Nursing Studies (Registered Nurse Mental Health Nursing) with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) - 2025/6

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The School of Health Sciences Foundation Studies for Nursing programme is committed to developing graduates with strengths in Employability, Digital Capabilities, Global and Cultural Capabilities, Sustainability, and Resourcefulness and Resilience. This module is designed to allow students to develop knowledge, skills, and capabilities in the following areas:

Digital capabilities

The digital future is already transforming the way healthcare is delivered, it is essential that students are involved in the digital transformation of health care as future healthcare practitioners. They will develop an awareness of the role of digital technology in knowledge production, highlighting to students their rights and responsibilities as citizens and future healthcare professionals. Students are shown how to use a wide range of on-line and stand-alone digitally-enabled and industry-standard tools and portals which provide information, make services more efficient and improve patient outcomes. They are introduced to the ethics and challenges of data and artificial intelligence which are rapidly changing the way we interact with study, placement and policies.

Employability

Students are enrolled on a validated professional course and are educated in line with regulated standards preparing them with the interpersonal and professional skills to enter the register and employment at the end of their course. Through evidence based and problem-based learning supported by digital literacy, students are supported to develop the professional skills and resilience necessary for the changing nature of work. They engage in real-world problems to increase the students¿ agency to work effectively in a team and independently to prepare students for the world of work. prepare students for a range of career opportunities.

Global and cultural capabilities

In order to improve health care delivery and outcomes, HCPs must develop the cultural competence to support people from diverse cultures. Public and global health are key threads throughout this module with a view to improve the health behaviours of the community, identify cultural factors affecting health behaviour and recognize the health care services which are needed. Module content incorporates perspectives and practices from a range of cultures; through conversations around culture, appreciation, and appropriation students are encouraged to diversify their knowledge and reflect on different experiences; through peer-to-peer learning students are encouraged to share and learn from each other¿s personal and cultural knowledge and perspectives. This will support the development of cultural competence to support the diverse range of communities engaging with services and play a vital role in improving health, preventing and treating diseases.

Resourcefulness and Resilience

Students are guided to develop the ability to reflect, evaluate, adapt, and respond flexibly to unforeseen circumstances throughout the module and in the clinical environment. This pillar is fundamental to the development of effective and safe health professionals. Scenario based examples are used to develop students¿ ability to respond effectively to changing situations. These skills are tested through formative and summative assessments and in the clinical environment. Students are supported to engage with Wellbeing services and are encouraged to foster resilience through peer support. An integrated programmatic approach and scaffolding helps with both the development of knowledge throughout the academic year and programme and highlights the importance of assessment for learning in the journey of the student. In the ever changing world resilience skills sustain themselves in challenging and difficult working climates.

Sustainability

Healthcare resources are finite and this module will explore the role of health promotion in providing service users with information to make good choices regarding health behaviours. This will give learners the knowledge and skills to compassionately address current inequalities and maximize long term outcomes which may positively impact on their own and the world¿s sustainable development. We have a philosophy which aims to create the future healthcare workforce which is fit for today but which is also future proofed through consideration of an ever changing healthcare landscape. Students will focus on global challenges of our era that are the focus of current policy processes to develop the necessary social skill as global citizens by focusing on social issue (e.g., increase of uptake of vaccines) from the perspective of diverse target audience.