| CODE | MNH1006 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Mental Health Nursing Clinical Practice 2 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is undertaken during summer with specific time being allocated to clinical placements. Each student will be placed in a particular clinical area relevant to their course of studies and be under the supervision of a named mentor. A series of competencies will guide the student through the work that they are required to do and, working with their mentor, they will develop an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, skills development and the application of theoretical knowledge to clinical practice. Students will not be expected to function as 'qualified staff' but will learn the professional and personal skills under guidance and supervision from both mentors and academic supervisors in an incremental fashion, with each practice study-unit building on the last. Study-unit Aims: To provide the student with supervised clinical placement, for both skills development and theoretical application to practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Appreciate the role of each member within the multidisciplinary team; - Show familiarity with the setting and type of care that is delivered within it; - Demonstrate the ability to describe and critique the mental health care system and identify ways of enhancing service delivery. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply practical skills learned during role play exercises to the practice setting; - Demonstrate increased confidence and initiative in engaging with different individuals within the setting; - Integrate within the multidisciplinary team within the setting; - Build a therapeutic relationship with different service users. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Gamble, C & Brennan, G. 2000 Working with serious mental illness: a manual for clinical practice. Bailliere Tindall & The Royal College of Nursing. London. - Stevenson, C. (Ed) 2003 Patient and person (European Edition). Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. Supplementary readings : - Barker, P. (Ed) 2009 Mental health nursing: the craft of caring (2nd Ed). Hodder Stoughton, London. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||
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