Why study this course with us?- This is a dynamic, interactive professional course which places the needs of service users and carers, students and Mental Health Nursing practice at its centre. The programme team are committed to supporting students to realise their potential to become compassionate, competent and autonomous Mental Health Nurses, able to meet current and future healthcare demands.
- The Mental Health Nursing course offered by the University of Chester is delivered by experienced Mental Health Nurses with teaching and research expertise as well as experience in a wide range of clinical areas and services, including child and adolescent mental health, forensic and secure, acute and crisis care, substance misuse, personality disorder and community care. The team work closely with local health and social care providers to ensure that the course remains contemporary.
Work based learning
The University of Chester has excellent links with practice learning providers, such as local NHS Trusts, the independent sector and primary care. This ensures that you will gain a wide variety of learning experiences in a range of practice learning environments and clinical and healthcare settings. Furthermore, this relationship ensures that you will be fully supported by mentors, academic links to practice, lecturers in practice learning, practice education facilitators and practice module leaders during placement learning experiences.