GD158 - Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

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Plan: GD158DE - Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
Campus: Bundoora Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure

Approach to learning and assessment

The following teaching and learning approaches form the basis of your learning experiences:

  • You will be offered a learner-centred curriculum that encourages more active engagement and participation than traditional lecture style delivery.
  • You will engage in projects that require you to communicate outcomes to a range of audiences both verbally and in writing e.g. report results qualitatively, quantitatively, graphically, electronically.
  • You will undertake learning activities and projects that require you to work in multi-disciplinary teams and critically engage with aspects of team development and conflict resolution.
  • You will engage in learning activities and projects that require you to conceptualise, plan and evaluate solutions to health problems.
  • You will undertake projects that require you to access a wide variety of knowledge repositories including professional journals, discussion lists and online sources of material.

Assessment
The assessment in all courses has been designed to give you opportunities to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have obtained.  You will find that the forms of assessment used will vary according to the specific learning objectives and aspects of capability development to be achieved in each course.

Over the duration of the program you will encounter the following forms of assessment.

  • Examinations and clinical competency: an individual form of assessment where you have the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to explain fundamental principles and solve problems;
  • Assignment and projects: which may be done individually or in groups.  This method may also enable you to demonstrate your ability to work alone or as a member of a team;
  • Reflective journals: where you pause to consider what you have learnt, identify issues associated with that learning and propose subsequent learning strategies;
  • Self-assessment and peer-assessment: for assessment activities such as seminars you will assess yourself and/or your own group; or assess the work of other groups.  This is part of equipping you to become more independent in your own learning and assessing your own and others’ performance.

Most of the assessment you undertake (the exception is exams) will enable your lecturer to provide you with feedback on your progress and improve your performance in the future.

If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage 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.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. Further information is available on the RMIT University website https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/apply-for-credit.

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Work integrated learning

RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will:

  • undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
  • interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities;
  • complete these activities in real work contexts or situations; and
  • these interactions and the work context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you to assist your learning.

The designated WIL course for the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing is NURS1049 Mental Health Nursing Clinical Portfolio. This course will synthesise professional psychiatric nursing theory and knowledge required for the development of a conceptual framework with your clinical practice. Emphasis will be placed on the skills of the Mental Health Nursing professional in caring for clients in a variety of clinical settings. Your studies will be structured around a range of interventions drawn from different theoretical perspectives. Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of clinical practice skills underpinned by the standards of the Australian Nursing Council Incorporated (ANCI) and the Australian & New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses (ANZCMHN). All students can expect interaction with and feedback from industry (mental health clinical supervisors) in NURS1049.

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Program Structure

To graduate you must complete the following:
 

All courses listed may not be available each semester.

 

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Year One of Program

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Partnerships 12 NURS1042 Bundoora Campus
Context of Mental Health Nursing 12 NURS1066 Bundoora Campus
Therapeutic Initiatives in Mental Health 12 NURS2118 Bundoora Campus
Dual Diagnosis and Community Work 12 NURS2119 Bundoora Campus
Mental Health Nursing Clinical Portfolio 12 NURS1049 Bundoora Campus
Assessment Analysis In Mental Health Nursing 12 NURS1087 Bundoora Campus
Health Inquiry Critique 12 PUBH1080 Bundoora Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Narrative Approaches for Career Counselling 12 HWSS2195 Bundoora Campus
HWSS2242 City Campus
Leadership and Management 12 BUSM1530 City Campus
BUSM2292 Hamilton Campus
BUSM4480 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam
Trauma Informed Practice 12 HWSS2162 City Campus
Quality Improvement for Health Care Professionals 12 NURS1057 Bundoora Campus
Forensic Psychology 12 BESC1431 Bundoora Campus
BESC1432 City Campus
Complex Parent-Infant Mental Health 12 NURS2184 Bundoora Campus
Clinical Learning and Teaching 12 NURS1051 Bundoora Campus
 

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