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Mental Health Nursing Practice 2 (NURS90119)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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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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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 completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- 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
- Well-developed problem-solving abilities, characterised by flexibility of approach.
- An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature.
- An appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership.
Last updated: 8 November 2024