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NURS2007: Clinical Practice in Mental Health
2020 unit information
This practice-focused unit is the second mental health nursing unit in the program, and extends the foundation knowledge and skills gained in the initial mental health nursing unit. This unit provides students with an opportunity to develop their understandings of mental health problems and to explore a range of complex mental health issues across the lifespan. The needs of special populations are explored, including perinatal mental health, infant, child and adolescent mental health problems, and the mental health of older persons. Therapeutic approaches used in mental health are a particular focus and students will have the opportunity to extend their knowledge and skills in specific individual and group evidence-based interventions. The unit aims to equip students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to provide evidence-based interventions and contribute to service developments which promote socially inclusive mental healthcare for individuals, families and communities. Holistic approaches that will be taught include recovery focused and supportive interventions to help consumers take control of their own mental health and wellbeing.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Nursing and Midwifery
| Code | NURS2007 |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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36 Year 1 credit points including NURS2004 |
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Corequisites:
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NURS2005 |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. identify the mental health needs of specific populations across the lifespan, including perinatal and infant, children and adolescents, older persons, and incarcerated populations across a range of contexts
- LO2. search for, evaluate and discuss the evidence for psychotherapeutic approaches/interventions in mental health care for working with people across the lifespan experiencing mental health challenges
- LO3. demonstrate further development and begin to apply knowledge and skills in care planning, nursing interventions and the provision of individual and group therapeutic strategies
- LO4. work with people with experience of mental health issues and their families/carers and other health professionals in ways that demonstrate cultural competence, collaboration, inclusiveness, open-mindedness and integrity
- LO5. apply and further develop key principles related to valuing subjective experience, providing recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, strengths-focused care, and working collaboratively, to the practice of mental health nursing
- LO6. further develop mental health nursing skills, specifically the provision of individual and group strategies with mental health consumers and family/carers
- LO7. demonstrate an understanding of the roles within the multidisciplinary mental health team, and the role that other government and non-government agencies play in the provision of mental health care.
Unit availability
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