311609 v.1 Advanced Mental Health Nursing Stream (Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing)

Introduction

The Advanced Mental Health Nursing Stream within the Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing is designed to provide higher level knowledge, skills and leadership specialising in the area of mental health. Graduates will work in either the inpatient or community setting providing a variety of specialist skills to meet the needs of mental health consumers, their families, carers and the wider community. Key elements of the curriculum are professional accountability, evidence-based practice and competence to practice in the mental health care system. To provide for the development of competency in clinical decision-making and clinical judgement within the student's specialty area the curriculum includes a preceptor clinical practicum.

Course Structure			Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
306937	v.1	Advanced Practice - Mental Health 562	4.0	25.0
309853	v.1	Mental Health Nursing 562	4.0	50.0
311225	v.1	Clinical Leadership 561	3.0	25.0
				100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
307495	v.1	Developmental Health 561	4.0	25.0
309854	v.1	Mental Health Nursing Practice 562	5.0	25.0
4712	v.3	Qualitative Methods in Health Research 582	4.0	25.0
		OR
13152	v.3	Health Research Methods 681	4.0	25.0
		OR
301950	v.3	Research and Evaluation in International Health 600	8.0	25.0
		SELECT 1 OPTION		25.0
				100.0
Optional Units (No Year Level Specified)			Hrs/Wk	Credit
13152	v.3	Health Research Methods 681	4.0	25.0
13182	v.3	Mental Health Promotion 690	2.0	25.0
301950	v.3	Research and Evaluation in International Health 600	8.0	25.0
303027	v.2	Community Contexts and Policy Directions in Mental Health 601	2.0	25.0
305653	v.2	Rehabilitation Nursing 562	3.0	25.0
306933	v.1	Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Health Care Practice 561	6.0	25.0
307484	v.1	Diagnostics 561	4.0	25.0
307485	v.1	Pharmacology 521	4.0	25.0
4712	v.3	Qualitative Methods in Health Research 582	4.0	25.0
5755	v.6	Managerial Effectiveness 571	39.0	25.0