Advanced Therapeutic Skills (NURS90093)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject is designed to provide the theoretical and practical foundation for entry level therapeutic practice in specialist mental health nursing practice. Students will extend their understanding of the triggering and sustaining factors in psychological and social distress and crisis, associated with mental health and illness. Students will attain knowledge of evidencebased therapies and associated interpersonal nursing strategies and skills. The specialist knowledge will be applied to therapeutic nursing interventions, relevant to the range of high- and low-prevalence diagnostic groupings.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject students will demonstrate theoretical knowledge in mental health nursing by:



  • integrating core principles covered in the subject, to develop foundational knowledge in the principles of therapeutic practice in mental health nursing;
  • applying knowledge and skills learnt in the subject to plan specialist therapeutic mental health nursing interventions;
  • selecting and evaluating nursing interventions for patients with high and low prevalence conditions.

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