Course Title: Implement and monitor nursing care for consumers with mental health conditions
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: NURS5284C
Course Title: Implement and monitor nursing care for consumers with mental health conditions
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: Bundoora Campus
Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)
Course Contact: Leeanne Mond
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837
Course Contact Email: leeanne.mond@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Erica O’Donoghue
+61 3 9925 7573
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
NIL PRE REQUISITES OR CO REQUISITES
Course Description
This competency unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the nursing care and management of consumers with mental illness
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTEN510B Implement and monitor nursing care for consumers with mental health conditions |
Element: |
1. Address requirements of the state/territory Mental Health Act |
Element: |
2. Respond appropriately to signs of mental illness |
Element: |
3. Contribute to planning care for consumers with mental health issues |
Element: |
4. Contribute to the care of a consumer with a mental health disorder |
Element: |
5. Assist evaluation of outcomes of planned nursing actions |
Element: |
6. Provide and maintain a safe working environment |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit students should be able to:
- Address requirements of the state/territory Mental Health Act
- Respond appropriately to signs of mental illness
- Contribute to planning care for consumers with mental health issues
- Contribute to the care of a consumer with a mental health disorder
- Assist in evaluation of outcomes of planned nursing actions
- Provide and maintain a safe working environment
Details of Learning Activities
Classroom Power Points
Class activities
Class Videos
Clinical Placement
Teaching Schedule
As per Student Timetable Matrix located on Blackboard
Lesson 1 Introduction to Mental Health
Lesson 2 Understanding The Mental Health Act
Lesson 3 Understanding Mental Illness :Part 1
Lesson 4 Understanding Mental Illness :Part 2
Lesson 5 Understanding Mental Illness : Part 3
Lesson 6 Mental Health Assessment
Lesson 7 Risk Assessment
Lesson 8 Management of Mental Health Disorders
Lesson 10 Pharmacology
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Elder, R., Evans, K., Nizette, D. (2012) 3rd Ed. Psychiatric and mental Health nursing. Sydney. Elsevier Mosby |
References
Other Resources
Library
eLearning
Overview of Assessment
Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the following methods:
- Written assessment
- Clinical Placement
Assessment Tasks
Class Workbork
Case Study
Care Plan
Clinical Placement (100% attendance) satisfactory
Students will need to achieve a ’satisfactory’ for each assessment task tod attain a COMPETENT result for overall achievement of this unit.
Assessment Matrix
As per Student Assessment Schedule located on Blackboard
Other Information
Assessment Information
Please refer to RMIT assessment policy for, Special Consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessment adjustments. www.rmit.edu.au/browse:ID=ad)oa9uc111 (unresolved)
Additional Information
Re-submission of written work, or other assessments, (once only, Excluding exams) can be granted on recommendation from the teacher and approval coordinator
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment and may occur in oral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own:http://rmit.edy\u.au/students/academic-integrity
Turnitin
Is an online service, in to which teachers and students submit student assignments into a large database, via Blackboard, refer Turnitin website.
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