NUR2225 Mental health nursing practice contexts
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
NUR2225 Mental health nursing practice contexts is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton and Peninsula. It needs NUR1113 and NUR1114.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton, Peninsula
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before NUR2225
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After NUR2225
No unit lists NUR2225 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit builds on the Mental Health Act examined in NUR1113 and related content in NUR1112, examines mental health problems and the role of the nurse or midwife working with individuals experiencing mental health issues.
Students will examine mental health conditions across the lifespan.
This unit will provide the opportunity for students to develop therapeutic skills and professional attitudes, necessary for recovery and maintenance of optimal mental health.
Case based learning will enable students to develop knowledge, and skills required for working with a range of consumers experiencing mental health conditions including; psychosis, mood disorders (depression, bipolar) and anxiety disorders from acute care admission to ongoing primary healthcare management.
Students will be introduced to the mental status examination and expected to critique the evidence for a range of interventions.
Emphasis on clinical placement is on the student's development of advocacy skills, professional accountability, management of risks, critical reflection and decision making in the mental health care setting.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| First semester | Peninsula | On campus |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Clayton | Flexible |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Peninsula | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply legal and ethical frameworks when planning and delivering mental health nursing care under the Mental Health Act 2014 Victoria.
- 2
Identify appropriate services available for clients and carers in which to facilitate optimal mental health care, while acknowledging barriers to receiving care, such as stigma, cultural and gender related issues.
- 3
Employ clinical and critical decision-making skills to identify, analyse and resolve problems in the mental health practice environment.
- 4
Conduct and document fundamental interview and related assessments of patients who have disturbances in mood, thought, behaviour and perception.
- 5
Apply knowledge of appropriate therapeutic drugs prescribed for mental health conditions and important associated administration aspects.
- 6
Demonstrate under supervision, the care of people across the lifespan with mental health disorders.
Workload and teaching
On campus contact hours
2hrs Lectures /active learning
2hrs Simulation activities (80% attendance requirement Hurdle)
2hrs Tutorials (80% attendance requirement Hurdle)
Off campus hours per week
6 hours self-directed learning
120 hrs Mental Health Clinical Placement (100% attendance Hurdle, unless a medical certificate is provided)
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Alison Hansen
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Alison Hansen
- Dr Ian Munro