NS5351 - Mental Health Nursing Practice B

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:	Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Availability as for NS5350.

Topics include considerations of practice; individuals and families encountering mental health services; promoting mental health; cultural sensitivity transcultural mental health; crisis intervention and emergency triage; physical treatment options psychopharmacology; physical treatment options electroconvulsive therapy; children and adolescents with mental health issues; mental health care in an ageing society; forensic mental health care.

Learning Outcomes

• develop skills providing support to individuals with a mental illness and their carers in a range of general and specialist mental health treatment and support services;
• recognise and utilise the expertise of individuals with mental illness and their carers in mental illness recovery and prevention.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	jc137670
Lecturer:	Dr Ann Bonner.
Contact hours:	100 hours 100 hours clinical placement
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	tutorial attendance and participation (10%); assignments (40%); clinical evaluation (50%).
FSN Fiji, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	jc137670
Lecturer:	Dr Ann Bonner.
Contact hours:	100 hours 100 hours clinical placement
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.