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Unit of Study NRS20003 - Providing Effective Interventions in Mental Health and Psychiatric Contexts (2017)

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  • Enrolment information

    There is professional experience placement related to this unit. Students will be enrolled manually into PIE10005 PEP 5: Mental Health Nursing for an 80 hour placement.


Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 apply generic values, attitudes and inter-personal capabilities designed to diminish stigma and marginalisation to mental health specific contexts
2 identify common mental health conditions within our society and the impact this has upon the individual
3 apply the principles of prevention, early intervention and recovery in the context of mental health care and the application of NSW Mental Health Act (2007) to people with a mental health problem.
4 undertake a bio-psycho-social mental health assessment of the whole person to identify client strengths and needs within mental health and/or psychiatric contexts
5 connect assessment formulations to nursing interventions inclusive of inter-personal relating, talk based interventions and advanced psycho-pharmacology

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. apply generic values, attitudes and inter-personal capabilities designed to diminish stigma and marginalisation to mental health specific contexts
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  2. identify common mental health conditions within our society and the impact this has upon the individual
    • GA4:
  3. apply the principles of prevention, early intervention and recovery in the context of mental health care and the application of NSW Mental Health Act (2007) to people with a mental health problem.
    • GA4:
  4. undertake a bio-psycho-social mental health assessment of the whole person to identify client strengths and needs within mental health and/or psychiatric contexts
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. connect assessment formulations to nursing interventions inclusive of inter-personal relating, talk based interventions and advanced psycho-pharmacology
    • GA4: