On successful completion of this unit students should be able to: 1. Outline social, developmental and cultural factors that impact on mental health and wellness; 2. Discuss major mental health...

On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
1. Outline social, developmental and cultural factors that impact on mental health and wellness;
2. Discuss major mental health priorities and related strategies, including models of mental health care;
3. Reflect critically on the experiences of mental illness from consumer and carer perspectives; (GA 4)
4. Assess a person’s mental health status within the contexts of an holistic health assessment and potential underlying pathology;
5. Determine appropriate evidence-based nursing interventions and describe medical and allied health interventions for the promotion of mental health, and prevention, early intervention, management of and recovery from common mental illnesses;
6. Plan, implement and evaluate safe, holistic, person-centred nursing care taking account of a person’s / family’s mental health status, strengths, risks and resilience;
7. Explain strategies for developing and evaluating therapeutic relationships with mental health consumers, carers and significant others across the lifespan; (GA 9)
8. Discuss legal and ethical issues pertaining to mental health and mental illness ( GA 3)
9. Work effectively in a group to identify and address your learning needs. (GA 7)