Key facts
UNE unit code: HSNS510
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- Trimester 1 - On Campus
- Trimester 1 - Online
- Trimester 3 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- UNE Sydney Campus
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
Almost half of the Australian population will experience mental health illness at some point in their life. This unit empowers you to support people living with mental health disorders, providing a foundation in the key knowledge and skills necessary for mental health nursing.
With 80 hours of professional experience placement, you will apply your learning in a range of healthcare settings. You will have opportunities to conduct strengths-based mental health assessments, use problem-solving skills to safely provide beginning level behavioural, emotional and cognitive care, and safely administer medications for common mental health disorders.
You will also explore the relevant legal, professional and ethical aspects of nursing practice, whilst considering positive images of people living with mental illness, the role of consumers and carers, and the importance of collaborative interprofessional practice.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 1 | On Campus, UNE Sydney Campus |
| Trimester 1 | Online |
| Trimester 3 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
| Start | Finish | Duration | Attendance | Offerings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | TBA | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | Trimester 1, Online | Mandatory on campus intensive school. Details for the intensive school, including dates, can be found in the unit Moodle site. |
| TBA | TBA | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | Trimester 3, Online | Mandatory on campus intensive school. Details for the intensive school, including dates, can be found in the unit Moodle site. |
Enrolment rules
Notes
This unit includes 80 hours of professional experience placement.
Professional experience placements will only be arranged for students who meet pre-clinical requirements in the first eight weeks of their enrolment in the course and maintain the currency of these requirements throughout the duration of the course.
Offering at UNE Sydney Campus is for MNP Students admitted to UNE Sydney Campus only.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an indepth and coherent knowledge of the common mental health conditions across the life span and their nursing interventions;
- demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills to nursing practice and undertake a strengths-based mental health assessment using common mental health assessment tools within a recovery framework;
- demonstrate the use of critical thinking and problem solving skills to plan and execute the delivery of behavioural, emotional and cognitive care across the lifespan and the safe administration of medications for common mental health disorders;
- critically analyse the theoretical, legal, ethical and policy frameworks for interprofessional mental health practice including evidence-based interventions; and
- review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise evidence-based practice for the delivery of nursing care that is culturally competent and relevant to a range of health care and community settings.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Online Supervised Examination No. Words: 2000 |
| Assessment 2 | Yes | 60% | All offerings | Written Assignment 1 No. Words: 2000 |
| Assessment 3 | Yes | All offerings | Professional Experience Placement. |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Mental Health Nursing in Nursing: Theory and Practice for Clinical Settings
ISBN: 9780729543392
Foster, K., Marks, P., O'Brien, A. and Raeburn, T. , Elsevier 5th ed. 2020
Text refers to: All offerings
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