| CODE | MNH2006 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Mental Health Nursing Clinical Practice 5 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Each student will be placed on a particular clinical area relevant to their course of studies and be under the supervision on a named mentor. A series of competencies will guide the student through the work that they are required to do and, working with their mentor, they will develop an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, the skills development and the application of theoretical knowledge to clinical practice. Students will not be expected to function as 'qualified staff' but will learn the professional and personal skills under guidance and supervision from both mentors and academic supervisors in an incremental fashion, with each practice module building on the previous ones. Skills developments including interpersonal professional practice, using reliable techniques will be placed against the ability to utilize nursing process activities in a safe and competent fashion. Students will be expected to organise (under supervision) care packages for patients within the clinical group. Study-Unit Aims: To provide the student with supervised clinical placement, for both skills development and theoretical application to practice and to begin the process of care management activities. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Relate the theoretical material from ancillary study-units to the clinical placements area; - Compare different clinical settings to establish how forms of mental health nursing varies across them; - Identify the elements of care management within the care planning process. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Relate the theoretical constructs from ancillary modules to clinical practice activities; - Develop the skills to identify behavioural cues, through observational skills, to enable them to be able to provide patient information to other members of the nursing team; - Undertake care package management activities under the supervision of their mentor; - Successfully complete the mental health nursing competencies associated with the study-unit; - Evaluate their strengths and weaknesses assessment against their progress within the clinical area. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Evans, J., Brown, P., & Videbeck, S. (2012). Mental health nursing. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - Schultz, J., & Videbeck, S. (2013). Lippincott's manual of psychiatric nursing care plans. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health. Supplementary Readings: - Trenoweth, S. (2014). Mental Health Nursing. Churchill Livingstone. [Non-essential] |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Placement | ||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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