NURS20149 - Mental Health Promotion in Mental Health Nursing

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will allow you to explore the need and complexities associated with mental health promotion in modern society. You will be expected to reflect on and challenge your own preconceptions that may impede your understanding of mental health promotion and devise strategies for consumers that challenge discrimination and minimise stigma. A review of some health promotion activities worldwide will allow for an appraisal of Australian mental health Promotion strategies within a global context. If you have successfully completed the unit NURS21157 you should not enrol in this unit.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2018

There are no Higher Education availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 2018
Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 25% 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 communication to the Unit of Study Coordinator and peer review by the Mental Health Teaching Team.
Feedback
Assessment tasks - students requested different types of assessments (not just essays).
Recommendation
Introduce varied assessment tasks that include a quiz and practice portfolio.
Action Taken
Term 1 2019 - quizzes and a portfolio were introduced.
Source: Student feedback - students stated they found the task too broad and struggled with finding selective depth. Further they stated having a list of topics would be more helpful.
Feedback
Assessment - Portfolio
Recommendation
The subject coordinator will set a topic or give a selection of topics for the portfolio.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Examine the need for equal emphasis on prevention, treatment and promotion in mental health care
  2. Identify a range of mental health promotion strategies clinicians provide within the spectrum of interventions for mental disorders
  3. Reflect on day-to-day practice activities which promote a person’s mental health and wellbeing.
  4. Identify issues important to organisational planning so that services can build their capacity to provide mental health promotion.

No external accreditation required.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
7 - Leadership
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment