Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated knowledge, skills and understanding integral to:
* Professional practice
* Critical thinking and analysis
* Provision and coordination of care
* Collaborative and therapeutic practice

Theme 1 - Professional Practice
Success completion of this module will enable you to:
* demonstrate understanding of the legal principles relating to the relevant aspects of the NSW Mental Health Act (2007)
* explore the ethical concept of human rights using Socratic dialogue
* outline the strategic directions in the current Australian National Health Priorities in regard to mental health.
* within a quality use of medication framework describe the mechanisms by which medications such as anti-depressants and anti-psychotics ameliorate depression and psychotic disorders
* demonstrate an understanding of issues of relevance for mental health care delivery such as cultural safety and respect for the rights and needs of consumers, their family and carers

Theme 2 - Critical Thinking and Analysis
Successful completion of this module will enable you to:
* identify and define common terms relating to mental health problems and disorders
* describe contemporary neurobiological understandings of mental health problems such as depression and schizophrenia
* use reflective practice and self-evaluation to identify your personal development needs and seek appropriate support
* use reflective practice to develop a greater awareness of self and the ways in which personal attributes affect interaction with clients and others

Theme 3 - Provision and Coordination of Care
Successful completion of this module will enable you to:
* use the clinical reasoning cycle to explore selected clinical scenarios specific to mental health contexts
* demonstrate mastery of mental health assessment and risk management tools
* describe and use evidence-based approaches for detecting and diagnosing mental health disorders
* demonstrate an understanding of evidence-based clinical care for common mental health presentations that demonstrates understanding of the impact of health breakdown, the psychosocial dimensions of the illness experience, and the effects on the family and significant others

Theme 4 - Collaborative and therapeutic practice
Successful completion of this module will enable you to:
* demonstrate the principles and practices of therapeutic communication specific to mental health care
* demonstrate an understanding of issues of relevance for mental health care delivery such as cultural safety and respect for the rights and needs of consumers, their family and carers.

NURS2295, Mental Health Nursing Therapeutics

NURS2295 will be offered online in 2012 and 2013 for part time students and those who fail and need to repeat.

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Concurrent enrolment or previous successful completion of Clinical Practice 2A (NURS 2102) and Foundations of Professional Practice 2A (NURS2101).

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Email Discussion Group
Lecture
Self Directed Learning
Tutorial

Tutorial: for 3 hour(s) per Week for 6 weeks
Email Discussion Group: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks
Self Directed Learning: for 5 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 6 hour(s) per Week for 1 weeks
Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 6 weeks