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    Overview

    Nursing people who have a mental health condition.

    The aim of this paper is for the student to develop an in-depth understanding of the theory and practice of mental health nursing. Students will critically analyse understandings of mental health and illness and develop psychotherapeutic skills to best facilitate patient-centred care.

    About this paper

    Paper title Mental Health Nursing
    Subject Nursing
    EFTS 0.125
    Points 15 points
    Teaching period 1st Non standard period (23 January 2024 - 12 July 2024) (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,492.13
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    NURS 441 and NURS 442 and NURS 444 and NURS 446
    Limited to
    MNSc
    Eligibility
    An undergraduate degree in any discipline with at least three years' full-time study and a B average in the final two years of the degree.
    Contact

    nursing.science@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Paper Co-ordinator: Lynere Wilson

    Teaching Arrangements

    Taught face-to face on the Christchurch campus six hours per week to mid-April, preparing students for the mental health clinical placement, which will be undertaken during the first semester.

    Textbooks

    Recommended:
    Chambers M. (2017) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The craft of caring (3rd ed). Apple Academic Publishing.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Teamwork.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes

    Students who successfully complete this paper will be able to:

    • Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of cultural and social issues on a person's mental health ability
    • Undertake and document comprehensive, client-centered assessments utilising nursing/mental health frameworks
    • Undertake both a mental status examination and a comprehensive mental health assessment with a client in their care and be able to provide a sound clinical rationale for the assessment model used
    • Develop a clinical formulation of the client's mental health issues that incorporates an understanding of precipitating, perpetuating, presenting and protective issues that have impacted on the client's current mental state
    • Provide safe mental health nursing care that incorporates principles of risk assessment and management
    • Demonstrate a critical understanding of psychotherapeutic approaches to mental health nursing care (i.e. medical, interpersonal, psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioural; and how these can be implemented in practice to best meet clients' needs)
    • Demonstrate a sound knowledge of psychopharmacological principles and skills in medication management
    • Competently prepare, administer and evaluate the effectiveness of medications under the supervision of an appropriately registered health professional
    • Demonstrate an understanding of the therapeutic relationship in mental health nursing practice and demonstrate competence in engaging with clients, assessing their needs and implementing psychotherapeutic strategies
    • Demonstrate application of the principles of cultural safety in line with policies of the Nursing Council of New Zealand and the University's commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi
    • Demonstrate safe, professional and ethical nursing practice standards in this clinical setting
    • Practice within relevant legislative requirements/regulations and codes of practice within mental health
    • Demonstrate evidence of the application of critical reasoning skills to practice
    • Communicate effectively with clients, families/whānau and members of the health team, both verbally and in writing, to reach the most appropriate outcomes
    • Provide nursing care based on critical reflection and an application of evidence into practice
    • Demonstrate critical awareness of their own level of competence and responsibility, evaluate the effectiveness of their own interventions and actively seek learning opportunities

    Timetable

    1st Non standard period (23 January 2024 - 12 July 2024)

    Location
    Christchurch
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Moodle
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