Practicum offering clinical knowledge and skills for specialist mental health nursing and mental health care delivery. Critique of practice and application of research and theoretical principles to mental health nursing clinical practice.
The paper is designed to meet the needs of new graduates and nurses new to mental health practising within both community and institutional settings in the mental health area and will encourage students to identify their own learning needs in relation to their area of practice. This paper forms part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (Nursing - Speciality Mental Health) course and must be taken in conjunction with NURS 403 Mental Health Nursing Practice.
| Paper title | Mental Health Nursing Practicum |
|---|---|
| Paper code | NURS409 |
| Subject | Nursing |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $2,903.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- NURX 409
- Limited to
- MAdvNP, MHealSc, PGCertHealSc, PGDipHealSc
- Notes
- Limited to nurses with no more than six months clinical experience in a mental health specialty.
- Eligibility
- Limited to nurses who meet the requirements for entry to specialty practice.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Professor Marie Crowe and Dr Dave Carlyle
- Textbooks
Required: P. Barker (Ed) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: the Craft of Caring. Hodder Arnold UK.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- At the successful completion of this programme the student will have met the competencies for the Competent Practitioner level of the CDHB Mental Health Services Professional Development and Recognition Programme.
