Nursing 4: nursing for mental health
BDN
6 points * 115 hours per semester * Second semester * Gippsland * Prerequisites: GHS2410, GSC1103, GAS2117 * Corequisites: GHS2420, GSC1104
Various aspects of psychiatric mental health nursing in hospital and community settings. The subject aims to enable students to select therapeutic interventions based on accepted psychiatric mental health nursing knowledge, ethical considerations and legal aspects as specified by the Mental Health Act 1986. A series of lectures will be used to provide theoretical background and to facilitate exploration of the issues to be addressed. Clinical experience will be provided within health care facilities where issues in mental health are encountered. In the clinical setting the student will have the opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance at clinical sessions is mandatory. Reflective participation in practice is encouraged through group debriefing in the clinical setting. The student is expected to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge and skills in order to deliver care safely in the clinical setting. If skills are assessed to be inadequate and if knowledge is deemed to be deficient access to the clinical component of the subject will be denied.
Assessment
Written (2000 words): 25% * Written test prior to clinical placement: 25% * Examination: 50% * Clinical assessment of clinical experience will be based on the student's performance in the clinical setting including the application of knowledge to practice, the delivery of care, participation in debriefings and a written assignment. Assessment will be on a pass/fail basis. Successful completion of the subject requires a pass in the theoretical examination. Students who do not pass the clinical component are deemed to have failed the subject
Prescribed texts
Shives L R Basic concepts of psychiatric-mental health nursing 2nd edn, Lippincott, 1990