Consolidation of Mental Health Nursing Practice
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
NURS 5158
Postgraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
161202
9
No
School of Nursing and Midwifery
To consolidate knowledge, skills and experience to demonstrate a holistic evidence based approach to mental health care.
Contemporary mental health theories and practices; recovery focused care; trauma informed care; clinical supervision; working with clients with complex care needs and comorbidities; working with clients from diverse social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds; promoting inter-professional and cross organisational practice relationships; delivering comprehensive coordinated person centred care; professional legal and ethical frameworks and standards; evidence based mental health practice ; critically reflective practice; quality use of medicines in the multi-disciplinary context; clinical competence in mental health practice
Geldard, D. Geldard, K. and Yin Foo, R. 2016, Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors, 8th ed, Cengage Learning, Australia
Jacobs, E. Schimmel, C.J. Masson, R.L. and Harvill, R.L. 2016, Group counselling: Strategies and skills, 8th ed, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA
Edward, K.-l., Munro, I. L., Welch, A. J., & Cross W. 2018, Mental Health Nursing: Dimensions of Praxis, 3rd, Oxford University Press, Australia
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE | |||
Workshop (on campus) | 2 hrs x 1 session | ||
Workshop (on campus) | 5 hrs x 3 sessions | ||
Clinical | 150 hrs x - | ||
External (Online Delivery) | - x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Case study, Clinical assessment/OSCE/OSCA, Online activities, Presentation
EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.