Course Title: Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Partnerships

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Partnerships

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS1042

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

150H Health Sciences

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2010,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 1 2013

NURS1042

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 1 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016

NURS1042

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Trudy Brown

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: trudy.brown@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Assumed Knowledge

To be eligible to undertake this course you must be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Division One Registered Nurse.


Course Description

This course provides opportunities for knowledge and skills to enhance effective communication. Theoretical content for this course includes principles of effective communication within group and individual dynamics. Evidence based ways of working with consumers with challenging behaviours will also be explored. In addition strategies to promote self care and resilience in practice will be examined.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the development of the Program Learning Outcomes for MC268 Master of Mental Health Nursing in the following way:

  • PLO 1: The Mental Health Nurse acknowledges diversity in culture, values and belief systems and ensures his/her  practice is non-discriminatory, and promotes dignity and  self-determination
  • PLO 3: The Mental Health Nurse develops a therapeutic relationship that is respectful of the individual’s choices, experiences and circumstances. This involves building on strengths, holding hope and enhancing resilience to promote recovery.
  • PLO 4: The Mental Health Nurse collaboratively plans and provides ethically based care consistent with the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, social and cultural needs of the individual.
  • PLO 7: The Mental Health Nurse demonstrates evidence based practice and actively promotes practice innovation through lifelong education, research, professional development, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
  • PLO 9: hold specialist qualifications and demonstrate advanced specialist knowledge, skills and practice, integrating all the Standards competently and modelling leadership in the practice setting.


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Critically examine the development of therapeutic and effective relationships with consumers. 
  2. Examine approaches to professional communication within mental health settings. 
  3. Examine the use of self as a therapeutic tool when working with consumers living with a mental illness. 
  4. Identify specific and appropriate communication strategies for consumers exhibiting challenging behaviours.  
  5. Evaluate principles of communication in a range of interactional context with consumers and carers as well as among other health care professionals. 
  6. Explore group functioning by reflecting on group dynamics and personal style of relating.  


Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities you will undertake during this course include a mixture of recorded lectures, class discussion and self-directed learning exercises including directed reading of academic literature. You will also be expected to participate in experiential exercises and discussion on role plays to provide a solid theoretical basis to help you to achieve professional practice.

The assessment associated with this course will comprise formative and summative assessment and incorporate a variety of assessment modes. Your assessments will primarily take the form of written work requiring reflection and critical analysis.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Lectorial Participation Reflective Activities 
Weighting 10% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 

Assessment Task 2: Written Essay 
Weighting 40% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3,4 & 5 

Assessment Task 3: Written Essay 
Weighting 50% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.