NS5350 - Mental Health Nursing Practice A
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | National Priority Band |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition |
Available to registered nurses who have completed a years practice and who are enrolled in a Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health either at this University or at University of Queensland. Registered nurses who have not yet completed a years practice will be considered on a case-by-case basis. All must be currently employed in a mental health setting.
Topics include partnerships and standards in care; caring for people with mental illness; families and care and mental illness; ethics in mental health; mental health legislation and nursing responsibilities; nursing roles in different settings; interacting with individuals counselling; interventions with groups.
Learning Outcomes
- develop group skills to use with consumers, their families and carers;
- identify and accept a variety of attitudes and perspectives to mental illness, its conceptualisation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and impact;
- identify the role of mental health nurses within mental health care.
Availabilities | |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Tanya Park |
| Lecturers: | jc137670, Dr Ann Bonner. |
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| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (10%); assignments (40%); clinical evaluation (50%). |
| FSN Fiji, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Tanya Park |
| Lecturers: | jc137670, Dr Ann Bonner. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (10%); assignments (40%); clinical evaluation (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.