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2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023
Unit description
Develops foundational skills in the specialty of mental health nursing and therapeutic alliances with people experiencing manifestations of mental ill-health or distress in the context of mental health services. This unit will prepare students for a two-week (80hr) professional experience placement in mental health nursing and sets the foundation for a pathway to postgraduate practice in mental health nursing.
Unit content
- Introduction to mental health nursing / working with consumers, families and carers as a skilled helper
- Holistic assessment of mental state
- Major mental illness presentation and care considerations
- Evidence based responses
- Supporting people to maintain mental health and wellbeing
- Interpersonal skills workshop and preparing for professional experience placement
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate clinical judgement and a capacity to engage and communicate empathically with individuals and groups experiencing mental health related problems across the lifespan |
| 2 | synthesise complex data to provide clinically effective, recovery focused and trauma informed mental health nursing care |
| 3 | effectively undertake assessment, planning, interventions and evaluation of care using advanced clinical judgement with people who frequently access acute mental health services |
| 4 | apply concepts, theories and foundational skills in helping people who are experiencing emotional distress and/or behavioural disturbances |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate clinical judgement and a capacity to engage and communicate empathically with individuals and groups experiencing mental health related problems across the lifespan
- synthesise complex data to provide clinically effective, recovery focused and trauma informed mental health nursing care
- effectively undertake assessment, planning, interventions and evaluation of care using advanced clinical judgement with people who frequently access acute mental health services
- apply concepts, theories and foundational skills in helping people who are experiencing emotional distress and/or behavioural disturbances
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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