NURSPRAC 719 : Clinical Practice in Mental Health and Addictions

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester One (1203) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

A clinically based course focusing on history taking, assessment, formulation and nursing care planning. There is an emphasis on mental health, physical health and addictions assessment and the development of nursing formulation skills.

Course Overview

This course constitutes one of two courses required for the New Entry to Specialty Practice: Mental Health and Addictions Nursing (NESP) post-graduate certificate course. Its purpose is to prepare both newly registered nurses and nurses who are new to the specialty of mental health and addiction to achieve Level 2 (competent) mental health and addiction nursing practice.  The course addresses the complexities of clinical assessment, formulation and care planning in a specialty where knowledge is contested and a paradigm shift is underway. In accordance with He Ara Oranga, the report arising from the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (2018), assessment, formulation and care planning are undertaken in partnership with service users with a focus on least coercive practice and trauma informed care.  The course also focuses on the social determinants of mental distress, the poor physical health and premature death of service  users and the promotion of their physical health and well being.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Master of Health Sciences

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Application of critical reflection to mental health assessment (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2 and 6.1)
  2. Demonstrate ability to contrast the discursive bases associated with mental health care (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 and 6.1)
  3. Understanding the practice of assessment as a person centred process (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 and 6.1)
  4. Application of the DSM model of conceptualising mental distress (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  5. Application of assessment instruments in mental health assessment (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.2 and 5.2)
  6. Integration of recovery concepts and the whanau ora approach into assessment, formulation and nursing care planning (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  7. Integration of assessment of threat response and risk into mental health assessment (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Essay 35% Individual Coursework
Presentation 30% Individual Coursework
Essay 35% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Essay
Presentation
Essay

Learning Resources

Readings are provided and are reviewed regularly to ensure currency. Readings and other learning resources are available on the course’s library website and on CANVAS.
Students are supplied with a set of clinical competency requirements which specify, guide and measure the development of knowledge and clinical skills.
Students are provided with assessment tools which give them the option of completing their assignments from generic, Maori or Pacific perspectives, using either a generic clinical assessment tool, a Whanau Ora tool or a Pacific Fonofale tool.
 Individual tuition has been made available both from Student Learning Service, MAPAS and the course co-ordinators.  

Course Contacts

COURSE CO‐ORDINATORS 
Jane Barrington (AUCKLAND)    Email: j.barrington@auckland.ac.nz
     Phone: 021 171 4692
Helen Butler  (AUCKLAND) Email: h.butler@auckland.ac.nz 
     Phone: 021 864 258
Sarah Haldane (MIDLAND) Email:  Sarah Haldane <sarah.haldane@auckland.ac.nz
     Phone: 02102619203
Shirley Mckewen (OTAGO) Email: Shirley.McKewen@southerndhb.govt.nz>
     Phone: 0276030541
COURSE ADMINISTRATOR
Janet Butcher Email: janet.butcher@auckland.ac.nz
    Phone: 09 3737599

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 15-20 hours per week involved in each 30 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 40 hours of lectures, 160 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 100 hours of work on assignments.

Digital 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.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework 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. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

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 at 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.

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.

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.

Published on 19/12/2019 08:58 a.m.