- UCAS course code
- B762
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Nursing (BNurs)
BNurs Mental Health Nursing
Duration: 3 years/4 years for MNurs
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: B762 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
- Typical A-level offer: BCC including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: Course not eligible for contextual offer
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: Course not eligible for contextual offer
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 30 points overall with 5,4,4 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £32,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
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 .
Course unit details:
Dementia: Empowering and Creative Practice
| Unit code | NURS23111 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 5 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This is an optional Year 2 'Discovery Unit' aimed at enhancing students' knowledge and skills in the delivery of person-centred care for people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters. The unit is equally valuable for nursing students from adult and mental health fields. The themes of empowering people who are living with dementia and practicing in a creative, person-centred way will feature throughout the unit.
Aims
This unit will enable students to:
- Further develop knowledge and skills that underpin
evidence-based, person-centred practice with people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters - Critically reflect on the values that underpin empowering and inclusive practice with people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters
- Develop innovative and creative approaches to care practice with people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters
Learning outcomes
Each learning outcome is linked to the NMC (2018) Standards of proficiency for registered nurses. These outcomes are also met within the core part of the programme.
Teaching and learning methods
The aims and learning outcomes for this unit focus on the following central themes:
- Further develop knowledge and skills that underpin evidence based, person-centred
practice with people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters - Critically reflect on the values that underpin empowering and inclusive practice with people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters
- Develop innovative and creative approaches to care practice with people who are living with dementia and their carers/supporters
The teaching and learning methods used include lectures, and e materials which align to the ILOs and will be delivered by lecturers with expertise in dementia and service users with lived experience of dementia.
Assessment
Students are assessed on their knowledge, skills and values that relate to the provision of person-centred care for a person/s who are living with dementia through the use of a
written assignment. The assessment provides an opportunity for students to utilise
knowledge and apply intellectual skills to meet key ILOs through the application of theory, research evidence and first- person experiences of dementia.
Knowledge and understanding
- Critically evaluate, from a person-centred perspective, the bio-psycho-social factors that
can influence well-being and lived experience of people with dementia. - Understand how a creative, person-centred perspective can inform the assessment and care of people living with dementia
- Consider the application of a range of arts-based approaches that may promote well-being
- Consider best-practice in communication including some of the ethical challenges in communicating with people with different perceptions of reality
- Understand the significance of family, carers and social networks in planning and providing care and the importance of partnership working
Intellectual skills
- Critically apply a range of evidence including first person accounts of living with dementia, person-centred theory and research to inform an understanding of the lived experiences of a person(s) with dementia
- Critically apply a range of evidence including lived experiences, person-centred theory and research to inform the holistic assessment of needs and care planning
Practical skills
- Engage in partnership working via discussion, debate and shared learning
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Communicate effectively and sensitively (verbal, non-verbal, written)
- Develop and utilise IT skills
- Demonstrate research and enquiry skills by accessing literature in order to inform practice
- Reflect on - and utilise strategies to develop - practice
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 100% |
Feedback methods
Students will have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is utilised across all undergraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced.
Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on VLE, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit.
Recommended reading
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 76 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Simon Burrow | Unit coordinator |