HEALTH PROMOTION IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
NSG4OMH
Not currently offered
Credit points: 20
Subject outline
Mental health nurses are responsible for promoting environments that optimise the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. They work with others to educate about mental disorders, reduce stigma and encourage early detection. This unit will prepare mental health nurses to understand population-based approaches to mental health care and use evidence-based practice to consider their role in the promotion of mental health and the prevention and early detection of mental disorders.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 20
Subject Co-ordinator: Katherine Emond
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: NSG42OMH
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Management and mental disorders (4th Edn) | Prescribed | Treatment Protocol Protocol | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SYD:AUST(2004) |
| Readings | Mental health in Australia:Collaborative Community Practice (2nd Edn) | Recommended | Meadows, G., Singh, B. & Grigg, M. (Eds) | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, SOUTH MELBOURNE (2007) |