Updates to BSc and MSc Nursing Programs: Mental Health & Adult Nursing Curriculum Changes, Summaries of Nursing

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Future Nurse Programme

BSc Curriculum Changes

 From Sept 2020 the programme moves to a BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing or BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing programme.

 Part 1 = 6 x 20 credit modules at SCQF L

 Part 2 = 4 x 30 credit modules at SCQF L

 Part 3 = 3 x 40 credit modules at SCQF L

 Optional Honours Year

 Part 4 = 120 credits at L10 OR 100 credits at L10 + 20 credits at L9.

 Integrated theory practice modules

 50/50 split between shared and field specific modules.

Honours Year (option)

Core

(L10)

Quality Improvement Dissertation ( credits)

Leadership in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

Effective Teaching in Practice ( Credits

Adult

Two further 20 credit module from the L9 & L portfolio. One must be at L10.

Mental

Health

Two further 20 credit module from the L9 & L10 portfolio. One must be at L10.

BSc Nursing – 3 Years

Sept 20

Nursing Health and Care (Ad) or Exploring Mental Health (MH) Nursing in Society (Ad) or Understanding Self and Society (MH) Academic & Professional Development

Community Health and Social Care

Health and Human Development 1

Values in Practice

Sept 19

Care of Vulnerable People

Applied Skills (Ad) or Skills in Mental Health (MH)

PLE 2.1 (shared)

Responding to Ill Health (ad) or Nursing for Recovery

PLE 2.2 (field specific)

PLE 2.3 (field specific)

Sept 18

Research Evidence & Practice

PLE 3.1 (field specific)

Holistic Skills (ad) or Strategies for Mental Health (MH)

PLE 3.2 Independent Study (field specific)

Fitness for Practice

PLE 3.3 (field specific)

MSc Curriculum Changes

 From Sept 2020 the programme moves to an MSc Mental Health Nursing or MSc Adult Nursing programme.

 Part 1 = 3 x 20 credit modules at SCQF Level 11

 Part 2 + 2 x 30 credit modules at SCQF Level 11

 Part 3 = 1 x 60 credit module at SCQF Level 11

 Integrated theory practice modules

MSc Nursing – 2 Years

Part 1

Integrated Human Development (Shared) 20 credits

Self, Society and Nursing (Shared) 20 credits

Health and Society (Shared) 20 credits

Part 2

Resilience in Health (Shared) 30 credits

Managing Holistic Care (Adult) 30 credits

Managing Mental Health Care (MH) 30 credits

Part 3

Research and Practice (Shared) 60 credits

Challenge

Ahead

 Students continuing Pt 2 in Sept 2020 will be entering their Pt 2 practice learning experiences, They will have undertaken online theory to allow them to continue while supernumerary placements were paused. Therefore you will be supporting students in Pt2 of the programme who have had a maximum of 14 weeks placement experience in Pt 1.  Assuming access to placements from September 2020 all students in practice in Term 1 of the academic year will be undertaking Pt 2 and Pt 3 placements and will also be required to make up hours missed from Pt 1 over the duration of these placements.