Practice
• Principles Of Mental Health Nursing Practice
• local And Global Determinants Of Mental Health

• Research For Professional Practice

• Leading In Mental Health Nursing