NUR5229 Challenges and controversies in mental health nursing practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
NUR5229 Challenges and controversies in mental health nursing practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 12 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before NUR5229
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After NUR5229
No unit lists NUR5229 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Students must be enrolled in M6031 or M6022. Students enrolled in M6022, must be enrolled in Mental Health Nursing specialisation.
Overview
In this unit students study four modules in which they examine complexities and challenges of working with mental health consumers and services. The first module concerns the nursing and therapeutic principles of working with hard to engage mental health consumers. Students will study several case examples and consider relevant engagement principles that can be used by mental health nurses in their clinical contexts. The second module concerns the practice and philosophy of integrated mental health care for complex consumers. The third module examines frameworks for innovation and advancing the culture of mental health nursing that can be applied in clinical care contexts. The fourth module explores mechanisms by which mental health nurses can use their professional voice to advocate for mental health consumers, professional autonomy and to achieve professional influence.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Flexible |
Assessment
- On-line discussions x 2 (500 words each)20%
- Case study (2,000 words)35%
- Written essay (2,500 words)35%
- Interaction and participation in communication workshopsCompetency hurdle10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Appraise and apply advanced mental health nursing engagement frameworks for the care of complex and hard to engage mental health clients.
- 2
Critically examine integrative mental health care policies and frameworks that can be used to plan and manage the care of mental health clients with complex and chronic illnesses.
- 3
Consider the relevance and utility of models and frameworks that can be applied in mental nursing contexts to innovate services and care.
- 4
Appraise observational and interventional methods that can be applied to evolve the efficacy of workplace culture in mental health care settings.
- 5
Consider professional strategies that involve the use of nursing voice and advocacy to influence mental health care and mental health nursing.
- 6
Create comprehensive and evidence-based mental health nursing care plans and interventions across a range of complex care situations and workplace contexts.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops11 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
12 hours per week - online and self-directed.
This is primarily an online unit; plus two days of interactive workshops on-campus.
Detail: Students will be expected to log on each week undertake several hours of direct work and further hours of indirect, personal work, to a total of 12 hours.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Ian Munro
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Ian Munro
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for NUR5229?
NUR5229 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is NUR5229 offered?
In 2021, NUR5229 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is NUR5229?
The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does NUR5229 have an exam?
No. NUR5229 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.