Online Courses Handbook 2003

300736 (v.2) Psychiatric Nursing Practice 326

Area:	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Contact Hours:	13.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice:	1 x 140 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s):	300733 (v.2) Family Nursing Practice 325 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):	300739 (v.2) Nursing Bioscience 346
Mental health assessment. Nurse as a therapeutic agent. Communication and therapeutic relationship. Counselling. Crisis Intervention. Treatment modalities. Debriefing. Legal, ethical and consumer issues. Group interaction. Family Dysfunction related to mental illness. Community and family issues. Mental health rehabilitation. Chronic illness. Ageing and psychiatric behaviours. Mental health promotion. Forensic nursing. Analysis of issues related to research and treatment.