Course Catalogue

The NMC Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Programmes (NMC 2023) is also reflected in the teaching learning and assessment to ensure all students receive the appropriate breadth of knowledge and experience required as Registered Mental Health Nurse. 

In addition to theoretical teaching, learning and assessment, students also experience learning within practice environments.  A range of learning and teaching strategies support practice leaning including simulated practice placements. All student nurses will be allocated an appropriate and suitable prepared practice assessor, practice supervisor and academic assessor who will support their learning and assessment in practice and confirm their progression. This is a requirement of the NMC (2023) Standards for Supervision and Assessment.  In addition, all practice areas will ensure that there is a nominated person to actively support students and address student concerns. (NMC 2023). Students will be assessed in practice using the Nursing Practice Assessment Document.

A model of teaching and learning will be applied across the programme that fosters independence in the acquisition of knowledge and the facilitation of the application of theoretical knowledge to nursing practice; students will therefore:

• Be enabled in acquiring knowledge through supported independent learning. This will include being directed to scholarly activities that will prepare them for scheduled teaching activity that is provided directly by members of staff in real time, either face-to-face or synchronous online. This may take the form of lectures, seminars, tutorials and webcasts.
• Be supported in engaging in online asynchronous activity. Examples include asynchronous tutorial discussions, tutor-facilitated discussion boards, and tutor-facilitated collaborative or individual projects such as wikis, padlets, blogs and e-portfolios. While they may not be present at the same times as the students, academic staff actively, iteratively and directly engage with students to facilitate and guide learning, and are visible, engaged and active in the virtual learning environment.
• Consolidate theoretical learning in the practice learning environment whilst being supported and assessed by practice supervisors and assessors and academic assessors.

Formative assessment is diagnostic in nature and is concerned with the development of the student, in identifying strengths and areas for development in addition to providing the students with feedback on their progress during the learning process

Formative assessment will take place both within the theoretical and practice learning environment. To prepare for theoretical assessment students will be given the opportunity to practice the appropriate skills that relate to the variety of assessment methods that are utilised throughout the programme. This will enable them to adequately prepare for written, verbal, practical and examination forms of assessment in each year of study.

In each academic year students will have to undertake three theoretical assessments: one for each theoretical module. Assessment methods will be authentic to nursing to demonstrate knowledge and competency, in preparation of ‘real-world’ tasks that students are expected to experience in their professional careers.