The Local and Global Determinants of Mental Health is a Year 1, 20 credit module of the MSc pre-registration Nursing (Mental Health) Programme, delivered across semester 2 and will provide students with the knowledge and skills to undertake nursing procedures effectively to provide compassionate, evidence-based person-centred nursing care. The module aligns with the expectations outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the professional regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates in the UK. The NMC set standards of education, training, conduct and performance to ensure that nurses are educated to a high standard in order to deliver safe and effective care at the point of entry to the professional register (NMC, 2018). Available at https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/code/
Students will benefit from an initial 4-week adult setting placement, students will then benefit from a 5 week practice-based mental health focused placement across the Cheshire and Mersey region, including Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, whose placement portfolio includes Acute, Forensic (high, medium and low secure), Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) and Child and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS). Students will be supported in clinical practice by their Practice Supervisor, Practice Assessor, a Practice Education facilitator (PEF) and their University of Liverpool Academic Assessor.
The theory and skills taught in this module will develop the student’s proficiency in holistic safe practice. This knowledge will help students to assess patient needs and plan their care. It will also help students to provide and evaluate care, and work towards leadership and coordination of care utilising a holistic approach.
Learning and teaching will be delivered via synchronous and asynchronous sessions, engaging a mix of online and classroom-based activities which encourage both critical reflection and examination of nursing practice. The acquired knowledge and skills will then be consolidated during the 9-week practice placement.
The assessments for this module will take the form of a submission of a written assignment, a verbal presentation, and the successful completion their practice assessment document (PAD) and an Ongoing Achievement Record (OAR) which constitutes assessment around clinical skills during the practice placement.