NRS409 Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Nursing 2 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (NRMIH)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject will examine medication concordance and the specific mental health complexities associated with client adherence/non-adherence. Students will demonstrate the acquisition of contemporary mental health care assessment and implementation strategies to improve client adherence with medication therapies. Specific strategies such as concordance assessment, collaborative practice, reflective listening and discrepancy resistance, which are commonly used in a variety of mental health nursing settings will be explored.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
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| Distance * | Orange |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: NRS409
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
* be able to analyse and apply mental health nursing knowedge and skills through the implementaion of best practice in Medication Concordance with a range of clients and consumers;
* be able to critically evaluate mental health nursing knowledge and skill through the use of tools such as Adherence Therapy Competence scales;
* be able to determine clinical practice on a professionally validated view of the mental health nurse in the practice setting;
* be able to demonstrate mental health nursing competence in the domains of knowledge, skill, attitudes and practice outcomes.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
* Concordance skills; evidence base, problems of non-adherence, moving from adherence to concordance, self medication (illness factors, treatment factors, cultural factors, environmental factors) * Improving treatment adherence, (foundation skills, process skills, key skills) * Concordance assessment rating * Medication effects rating scales (LUNSERS, Drug Attitude Inventory, KGV {modified} symptoms scale) * The implementaion of these concepts in the range of mental health nursing settings; acute in-patient, forensic, long stay, child and adolescent, elderly care and community setttings * Contemporary theoretical and clinical approaches to role of the mental health nurse
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 2 day residential school.
The residential is required to support theoretical learning by enabling students to gain knowledge and skills associated with medication concordance in a simulated environment. Using a variety of case scenarios, suitably qualified and experienced mental health nurses will demonstrate assessment and implmentation of strategies to improve medication adherence. Students will be required to demonstrate initial competence in medication concordance.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.