Mental Health Nursing Practice 1 (NURS90101)

Intended learning outcomes

• Be familiar with attain the core documents in the practice of mental health nursing, including: Standards of Practice (ACMHN, 2010), Scope of Practice (ACMHN, 2013), National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce (2013), and Recognising and Responding to Deterioration in Mental State (ACSHC, 2014).
• Understand and act within mental health law and professional standards and ethics
• Understand the role of lifelong learning, clinical supervision and reflective practice in mental health nursing
• Performing and accurately interpreting mental state examination
• Realise the importance of recovery orientated practice by embedding philosophy into daily nursing activities
• Proficiently and safely conduct medication administration as primary nurse
• Provide information and support to consumers, carers and nomination

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.