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Foundations of Mental Health Nursing (NURS90077)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | April - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject is designed to provide the theoretical foundation for entry into specialist mental health nursing practice. Students will explore the legal, policy and ethical frameworks, within which mental health care is provided. Students will extend their understanding of bio-psycho-social factors, related to mental health and illness and to the nosology within diagnostic structures of psychiatry.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Analyse the role of social, psychological and biological factors relevant to mental health nursing and recovery
- Explain the diagnostic structures and systems used in mental health
- Describe the roles of recovery and human rights underpinning mental health law and supporting structures
- Examine the complex system of Laws guiding mental health nursing practice, including common / civil law, security act, mental health act, forensic act, and criminal law
- Identify therapeutic relationships that are respectful of the individual's choices, experiences and circumstances, and enhance resilience and promote recovery
- Demonstrate entry-level mental health nursing assessment theory and practice
Generic skills
- A capacity to articulate knowledge and understanding in oral and written modes of communication
- A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work
- Advanced knowledge, skills and techniques applicable to leadership, teamwork, communication, or collaboration
- 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 in the specialist area
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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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Written assessment
| End of the term time period | 40% |
Vodcast
| From Week 5 to Week 7 | 30% |
Quiz
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Online Activities - 30 minutes of online engagement (such as interactive learning, webinars, discussions) per week.
| DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE STUDY PERIOD AND DUE BY END OF ASSESSMENT PERIOD | 0% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- April - Online
Coordinators Cathy Daniel and Bronwyn Tarrant Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 1 April 2024 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 8 April 2024 to 2 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 April 2024 Census date 19 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2024 Assessment period ends 9 June 2024 April 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 undertake 8 hours per week of online activities and self‐directed learning
What do these dates mean
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- 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.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Advanced Nursing Course Master of Advanced Nursing Practice Course Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nursing - 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
This subject is only available in Assessed mode through the Community Access Program (CAP).
We do not offer this subject in non-assessed mode.
Last updated: 31 January 2024