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Mental Health Nursing Practice 1 (NURS90101)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable (login required)(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1 (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 1 (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 screening, assessment, monitoring and care planning in mental health nursing practice. Students will apply current legal, ethical and policy frameworks to their clinical practice. Students will 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
- Conduct and accurately interpret a mental health assessment, including biological, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual factors that impact the consumer, their families and carers across the lifespan
- Realise the importance of recovery -oriented practices and principles of trauma informed care by embedding these philosophies into daily nursing activities
- Plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions that include consideration to therapeutic relationships, creating safe environments, psychopharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions
- Provide health literacy to support consumers, their families and carers in understanding their lived experiences in mental health services
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: 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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Formative written assessment (Professional Practice Portfolio Part A)
| First half of the teaching period | 50% |
Summative written assessment (Professional Practice Portfolio Part B)
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Clinical Skills Assessments x 5 (300 words each) (Professional Practice Portfolio Part C)
| Distributed evenly across the study period and due by the end of assessment period. | 0% |
Professional Behaviours (supervisor log) Hurdle requirement: Record 16 weeks of activity (activity type includes clinical supervision/ reflective practice professional development and team meeting attendance) | End of the teaching period | 0% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 (Extended) - Online
Coordinators Cathy Daniel and Liz Currie Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 3 webinars of 1 hour duration Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 8 January 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 15 January 2024 to 2 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 January 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 (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