units
NUR2104
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
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Level | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Offered | Bairnsdale Second semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2014 (Day) |
Coordinator(s) | John Field (Gippsland) |
This unit provides the opportunity for the student to develop fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to the restoration and maintenance of optimal mental health. Students will be expected to assess people with mental health problems and to identify, prioritize and implement appropriate evidence based interventions. The guiding principles of the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce including: rights, responsibilities, safety and privacy, consumer and carer participation, awareness of diversity, early detection and intervention, ethical practice and professional responsibilities underpin the unit contents. Topics covered in this unit include: the mental health workforce, mental health and illness, psychiatric assessment, legal and ethical care, psychotropic medications, the mental health system, the consumer and carer movement, acute psychosis, mood disorders, peri-natal mental disorders, personality disorders and anxiety disorders.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
Two (2) weeks of clinical placement at five (5) days/week (based on an 8 hour day/40 hour week
Written assignment: 30%
On line quizzes: 10%
Formal examination: 60%
Clinical Assessment: Pass/fail
100% attendance mandatory .
Students must attend 100% of all scheduled tutorials - refer to school clinical guidelines for details.
Two (2) hours lecture per week
Two (2) hr tutorial per week
One (1) hour for self directed reading and quizzes per week
Two (2) - five (5) hours of private study weekly
Clinical placement - 80 hours
Only available to students enrolled in: Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing/ Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) Bachelor of Nursing Practice, Bachelor of Nursing Practice/Bachelor of Midwifery or Bachelor of Midwifery