Nursing (Mental Health) with Foundation Year

Module Aim 

This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of academic, personal, and professional skills that enable transition into Level 4 study and future employability. 

The module will be delivered through a combination of face-to-face and digital lectures and seminars, practical's, Academic advising, and simulations. 

Indicative content 

Content of the module is agile and flexible to allow for changing professional situations and contemporary perspectives. Typical indicative content includes: 

• Fundamental principles of health care  

• Key organisations, agencies, services, professional bodies. 

• Professionalism, Professional standards, and code of conduct/ethics/practice within relevant work-related roles. 

• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion 

• Academic writing conventions 

• Sciences related the 11 health professionals including biology, physics and chemistry. 

• All sciences will cover fundamentals and basic overview also exploring links to professional specific knowledge.  

Module Aim 

In this module you will develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of contemporary issues that currently influence healthcare. It will focus on developing your ability to find, select and apply appropriate research and evidence. 

The module will be delivered through workshops and seminars. 

Also, Academic advising session within this module.  

Indicative content 

Content of the module is agile and flexible to allow for changing professional situations and contemporary perspectives. You should be able to:  

• Search and identify appropriate evidence.  

• Explore issues impacting on Healthcare.  

• Identify policies and actions that lead to sustainable healthcare.  

• Explore the challenges of working with diverse communities. 

• Recognise strategic delivery partners Healthcare.  

• Examine the use of interventions to address challenges in healthcare. 

This module introduces you to the biopsychosocial, cognitive, political, economic, and medical factors which influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, diverse populations and communities. You’ll work with peers from other professions to consider how collaborative practice impacts on health and wellbeing outcomes, and helps you thrive in your own professional practice.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Models of care, support and empowerment 

• Social capital and cultural humility  

• Social accountability and determinants of health  

• Safeguarding practice  

• Public health agendas, inquiries and evidence-based reports  

• Building effective, trusting relationships   

• Community profiles and place-based care systems  

• Person-centred service delivery  

• Behaviour change and microaggressions 

• Diversity and inclusion 

• The effects of planetary health on wellbeing 

This module explores the knowledge, skills and attitudes that underpin and support nursing, holistic care and professionalism. You’ll also reflect on your personal attributes and values, supporting your progression into the profession.  

You’ll study topics such as:   

• Professional behaviours, attendance and evaluations  

• Evidenced-based nursing practice  

• Inclusivity, exclusion, unconscious bias and anti-racism 

• Preparation for practice  

• Adult, mental health and learning disabilities nursing  

• Psychological concepts to develop relationships with others 

• Child development and psychological dimensions of play 

• Positive behaviours support  

• Cognitive behavioural therapy skills  

• Equality act and reasonable adjustments  

This module spans year one of the undergraduate pre-registration nursing programme, providing the learning opportunities to achieve part one through completion of the PAN Midlands Yorkshire and East Practice Assessment Document (MYEPAD), or equivalent. You’ll develop your professional behaviours, knowledge and skills in preparation for registration with the NMC, combining learning in the practice setting with simulated practice placements.  

You’ll apply skills and learning such as: 

• Reflection for portfolio development  

• MYEPAD training  

• Fundamental nursing skills – part one proficiencies  

• Medicines administration and test  

• Mandatory basic life support training  

• Mandatory moving and handling training  

• Mandatory PMVA training  

• Mandatory e-learning for health  

• Technology and informatics (telehealth) 

• A wide range of clinical experiences within each allocated practice setting 

This module consolidates your progression to graduate-level study and professional practice, reflecting on your role as a professional who delivers safe and effective person-centred care. You’ll be supported to identify influencing factors on your professional practice – developing strategies which support you to thrive personally, professionally and academically. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Reflective practice and writing skills 

• Personal and professional development and identity 

• Emotional intelligence 

• Self-perception, privilege and introduction intersectionality and allyship  

• Self-management, feedback and leadership 

• Ethics in professional practice 

• Communication methods and techniques 

• Contemporary policy for professional practice 

• Teamwork and collaborating across professional boundaries 

• Personal behaviour and self-assessment techniques 

• The impact of behaviours, values, research and anti-oppressive and inclusive practice  

The aim of this module is to enable you to understand the key bio/psycho/social principles, that underpin person centred care and health care practice across the life span.

Indicative content:
Applicable to all fields of nursing:

Anatomy and physiology 

• Microbiology 
• Genomics 
• Sepsis 
• Musculoskeletal 
• Overview of body structures and anatomical/physiological terminology  
• Altered human anatomy
• Endocrine 
• A - Airway – Respiratory System 
• B - Breathing - respiratory system 
• C - Circulation - Cardiovascular and renal systems 
• D - Disability - Neurological and blood glucose management 
• E – Exposure – Skin and homeostasis

Clinical terminology in preparation for practice

• Pharmacology 
• Pharmacokinetics 
• Pharmacodynamics 
• Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion,  

Psychology 

• Introduction to psychology  
• Psychological concepts
• Psychological development across the lifespan.  
• The impact of illness on self-concept, self-esteem and body image 
• Cultural perspectives
• An introduction to spirituality & spiritual care 
• Pain 

Sociology & Public Health 

• Life course models 
• Social models of health 
• Sociological theories
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in society
• Essentials of public health and health screening
• Environmental influences on global health

Additional field specific content: 

Adult field:

• Positive ageing

Children’s field:

• Attachment

Mental health field:

• Assessment and formulation
• Treatment and evaluation
• Cultural and global perspectives.

Learning disabilities field

• Life course models
• Models of Disability: social vs medical. 
• Ecological and systems approaches.
• Psychological concepts applied to the human condition: Attachment Theory, Grief and Loss.
• Theoretical models for understanding human development and human behaviour across the life span. 

This module applies the key biological, psychological and sociological principles that underpin healthcare practice and person-centred care. You’ll explore this in a range of issues across the lifespan and diverse groups. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Anatomy and physiology  

• Digestive system  

• Haematology  

• Immunology  

• Psychology  

• Sociology  

• Adult nursing 

• Children’s nursing 

• Mental health nursing 

• Learning disabilities  

This module is your chance to apply your professional knowledge, skills and values in an integrated manner. You’ll work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines to assess, intervene and overcome the challenges of complex health and social care situations – supporting individuals, groups and communities.    

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Drivers for integrated and person-centred health and social care  

• Inter-professional teamworking across multiple service interfaces   

• Shared ethical decision-making, collaboration and co-production 

• Assessment, treatment planning, evaluation and risk management 

• The realities of living with long-term conditions and multi-morbidities  

• Mental capacity, best interest assessment, equality and reasonable adjustments  

• Resilience, communication, breaking bad news, difficult conversations   

• Interpersonal and systemic discrimination in health and social care 

• Inclusive language and terminology including challenging microaggressions  

• Technology-enabled care and digitalisation within integrated care systems

This module develops your practice in nursing and healthcare practice for all people who use services and carers. You’ll enhance your holistic and timely care – optimising safety and minimising risk – with a focus on the application to practice.  

You’ll apply learning and skills such as:  
 

• Professional resilience and promoting positivity 
• Therapeutic relationships: challenging and complexity 
• Perspectives of people who use services  
• Nursing formulation, providing and evaluating care 
• Critical incidents, risk management and aversion  
• Clinical and ethical decision-making  
• Critical awareness, escalation and raising concerns 
• Orientation to placements and work-based learning 
• Trauma informed care  
• Wound care 

This module introduces you to research and enquiry design and methods. You’ll be able to apply them to an area of investigation – considering factors that impact on literature appraisal – preparing you to undertake and manage an investigation as a professional practitioner. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• What makes a good question  

• Research design, types of evidence and suitability of methods 

• Co-production – patient and public involvement 

• Inclusive perspectives of research  

• Data collection methods, strengths and weaknesses 

• Analysis techniques 

• Usefulness/impact and implications for practice 

• Ethics and governance 

• Sample of existing appraisal tools 

• Searching and critically reviewing the literature  

This module spans year two of the undergraduate pre-registration nursing programme, providing learning opportunities to achieve part two of the programme through completion of the PAN Midlands Yorkshire and East Practice Assessment Document (MYEPAD), or equivalent. The central focus is to maintain professional attitudes and behaviours while developing knowledge and skills in preparation for registration with the NMC.  

You’ll apply learning and skills such as: 

• Reflection for portfolio development  
• MYEPAD training  
• Fundamental nursing skills: part 2 proficiencies  
• Medicines administration and test  
• Mandatory training: basic life support 
• Mandatory training: PMVA 
• Mandatory training: e-learning for health  
• Technology and informatics (telehealth) 
• Academic assessing guidance and support sessions 
• Wide range of clinical experiences  

This module develops your systematic understanding of leadership and education concepts in practice. You’ll critically reflect on these in the context of collaboration within health and social care practice – considering how you can effectively support people who use services, their carers and families, and communities who have complex health and care needs to thrive.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Differences between management, leadership and the role of the critical follower 

• Leadership theories, models and styles most relevant to health and social care  

• Self-awareness and seeing ourselves as leaders 

• Recognising our own personal impact, rank, power and privilege  

• Professional cultures, traditional hierarchies and becoming an agent of change  

• Leading psychologically safe, anti-racist and inclusive teams  

• Resilience, volatility and acknowledging the wellbeing needs of the workforce  

• Sustainable practice, quality improvement and leadership 

• Tackling inequalities in health and social care through advocacy and education 

• Technology-enabled care and digitalisation within integrated care systems 

This module consolidates the key biological, psychological and sociological principles that underpin the management of people with complex care needs. This will be critically evaluated in an applied range of issues across the lifespan and diverse groups. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Planning and delivering health promotion interventions 

• Care navigation, knowledge and skills 

• Safeguarding and serious case reviews 
   

• Biosciences, pharmacology and genomics  

• Genitourinary medicine and reproductive health 

• Principles of non-medical prescribing  

• Pharmacokinetics case study walk through 

• Under-represented groups and inclusive services 

• Strategies for promoting self-care 

• Common long-term conditions  

This module allows you to demonstrate that you’ve met the requirements for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You’ll complete the requirements throughout the course, mainly in practice placements, of which there are 60 weeks over the three years. 

You’ll apply your learning and skills to: 

• Complete a self-declaration of good health and good character  
• Achieve a full and final set of clinical professional values 
• Achieve 2,300 hours in practice placements 
• Achieve 2,300 hours of theory

This module spans year three of the undergraduate pre-registration nursing programme, providing the learning opportunities to achieve part three of the programme through the PAN Midlands Yorkshire and East Practice Assessment Document (MYEPAD), or equivalent. You’ll consolidate your knowledge and skills in leading and co-ordinating nursing care, working towards becoming an independent autonomous practitioner, able to respond flexibly to a range of complex situations. 

You’ll apply your learning and skills to:  

• Reflection for portfolio development 
• MYEPAD training 
• Fundamental Nursing skills: part 3 proficiencies  
• Medicines administration and test  
• Mandatory training: basic life support  
• Mandatory training: e-learning for health  
• Technology and informatics (telehealth)
• Academic assessing guidance and support sessions
• A wide range of clinical experiences  

This module enables you to undertake a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning, demonstrating a critical understanding and applying appropriate research methods within a piece of work. This work will challenge and contribute to improvements in areas of practice through the dissemination of findings to professional communities. 

You’ll apply learning and skills such as:  

• An individual independent project/dissertation 

• Creating and contributing to research and evaluation for practice 

• Application of approaches to research 

• Research, improvement and evaluation methodologies 

• Addressing inclusivity in your research process 

• Dissemination of project outcomes 

• Challenges in applying research outcomes to practice 

This module enables you to demonstrate effective leadership knowledge and skills within contemporary mental health nursing practice. You’ll be able to consolidate leadership, management and co-ordination of safe and effective care within a range of care settings. 

You’ll study topics such as: 
 

• Psychologically informed nurse-led interventions and formulation  
• Leading on and improving the safety and quality of care  
• Implementing research findings, near misses and major incidents  
• Challenging practice and colleagues 
• Management of merge service resources 
• Prioritising care, resources and risk management 
• Practice supervisor-ready teaching and assessment 
• Managing transition for patients and their carers 
• Working holistically with patients who use services and their carers 
• Ethical decision-making and risk management