Master of Science in Nursing: Mental Health Care

(20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

Weekly Topics

1. Global prevalence of mental health issues among the general population

2. Interface of physical and mental health

3. Mood disorders

4. Anxiety disorders

5. Substance misuse

6. Personality disorders

(20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

Weekly Topics

1. Non-pharmacological management of mental health issues

2. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Behavioural Activation

3. Motivational Interviewing

4. Drug names and classifications

5. Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics

   • Drug dosing & interactions

   • Adverse drug reactions

6. Drug administration and management:

   • Best practice when titrating, reducing and changing medications

   • Service user experience of medications and concordance

   • Safe drug administration to non-adherent patients

   • Occupational health & drug storing and handling

(20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

Weekly Topics

1. Child Development: risk and aetiological factors in the development of child/adolescent mental health problems, including prevention and mental health promotion

2. Caring for children and adolescents with specific mental health difficulties

3. Developing effective therapeutic relationships with children, adolescents, and their families

4. Therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents

5. Pharmacological interventions with children and adolescents

6. Mental Health Emergencies in Children and adolescents

(20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

Weekly Topics

1. Psychotic Disorders

2. Schizophrenia

3. Pharmacological management of psychosis

4. Intellectual Disability

5. Community and Social Supports

6. Eating Disorders

(20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

Weekly Topics

1. Ageing in a mental health context

2. Depression in older people

3. Caring for people with dementia

4. Recovery and person-centred care in older age

5. Self-management and self-neglect in older age

6. Palliative care, death, and bereavement

Masters Route A – The Research Masters Route

Module 7: Research in Mental Health Care (60 CATS, 600 learning hours)

Masters Route B – The Taught Masters Route

Module 8: Leadership & Management (20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

1. Management and leadership theories

2. Managing and leading in the context of nursing

3. Principles of co-ordination, delegation, supervision, and monitoring of nursing care

4. Teamwork, staffing, clinical handover and open disclosure

5. Resource Management

6. Change Management

Module 9:  Clinical Education (20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

1. The role of the clinical nurse educator

2. Enabling effective learning: theories of learning

3. Needs Analysis and Curriculum Design

4. Preceptorship and Mentoring

5. Assessment Design & Administration

6. Learning Technology in Education and Clinical assessment

Module 10: Patient Safety & Quality Improvement (20 CATS, 200 learning hours)

1. Principles of Quality in Healthcare

2. Principles of Information Systems in Healthcare

3. Human Factors in Patient Safety

4. Assessment of Quality and Safety

5. Auditing and measurement of standards of care

6. Action Plans to improve quality and patient safety