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Mental Health Nursing

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If you are interested in a rewarding, exciting and challenging career in healthcare, then nursing is for you.

About This Course

A degree in nursing is a passport to a rewarding and challenging career. Opportunities within Ireland are excellent with a wide variety of health service providers offering positions for registered nurses. There are also numerous opportunities for specialisation in any one of a large number of fields of nursing and healthcare. The nurse in the modern health services has excellent career prospects and has a wide range of opportunities for career advancement beyond initial registration. A graduate of nursing or midwifery from UCD has the ability to travel throughout Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Canada, Australia and beyond.

UCD Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems Programme Office Health Sciences Centre Belfield, Dublin 4 Tel: +353 1 716 6407 Email: nursing@ucd.ie Web: www.ucd.ie/nmhs

Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.

Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.

Module Type Module   Trimester Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10360 Academic Writing & Reading in Nursing and Midwifery Autumn  5
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10480 Sci Principles Healthcare 1 Autumn  10
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10490 Intro Psychology&Communication Autumn  5
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10500 Foundations in MH Nursing A Autumn  10
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10120 Foundations in Mental Health Nursing Part B Spring  5
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10440 Nursing Concepts and Values Spring  5
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10460 Sci Principles Healthcare 2 Spring  5
Stage 1 Core Modules
NMHS10510 Clinical Practice 1 (MH) Spring  15
Stage 2 Core Modules
NMHS20210 Specialist Care Groups Autumn  5
Stage 2 Core Modules
NMHS20720 MH Across the Lifespan Autumn  5
Stage 2 Core Modules
NMHS20740 Patient Safety & Microbiology Autumn  5
Stage 2 Core Modules
NMHS20830 Health Prom Research Spec Set Autumn  5
Stage 2 Core Modules
PHAR20030 Pharmacology Autumn  5
Stage 2 Core Modules
NMHS20710 Clinical Practice MH 2 Spring  30
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 0 of:
You must register to one (1) option/ elective module in the AUT trimester which can be selected from either one of the non-mandatory elective (option) modules offered in the school or an elective module elsewhere in the university. Please do not select an elective module in the SPR trimester as you will be on clinical practice
NMHS10100 Health across the Lifespan Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
NMHS33240 Ageing and Health Autumn  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
NMHS33450 Clinical Practice 3 (MH) Autumn  25
Stage 3 Core Modules
NMHS30610 Psychiatric Nursing (Acute Mental Illness) Spring  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
NMHS30620 Psychiatric Nursing (Therapeutic interventions) Spring  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
NMHS32290 Ethical&Legal Context Prof Pra Spring  5
Stage 3 Core Modules
NMHS33460 Population-Inclusion Health and Research Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of:
You must register to two (2) option / elective modules in the SPR trimester which can be selected from either the non-mandatory elective (option) modules offered in the school or elective modules elsewhere in the university. Please do not select an elective module in the AUT trimester as you will be on clinical practice
NMHS10560 Introduction to Global Health Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of:
You must register to two (2) option / elective modules in the SPR trimester which can be selected from either the non-mandatory elective (option) modules offered in the school or elective modules elsewhere in the university. Please do not select an elective module in the AUT trimester as you will be on clinical practice
NMHS32480 Introduct to Health Systems Spring  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS30290 Leadership & Management Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS32230 Collab Nurs Pra Mental H Recov Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33670 Health Psychology & Sociology Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33690 Evidence Based Practice HCare Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33770 Prac Plac Supernumery 4 (MH) Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33800 Therapeutic Interventions 2 Autumn  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33540 Practice Placement 4A Internship (MH) Spring  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33550 Practice Placement 4B Internship (MH) Spring  5
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33780 Prac Plac 4C Internship (MH) Summer  10
Stage 4 Core Modules
NMHS33790 Prac Plac 4D Internship (MH) Summer  10

General application route(s) for Irish/UK/EU applicants* for International (non-EU) applicants* to Mental Health Nursing:

ROWCLASS Apply to   Application Type  
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Mental Health Nursing
Bachelor of Science
Full-Time
Commencing 2024/2025 September
Application through CAO Apply via CAO
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