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Mental Health Nursing Practice 2 (NURS90119)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2 (Extended)
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 (Extended) - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
In this subject students will apply theoretical principles outlined in each module to support comprehensive consumer and family/ carer experiences, treatment and interventions in their mental health nursing practice. Students will continue to apply current legal, ethical and policy frameworks to their clinical practice. Students will continue to learn to incorporate knowledge and evidence of biopsychosocial factors influencing consumer and family/carer outcomes to inform their clinical decision making in practice and demonstrate sound clinical leadership skills.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students will demonstrate theoretical knowledge and practical skills in mental health nursing by:
- Apply the core documents in the practice of mental health nursing, for example Recognising and Responding to Deterioration in Mental State (ACSHC, 2014).
- Act within the legal and ethical frameworks, mental health law and professional standards of practice
- Explain the role of lifelong learning, clinical supervision and reflective practice in mental health nursing practice
- Explain the principles of reducing restrictive practices, including the management of clinical aggression and de- escalation techniques
- Participate in the sharing of information with all key stakeholders, including consumer, family/carer and community
- Demonstrate a service improvement or leadership activity that includes planning, implementation and evaluation.
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
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Current employment and clinical support in a mental health speciality area.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Students complete 5 clinical assessment hurdles (1250 words equivalence, 50%) during the study period.
| DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE STUDY PERIOD AND DUE BY END OF ASSESSMENT PERIOD | 50% |
Presentation
| Throughout the teaching period | 50% |
Professional Behaviours (supervisor log)
| End of the teaching period | 0% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Extended) - Online
Coordinators Cathy Daniel and Liz Currie Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 26 June 2023 Pre teaching requirements Students will familiarise themselves with the online platform which will provide an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and expected activities and behaviours. They will also be provided with information about studying online and informed about the University resources available to them. Teaching period 3 July 2023 to 19 November 2023 Last self-enrol date 7 July 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 26 November 2023 Semester 2 (Extended) contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
Students are required to complete 2 hours a week of online learning and self-directed learning activities
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Students undertaking this subject as CAP would need to be currently employed in a setting where they have access to an educator to complete the clinical skills.
Last updated: 31 January 2024