Nursing (Adult and Mental Health)
Train as a dual-registered adult and mental health nurse, with our Nursing and Midwifery Council-validated four-year integrated Masters degree.
At ARU, you’ll learn in our specialist nursing skills labs and out on placement.
There’s a focus on person-centred care throughout the course, as we explore fundamental nursing skills, mental health care, and aspects of adult nursing. You’ll gain the clinical knowledge, skills and confidence you need to succeed as a dual registered nurse.
When you graduate, you’ll be eligible to apply for registration and start your career as a nurse.
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Get a minimum of £5,000 per year non-repayable training grant.
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Gain hands-on experience through clinical placements.
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Train using advanced simulation suites and clinical labs.
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Benefit from wellbeing support, academic guidance, and career services.
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Obtain a Masters qualification with our four-year course.
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Graduate with dual registration as an adult and mental health nurse.
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Course options
Key facts
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Into ARU
- Foundations of Communication and Professionalism
- Fundamental Skills and Procedures for Nursing
- Applied Health Science for Nursing Across the Lifespan
- Epidemiology, Inequality, and Health Promotion for Nursing Across the Lifespan
- Contemporary Nursing Practice 1
- Supporting a Patient Safety Culture in Nursing
- Supporting Learning and Professional Development in Nursing
- Contemporary Nursing Practice 2
- Assessing and Planning Care Across the Lifespan
- Coordinating and Leading Integrated Care in Interprofessional Settings
- Clinical Decision Making in the Acutely Unwell Adult
- Personalised Care and Public Health in Adult Nursing
- Contemporary Adult Nursing Practice 3
- Leading and Managing Quality Care in Adult Nursing
- Managing the Care of Adults with Complex Care Needs
- Assessment in Mental Health Nursing
- Developing Approaches to Planning Care in Mental Health Nursing
- Contemporary Mental Health Nursing Practice 4
- Reviewing and Evaluating in Mental Health Nursing Care
- Therapeutic Interventions in Mental Health Nursing
Facilities
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From Year 1 you'll be out on placement, getting hands-on experience in hospitals and community healthcare teams.
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As a nursing student at ARU, you'll use purpose-built skills labs and sophisticated healthcare equipment.
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Nursing is far more than a career. As a nurse you'll make a difference to many people’s lives - including your own.
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As a nursing student at ARU, you'll benefit from purpose-built nursing skills labs offering the very best in experiential learning. You’ll use sophisticated equipment to simulate many aspects of a working hospital ward.
You’ll also learn from registered, practising tutors and lecturers who’ll make sure you’re being taught the latest techniques and give you the support you need to succeed.
Accreditation
Our BSc (Hons) Adult and Mental Health Nursing BSc degree is NMC-validated and you’ll be linked to one of our eight NHS healthcare trust partners for your placements.
Careers
Nursing really is a job for life. As a nurse, with adult and mental health skills, you’ll make a difference to many people’s lives, including your own. As a registered nurse you’ll have the choice of a wide range of roles.
You may choose to become a community professional and work in patients’ homes, clinics, GP surgeries, mental health environments or nursing homes. Or you may want to work as a nursing specialist or consultant within a hospital or community setting. Or you could take your education further still, conduct research or go into healthcare management.
All our nursing courses are approved by the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), you’ll be eligible to apply for registration with them when you graduate. We work with employers to make sure you gain the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through your placements.
99% of our graduates were employed six months after completing their degrees. Many of our students get job offers from their placement areas before they even graduate.
Emily
"If you ask me now why I continue to adore my degree as I approach its completion, it is because of the wide variety of opportunities there is for me out there."
EmilyBSc (Hons) Adult Nursing student
Careers in nursing: a job for lifeEntry requirements
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Apply now for Nursing (Adult and Mental Health)
UK students
Call our Clearing line
01245 686868
UK students
We also welcome applications from students from Ireland, and EU, EEA and Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK.
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