Specialist Mental Health Nursing (NURS90077)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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This subject is designed to provide the theoretical foundation for entry into specialist mental health nursing practice. Students will explore the legal, policy and ethical frameworks, within which mental health care is provided. Students will extend their understanding of bio-psycho-social factors, related to mental health and illness and to the nosology within diagnostic structures of psychiatry.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students will demonstrate theoretical knowledge in mental health nursing by:
- explaining the role of biological, psychological, social factors relevant to mental health, illness and recovery;
- articulating and applying diagnostic structures and systems as used in psychiatry; and
- integrating core principles covered in the subject, applying foundational knowledge in the legal and ethical principles of mental health nursing.
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students should have developed the following generic skills of the Melbourne graduate and postgraduate coursework student:
- a capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written modes of communication
- a capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work
- advanced competencies in areas of professional expertise and/or scholarship
- advanced skills and techniques applicable to the discipline
- well-developed problem-solving abilities in the discipline area, characterised by flexibility of approach
- an ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in the discipline
- an appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership in the specialist area
Last updated: 3 November 2022