Monash University Nursing handbook 1995

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NSG5222

Psychiatric rehabilitation nursing

Mr S J Elsom

4 hours per week * One semester * Peninsula

Defining rehabilitation; client focus; philosophy of rehabilitation; the de-institutionalisation debate; defining normalisation; philosophy of primary health care; the nurse as teacher, program designer, program coordinator, client advocate, networking agent, assessment of client needs and base-line behaviours; principles of program design; principles of program implementation; principles of program evaluation; group home management; applying research principles.

Assessment

Field work exercises: 50% * Assignment (1500 words): 50%


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