Mental Health Nursing Practice 2 (NURS90119)

Intended learning outcomes

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

• 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
• Discuss within a team a diagnostic issue relevant to a consumer
• Actively participate in de-escalation and early nursing intervention for prevention of clinical aggression with consideration to the consumer, staff, carer or significant other
• Demonstrate a nursing led group for consumers including planning, delivery and review

Generic skills

• 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