Mental Health Nursing Practice (NURS90101)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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In this subject students will apply theoretical principles in Assessment in Mental Health Nursing to support comprehensive patient assessment, monitoring and care planning in specialty nursing practice. Students will apply current legal, ethical and policy frameworks to their practice. Students will learn to incorporate knowledge and evidence of bio-psycho-social factors influencing patient outcomes, to inform their clinical decision making in practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students will engage in field practice and demonstrate competency in the specialty through the :
1. Integration of core principles covered in the subject and its pre-requisite, Assessment in Mental Health Nursing, to develop practice knowledge that supports comprehensive patient assessment and monitoring;
2. application of knowledge and skills to recognise, prioritise and respond to patients experiencing acute alterations to health status, integrating the perspectives of consumers, families and carers;
3. evaluation of the effect of nursing interventions in the delivery of safe competent nursing care;
4. application of skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, reflective practice and self-directed learning to the delivery of specialist nursing care.
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students should have developed the following generic skills of the Melbourne graduate and postgraduate coursework student:
1. A capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written modes of communication.
2. A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work.
3. Advanced competencies in areas of professional expertise and/or scholarship.
4. Advanced skills and techniques applicable to the discipline.
5. Well-developed problem-solving abilities in the discipline area, characterised by flexibility of approach.
6. An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in the discipline.
7. An appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership in the specialist area.
Last updated: 3 November 2022