Unit Synopsis
In this unit you will explore historical contributions and current trends to mental health nursing practice. Evidence based practice, cultural awareness and advanced communication are central concepts to the unit. You will be encouraged to focus on the contemporary role of the mental health nurse.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-reqs Pre-requisites Students must have completed 96 credit points and (NURS11163 Recovery Approach to Mental Health or NURS12150 Recovery Approach in Mental Health) and (NURS12157 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing or NURS13129 Mental Health and Mental Health Nursing) Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2019
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 50% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 50% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4.40 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 70% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student feedback
Clearer explanation of the assessment items
More information and examples are to be included in the exemplar to assist assessment construction
No exemplar was provided however the Unit Coordinator attempted to provide very informative task descriptions and information to students. Two zoom sessions were also offered to students to discuss the assignments in more detail.
Source: Student Survey
I loved this unit, because it allowed me to learn so much about mental health nursing, and the various aspects that need to be considered when caring for those with mental health problems or illnesses. Not only did this unit focus on mental health, but it also incorporated healthcare as a whole which I think is important.
Continue to promote the interplay between physical health and mental health and how these can be important in all areas of healthcare.
In Progress
Source: Student survey
I don't really have any suggestions for improvement. I thoroughly enjoyed this class and hope more students enrol in this unit next term.
Continue to use contemporary information in a range of mediums for different learning styles.
In Progress
Source: Student survey
Recording levels of some videos were not clear
Prerecording and pretesting of recordings. Access IT services. Increase familiarity of the video platform and ways it can be used.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explore the broader service context of mental health nursing.
- Evaluate differing models of care in relation to holistic mental health nursing practice.
- Discuss the importance of evidence based practice for enhancing contemporary mental health nursing practice.
- Evaluate the principles of cultural awareness and advanced communication to enable effective collaboration with consumers, carers, families and other members of the multidisciplinary health care team to facilitate positive mental health outcomes.
The learning outcomes are linked to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Standards for registered nurses and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia competencies.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | • | ||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
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| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||