In this unit students are encouraged to build on their undergraduate knowledge of gerontic and psychiatric nursing and develop advanced knowledge and skills in the care of older people with mental illness. A 52-hour clinical placement with directed learning activities and competency evaluations encourages evidence-based practice and provides learning opportunities across a wide range of contexts in which older people with mental illness present. The focus is on maximising potential through identification of goals, contemporary assessment skills, research-based therapeutic interventions and multidisciplinary models of care. Legal and ethical issues and best practice in relation to challenging behaviours, functional and organic disorders are critically examined.

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