Mental Health and Nursing

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Outline major theories of human development.
2. Authenticate the importance of professional practice including confidentiality and patient privacy associated with the provision of foundational nursing and midwifery care.
3. Describe the theoretical bases of mental health nursing and the delivery of mental health services in Australia.
4. Articulate knowledge of determinants of mental illness, clinical manifestations and psychopathology.
5. Interrogate the legislative and ethical foundations of mental health care and treatment, in particular the roles and responsibilities of the nurse under the Victorian Mental Health Act.
6. Discuss mental health nursing care for individuals and families with anxiety, mood and psychotic disorders.
7. Appraise common therapeutic modalities, including psychopharmacology.