Nursing (Mental Health)
Course Overview
DCU's BSc in Nursing (Mental Health) is a comprehensive programme that blends rigorous academic study with extensive practical experience to prepare you for a rewarding career. You will develop the clinical, theoretical, and ethical expertise needed to provide compassionate and intelligent care to individuals, families, and communities. This specialized degree focuses on promoting mental health and caring for those experiencing mental illness or distress across all ages and backgrounds.
Key Program Highlights
- Integrated learning approach combining academic theory with hands-on clinical practice
- Specialized focus on mental health promotion, prevention, and care for individuals and families
- Practical placements working alongside registered nurses in real-world healthcare environments
- Interdisciplinary curriculum incorporating psychology, sociology, philosophy, law, and pharmacology
- Development of core competencies in ethical, intercultural, and person-centered care
Course Overview
DCU's BSc in Nursing (Mental Health) is a comprehensive programme that blends rigorous academic study with extensive practical experience to prepare you for a rewarding career. You will develop the clinical, theoretical, and ethical expertise needed to provide compassionate and intelligent care to individuals, families, and communities. This specialized degree focuses on promoting mental health and caring for those experiencing mental illness or distress across all ages and backgrounds.
Key Program Highlights
- Integrated learning approach combining academic theory with hands-on clinical practice
- Specialized focus on mental health promotion, prevention, and care for individuals and families
- Practical placements working alongside registered nurses in real-world healthcare environments
- Interdisciplinary curriculum incorporating psychology, sociology, philosophy, law, and pharmacology
- Development of core competencies in ethical, intercultural, and person-centered care
Requirements
Modules
- Personal and Professional Development
- Core Nursing Skills
- Psychology
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Caring and Communication in Nursing
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Clinical Practice Placements
- Mental Health Nursing
- Personal and Professional Development
- Clinical Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
- Altered Bodily Processes
- Research and Nursing Practice
- Clinical Practice Placements
- Mental Health Nursing
- Life Span Developmental Psychology
- Physical Health and Illness
- Anthropology, Health and Illness
- Humanities and Health
- Pain Management
- Sexuality and Sexual Health
- Ethics in Nursing
- Research and Nursing Practice
- Clinical Practice Placement
- Mental Health Nursing
- Sociology of Mental Health
- Palliative Care
- Clinical Judgment and Decision Making
- Introduction to Critical Care Nursing Working for Inclusion
- Nursing Informatics, Management and Leadership
- Health Promotion in a Multicultural Context
- Research Enquiry
- Clinical Practice Placement
- Mental Health Nursing
