NURSING 202 : Mental Health, Addiction, (Dis)Ability and Enablement
Medical and Health Sciences
2025 Semester Two (1255) (60 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Course Contacts
Capabilities Developed in this Course
Capability 1: | People and Place |
Capability 2: | Sustainability |
Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
Capability 6: | Communication |
Capability 7: | Collaboration |
Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of the impact of stigma and discrimination and social exclusion/inclusion for people using mental health, addiction and disability services. (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8)
- Demonstrate and apply competence in communicating with people using mental health, addiction and disability services. (Capability 3, 6 and 7)
- Analyse the impact of trauma on individuals and populations. (Capability 1, 3, 4 and 8)
- Demonstrate broadly culturally safe practices, and integrate Tikanga Maori knowledge into nursing practice. (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6)
- Develop and demonstrate skills in reflective practice to promote self-awareness and support the relational focus of mental health nursing. (Capability 3, 4, 5 and 8)
- Demonstrate an understanding of etiology, recognise patterns of behaviour, and engage in person-centred nursing management for common mental health and addiction problems and disabilities across the lifespan. (Capability 3, 4 and 5)
- Demonstrate collaborative relationships with service-users/clients, their whanau, and with health care teams. (Capability 1, 4, 6 and 7)
- Articulate and discuss the medico-legal legislation informing mental health, addiction and disability sectors. (Capability 4 and 8)
- Analyse current models of mental health, addiction and disability care and demonstrate knowledge of these in nursing care. (Capability 3, 4 and 8)
Assessments
Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
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Mid Semester Test | 15% | Individual Test |
Assignments | 47% | Group & Individual Coursework |
Practical | 18% | Individual Coursework |
Final Test | 20% | Individual Test |
4 types | 100% |
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Workload Expectations
This course is a 60 credit course and students are expected to spend 40 hours per week engaged in learning associated with this course.
For this course, you can expect 160 hours of face to face contact: lectures and tutorials, clinical skills, 200 hours of reading, thinking about the content and work on assignments and/or test preparation, and 288 hours of clinical placement.
To accommodate theory and clinical based learning, this course has an extended semester and the expected course end date is 25th November .
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities including clinical placement to complete components of the course.
Some lectures will be available as recordings. Not all sessions are recorded due to the sensitive nature of the material. Other learning activities including team based learning activities / workshops will not be available as recordings.
The course includes digital learning material and may include live online events
The final test is an invigilated online test completed on campus.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Other Information
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.