92476 Introduction to Specialty Practice: Mental Health Nursing
6cp; 1hpw (online lecture), 3hpw (tutorial), 80hrs (clinical)Requisite(s): (90 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10122 Bachelor of Nursing OR 90 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10123 Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Arts International Studies OR 90 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10351 Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) AND (92436 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing OR 92451 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing (Graduate Entry) OR 92015 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing (Graduate Entry) OR 92323 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing OR 92457 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing OR 93211 Clinical Practice 2B)
Undergraduate
Description
In this subject students develop competence to practice as a registered nurse in a mental health care setting. The national frameworks of recovery-focused mental health care that situate people who have a mental illness as central to their own recovery, and inform mental health nursing practice and service provision, are examined. Students expand their knowledge of and skills in: development of therapeutic nurse–consumer relationships; therapeutic communication in assessment; and strengths-based, recovery-focused and trauma-informed mental health nursing. Students apply their knowledge and skills to practice collaborative and supportive mental health nursing with mental health consumers, their families and carers in a range of health care settings.
Typical availability
Autumn session, City campus
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