Role of the Mental Health Practitioner in an Acute Setting
Postgraduate
UND-NURS4027 2025Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 9 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $3,110
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Role of the Mental Health Practitioner in an Acute Setting
About this subject
On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Devise a plan of care for the acutely mentally unwell person that reflects a holistic examination and assessment of the individual.
- Create documents that demonstrate the access pathways and resources for the management of clients with psychiatric illnesses’.
- Design a crisis intervention plan detailing how this is informed by crisis intervention theories.
- Create a strategy to increase public awareness of mental health matters outlining contemporary treatment practices and psychosocial interventions in Australia.
- Deconstruct one’s own biases and assumptions of mental illness reflecting awareness and knowledge of one’s own understanding.
- Role of the mental health practitioner
- Interpersonal communication
- Holistic model of care
- Mental health laws
- Community mental health
- Psychosocial interventions
The subject will examine current trends and practice in delivering psychiatric care to people suffering acute mental illness. Emphasis on treatment and care options within tertiary, secondary and community settings will highlight ways in which healthcare agencies partner with other organisations and services such as General Practitioners and Police. Students will debate and reflect the ethical considerations inherent in determining a variety of hospital and community based treatments. This course is informed by current legislation.
- Online reflection and discussion (20%)
- 2000-3000 word essay (40%)
- Presentation uploaded to LMS (20%)
- LMS based online test (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UND-MHA-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
Elective
- UND-MHA-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Mental Health
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Mental Health
Postgraduate
UND-MHA-GDIGraduate Certificate in Mental Health
Postgraduate
UND-MHA-GCE