Advancing Recovery Focused Mental Health Nursing

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically analyse the potential power issues that exist in professional-service user relationships.
• Critically consider the legal and ethical issues relating to individuals with mental health care needs.
• Develop and articulate an in-depth knowledge of the aetiology, treatment and care needs of people with a range of mental health care needs.
• Critically examine the interpersonal, clinical reasoning, diagnostic and decision-making skills required for the assessment, planning and delivery of care for a person with complex mental health care needs.
• Critically evaluate the evidence base relating to the biological, psychological and sociological therapeutic interventions that can be used to promote well-being and recovery of people with mental health care needs.

The person who experiences trauma

The person with co-existing mental illness and substance misuse problems (dual diagnosis)

Early intervention in psychosis

Solution-focused approaches

Motivational interviewing approaches

Nurse's role in the administration of ECT

Forensic mental health care

Power issues in professional-service user relationship

Responding to diversity (i.e. gender, older people, interpreter requirements, learning disability)

Caring for yourself

The module is taught using a variety of learning and teaching approaches which may include:

Guided independent study

Lectures

Seminars

Role play exercises

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Presentation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Peer and seminar lead feedback.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.