NRS410 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (NRMIH)
Duration: One sesssion
Abstract:
The aim of this subject is to prepare the student to nurse people across the lifespan with mental illness in primary, secondary and tertiary health care settings. Students will study the range of presentations of mental illness, in a variety of social and cultural settings. This course will prepare students for nursing practice in institutional and community settings ranging through metropolitan and rural and remote areas. Application of knowledge and practice will be facilitated through placement in the context of an appropriate health care setting.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2013.Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: NRS410
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Enrolment restrictions:
Enrolment in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1. be able to demonstrate knowledge of early intervention and health promotion strategies
2. be able to critically evaluate the nursing assessment, intervention and evaluation of persons with mental illness.
3. be able to discuss and critically analyse current diagnostic schema such as DSMIV (TR) and ICD 10.
4. be able to evaluate the evidence base for a range of treatment options.
5. be able to discuss and critically analyse relevant mental health legislation and its significance in managing people experiencing a mental illness.
6. be able to synthesise knowledge of legal and ethical issues in the nursing care of persons with mental illness.
7. be able to discuss the significance of the consumer/carer perspective.
8. be able to evaluate care priorities and options for a range of presentations and implement appropriate nursing care.
9. be able to apply and evaluate critical thinking and reflection in the context of nursing.
10. be able to apply and evaluate planning, problem solving and decision making in the context of nursing.
11. be able to apply and evaluate evidence for best practice in nursing.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
1. Tertiary health care and prevention and relationship to primary and secondary health care for people with mental illness:
(a) Mental health assessment and risk assessment
(b) Lifespan considerations
(c) Working with stigma and labelling
(d) Legal aspects of care
(e) Motivational interviewing and working with carers
(f) Modes and types of treatment and care
(g) Management of challenging behaviour
2. In caring for people who are experiencing a broad range of mental illnesses as outlined below, common themes addressed include:
(a) Models of causation
(b) Nursing assessment
(c) Investigations
(d) Multidisciplinary health care
(e) Nursing interventions
(f) Education for health optimisation
3. Nursing interventions and care of people experiencing perceptual disorders:
(a) Types of delusion, thought disorder, passivity phenomena
(b) Self-care and collaborative work, problem-solving
4. Nursing interventions and care of people with mood disorders:
(a) Types of mood disorder
5. Nursing interventions and care of people who harm themselves:
(a) Special groups, young people, older adults
6. Nursing interventions and care of people who are suicidal:
(a) Special groups, young people, older adults, unemployed, rural communities
7. Nursing interventions and care of people with eating disorders:
(a) Adolescent prevention focus, primary care pathways
(b) Self-care and family interventions
8. Nursing interventions and care of people who misuse drugs or alcohol:
(a) Assessing dual diagnosis clients
(b) Self-care and relapse prevention
9. Nursing interventions and care of people who are abused:
(a) Types of abuse; physical, sexual, psychological, child abuse, spouse abuse, elder abuse
(b) Mandatory reporting
10. Nursing interventions and care of people with post traumatic stress disorder:
(a) Comparison with depression and anxiety
(b) Crisis management
(c) Self-care and outcome management
11. Nursing interventions and care of people with personality disorder:
(a) Co-morbidity
(b) Models and classification
12. Nursing interventions and care of people with anxiety disorders:
(a) Specific disorders
(b) Nurse led interventions, CBT
13. Nursing interventions and care of women with puerperal mental health issues:
(a) Self-care and relapse prevention
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 2 day residential school.
For students studying by distance education there is a compulsory 2 day residential school
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.