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MHN5120 Advanced Mental Health Nursing 1

Short Description: Adv Mental Health Nursing 1
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Nursing and Midwifery
Student contribution band : Band 1
ASCED code : 060305 - Mental Health Nursing
Grading basis : Graded

Requisites

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MOHH or GDHH or MNSG

Synopsis

This course has two modules. The first introduces students to complementary theoretical perspectives used in mental health nursing including Peplau's theory of interpersonal relationships, the behaviourist perspective, the cognitive approach, the psychoanalytic perspective, and the humanist perspective. Students will apply these theories directly to practice.

The second module of this course will relate these theories to enhance mental health nurses' knowledge of mental illnesses.

Course offers

Semester Mode Campus
Semester 1, 2021 Online
Date printed 11 February 2022