| CODE | NUR1308 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Mental Health Nursing | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit covers ethical values, personal and institutional, ethics as a personal construct - values and beliefs; culture and multi-culture issues, the provision of mental health care within a interrelated, culturally diverse, environment; the ethics of the caring relationship; codes and declarations, making ethical decisions, ethical dilemmas; confidentiality, respect, trustworthiness, maintaining competence, patient safety and compliance; Mental health Act (Malta) plus updates, EU Human Rights legislation, consent to treatment and their implications for practice. Study-unit Aims: To provide the student with the necessary information to be able to practice within the requirements of the law, in an ethical and respectful manner, whilst delivering the best quality of care available at that time. To be able to strike a balance between clinical expectations and legal requirements. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify key aspects of the theory of ethical practice to mental health nursing; - Describe human rights legislation as it relates to the delivery of mental health care; - Outline clinical activities where ethical considerations place both nurse and patient at their most vulnerable; - Identify the section of the Mental Health Act ( Malta) in relation to treatment, observation, support and recovery, plus any other in relation to service provision; - Describe development in mental health service standards and audit; - Relate human Rights legislation to the provision of ethical and effective mental health nursing. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Work in a legally effective way within a mental health practice environment; - Work in an ethically effective way within a mental health practice environment; - Demonstrate respect and dignity within both with the patient and on their behalf. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Health Department (1992) Mental Health Act (Malta) - Burnard, P. & Chapman, C. (2000) Professional and ethical issues in nursing. Bailliere Tindall. London. - Tschudin, V. (2003) Ethics in Nursing: the caring relationship (3rd Ed). Butterworth Heinenamm. London. - McHale, J. & Gallagher, A. (2003) Nursing and Human Rights. Butterworth Heinemann. London. - Benson, J. & Thistlethwaite, J. (2009) Mental health across cultures: a practical guide for health professionals. Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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