BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health)

Receive excellent placement experiences thanks to our Hertfordshire University Partnership Foundation Trust, who received an ‘Outstanding’ in a recent Care Quality Commission inspection Our program is located within a thriving mental health academic community which includes Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mental Health Recovery.

Nurses are the largest profession working in mental health services. With a quarter of the population thought to have some form of mental health issues, it's clear that nurses have an essential role in supporting people. As a mental health nurse, you’ll have the vital and challenging role of establishing therapeutic relationships with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and age groups.

This pre-registration course gives you the essential skills to make evidence-based interventions and provide care while respecting and valuing the aspirations of individuals with mental health challenges.
As with our other nursing courses, you’ll spend half your time on placements in clinical settings, putting what you’ve learned into practice.

Work placement

Practice placements are organized within neighboring NHS Trusts in Hertfordshire and North London and in other settings including the private and voluntary sectors. There is the opportunity to learn with and from people in the community and in hospitals where mental health nursing is delivered. The placement experiences are wide and varied. An elective/alternative placement is offered at the end of the second year which gives you the opportunity to gain mental health experience elsewhere in the UK, abroad, or in specialized regional and national centers of excellence.