The theoretical component of this unit covers legal governance of health and nursing practice; mental health services for children, adolescents, adult specialist services and the older adult; state-wide mental health services/clinics; non-clinical specialist mental health services; models of service delivery; communication, therapeutic relationships and confidentiality, documentation and report writing; consumer perspective and participation in mental health service delivery; culture and mental health; classification systems of mental illness; theories/models of aetiology of mental illness; psychiatric disorders; comprehensive nursing assessment; clinical practice guidelines;... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Helene Metcalfe
Prerequisites: NURS5821 Nursing Practice 1 (formerly NURS8821 Nursing Practice 1), NURS5822 Nursing Practice 2 (formerly NURS8822 Nursing Practice 2), NURS5831 Clinical Nursing Skills 1 (formerly NURS8831 Clinical Nursing Skills 1), NURS5832 Clinical Nursing Skills 2 (f