BNurs Mental Health Nursing

As per the government announcement, all UK nursing students on courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. The funding will be given to all new and continuing degree-level nursing, midwifery and many allied health students from September 2020. More information can be found on the NHS website.

Please note, eligibility criteria for the new funding will be the same as the wider NHS Learning Support Fund payable to students ordinarily resident in the UK and studying at a university in England. Find out about the financial support available to students starting at Manchester.

Find out about the financial support available to students starting at Manchester.

The Catherine Chisholm scholarship is applicable to students from selected countries for this course. Find out more details on the scholarship page .

This unit aims to:

• Enable students to further develop knowledge of how disruption within bodily systems can lead to homeostatic imbalance and ill health
• Enable students to further develop their awareness of the importance of the biosciences in underpinning assessment, planning and delivery of nursing care
• Enable students to develop and apply knowledge of pharmacology to the care of people and demonstrate the ability to progress to a prescribing qualification following registration (NMC proficiency 4.17)  

All learning outcomes are mapped to the NMC (2018) proficiency platforms

• Apply knowledge and understanding of how pathophysiological changes on homeostatic mechanisms impact on normal physiological observations and mental health and wellbeing (NMC proficiency 3.2)
• Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to respond proactively and promptly to signs of deterioration and sepsis or distress in mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health and use this knowledge to make sound clinical decisions (NMC proficiency 4.10)
• Apply knowledge and understanding of pharmacology and social and behavioural sciences when undertaking full and accurate person-centred assessment and developing appropriate care plan (NMC proficiency 3.2)
• Apply knowledge of commonly encountered mental, physical, behavioural and cognitive health conditions, medication usage and treatments when undertaking full and accurate assessments of nursing care needs and when developing, prioritising and reviewing person-centred care plans (NMC proficiency 3.3)
• Interpret results from routine investigations, taking prompt action when required by implementing appropriate interventions, requesting additional investigations or escalating to other (NMC proficiency 3.12)
• Explain the mode of action and pharmacokinetics of commonly used drugs and how these may be altered, e.g. by age or renal impairment. (NMC proficiency 4.15)
• Explain the indication, contraindications, incompatibilities, cautions and unwanted side effects of commonly used drugs and the impact of polypharmacy and over the counter medication usage (NMC proficiency 4.15)
• Explain potential adverse effects of commonly used drugs and the steps to avoid/minimise, recognise and manage them (NMC proficiency 4.15)

• Organise their knowledge into coherent descriptions of how the structure and function of the major anatomical body systems may be challenged or changed by disease and pharmacological substances. (NMC proficiency 3.2)
• Apply and integrate pathology and pharmacology to explanations of disease processes.  (NMC proficiency 3.2)
• Recognise and explain how knowledge of the biosciences contributes to the evidence-base underpinning nursing practice. (NMC proficiency 1.7; 1.9)

Students will be required to demonstrate their understanding of a variety of clinical skills and procedures that aid in performing accurate physical assessments and providing evidence-based nursing care within their respective fields of practice. In addition, they will apply their knowledge of the management of common pathologies to case studies, enabling them to recognise and manage signs of physiological deterioration and the need to customise treatment to meet the unique requirements of individuals.