NS3360 - Introduction to Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Available only to level 3 nursing students.

This subject is designed to offer foundation knowledge and skills in the specialty area of psychiatric/mental health nursing. The aim is to introduce the student to major aspects of psychiatric/mental health nursing. The focus is on student development of knowledge which is applied to therapeutic nursing skills when working with mental health consumers and carers. Students will learn assessment and interviewing skills for mental health, and be introduced to a range of major mental health problems and their related treatment and management strategies.

Learning Outcomes

• develop assessment and interviewing skills in mental health nursing;
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the major mental health problems and their related treatment and management;
• demonstrate effective nursing skills when caring for the person with a mental health nursing problem.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion.

Prerequisites:	NS2022 and (NS2213 OR NS2214) and NS2112 and NS2015 and PP2131 and PP2231 and HS2000 and HS2101
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NS3200 AND NS3361

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturers:	Ms Roianne West, jc137670.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 30 days clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60% - 70%); assignments (30% - 40%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 3
Census Date 23-Jan-2009
Face to face teaching 16-Feb-2009 to 20-Feb-2009 (5 day Residential)
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturers:	Ms Roianne West, jc137670.
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 30 days clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60% - 70%); assignments (30% - 40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturers:	Ms Roianne West, jc137670.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 30 days clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60% - 70%); assignments (30% - 40%).
Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturers:	Ms Roianne West, jc137670.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 30 days clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60% - 70%); assignments (30% - 40%).
Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 30 days clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60% - 70%); assignments (30% - 40%).

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.