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Programme profile

Psychiatric Nursing integrates into the fabric of society. The unique role of the nurse involves one to one interaction with patient/clients and their families resulting in great personal job satisfaction. The nurse plays a central role in the health care team. The School of Nursing and Midwifery promotes personal, professional and academic development through the provision of college and practice-based learning. The aim of the programme is to foster the development of knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional values..

One in four people experience mental health problems at some time in their life. Psychiatric nurses form part of a group of health professionals who support people to understand such experiences, guide them to cope with such experiences, and where possible, assist them in their recovery. This is done through what is generally referred to as the development of therapeutic relationships which forms the essence of a psychiatric nurse

Programme content

Year 1: Professional Learning and IT Skills for Nursing; Interpersonal Skills for Nursing Practice; Fundamentals of Nursing Knowledge and Skills; Health, Public Health Nursing and Health Promotion; Anatomy; Physiology; Developmental Psychology for Health Care; Sociology of Health Care; Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing; The Foundation of Contemporary Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Year 2: Therapeutic Interpersonal Skills and Social Psychology for Nursing; Nursing Practice in Drug Therapy; Food, Nutrition and Health for Nursing Practice; Physiology; Psychiatric Nursing:; Studies in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Psychosocial & Biological approaches; Mental Health Nursing: Working with People in Acute Mental Distress; Working with Children and Young People Experiencing Mental Health Problems; Therapeutic Relationships in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Year 3: Nursing Professionalism: Trends and Issues; Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice; Introduction to Research: Principles and Methods; Social Policy and Health Care Psychiatric Nursing: Working with people with Long Term Mental Health Needs; Working with Specific Client Groups; Therapeutic Relationships in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing; Introduction to the Principles of General Nursing with Adults.

Year 4: Health Promotion for Nursing Practice; Nursing Science; Nursing Research: Principles and Methods; Organisational Management in Nursing; Legal Aspects of Professional Nursing; Nursing Ethics; Multiculturalism, Gender and Social Policy

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