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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

306937 (v.1) Advanced Practice - Mental Health 562

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders and therapeutic interventions for mental illness across the lifespan. Psychosocial, political, environmental, economic effects on mental health and illness of clients and families. Client screening, assessment, management, consultation, referral and evacuation. State Acts of Parliament and regulations pertaining to nursing mental health clients. Substance use and mental health, stress management and personal safety. Multicultural and Indigenous issues.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 060399 Nursing not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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