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Community Mental Health Nursing

The course aims at enabling students to understand the various theoretical perspectives that underpin the work of the community mental health nurse. The content will include the ecological systems, interpersonal models and their application to community mental health nursing. The content will also include the role of the community mental health nurse and the principles of community care.

Course Code: 
MHN 303
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Community Health Care

This course will provide students with an in-depth exploration of community health nursing concepts and principles from a population health care perspective. The course will focus on the historical development of community health nursing. Course content will include historical perspective, various definitions of community and systems, stress vulnerability model, living in the community with mental health problems. The changing needs of an increasing multi-culturally diverse population within the socio-economic context of community systems are examined. Also, the concepts of Primary Health Care and Community-based Health Planning and Services will be discussed

Course Code: 
MHN 301
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing
Degree Type: 
Bachelor of ScienceDepartment of Mental Health
Programme Duration: 
2 years (Diploma Entry)
About Programme: 

Objectives of the Programme

   The B.Sc. Community Mental Health Nursing programme is expected to achieve the following

  1. demonstrate understanding of current Mental Health knowledge, concepts and issues that influence the delivery of Community Mental Health Care

  2. assess Mental Health profiles of individuals, families, and communities

  3. manage Mental Health conditions in the community, and refer where necessary

  4. gather, analyse, present and maintain data and information that informs evidence based health care in the community

  5. apply the legal, ethical and human rights principles in operations of the Community Mental Health Nurse evaluate and report on community mental health programmes

Career Opportunities: 

 Graduates of Community mental health work in all areas requiring mental health nursing expertise. These include Mental Health Authority, Ghana Health Service, the Teaching hospitals (Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital among others), private and mission health facilities and teaching in diploma and certificate awarding health training institutions. Other avenues for employment include industry-based health facilities, health research institutions, health related NGO’s and public and private universities

Entry Requirements: 

Entry Requirements:

All professional certificate and tertiary level diploma holders must have either G.C.E. “O” Level credit passes in English Language and Mathematics or SSSCE/WASSCE credit passes in English Language and Core Mathematics.

 

Applicants must be Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN), with a minimum work experience of not less than three years. They must have studied at a certificate or a diploma level at a recognised Nursing Training College (NTC). Applicants must have an active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Applicants would be required to pass a written test followed by an interview.   Candidates who are offered admission must complete a health check and provide satisfactory references.

Clinical Nursing Practice I

The 4-week course is completed during the long vacation at the completion of the second semester of the 200 level. It begins with one week classroom orientation and demonstrations, as needed in the laboratory. The students will afterwards be rotated to the following: Recovery Ward, EENT Ward, and Adult Wards.  Students will to spend eight (8) hours daily on the ward under the supervision of nurse technicians and clinicians. Technical skill demonstrations will be done by clinicians as necessary with return demonstrations by students.

Course Code: 
NUR 232
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Nursing

Nutrition and Dietetics

Course Code: 
NUR 230
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Nursing

Introduction to Community Health

This course is an introduction to community health nursing.  Types of communities and the characteristics of healthy communities will be discussed.  The Millennium Development Goals will provide an organizing focus to the discussion of health promotion and health maintenance strategies that promote healthy lifestyles for individuals, families and communities.

Course Code: 
NUR 228
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Nursing

Information Literacy

The rationale of the course is to equip students with skills that will enable them access and retrieve information in the traditional, hybrid and digital libraries. Students will be able to use ICT efficiently and effectively when they have basic knowledge of computers. The course content include: Types of libraries, library resources and their uses, the role the library plays in the academic community, introduction to computers, the internet.

Course Code: 
ILT 101
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Entomology and Wildlife
Agribusiness
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Psychology
Accounting
Accounting
Actuarial Science
Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Extension And Community Development
Agriculture
Agro-Processing
Arts
Basic Education
Biochemistry
Communication Studies
Fisheries and Aquatic Science
Guidance and Counselling
Music
Science
Theatre Studies
Tourism Management

Teaching and Learning Health Care

This course will examine selected cognitive, behavioural and social learning theories used to enhance individual, family and community health behaviours. Principles of teaching and learning for individuals at any stage of the lifespan will be examined. Teaching strategies for individuals and groups will be discussed and opportunities to apply course content with a focus on changing individual behaviour will be provided.

Course Code: 
NUR 226
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Nursing

Nursing Practice I

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 222. The course is designed to allow the students to apply the nursing process in the care of clients with an acute illness or undergoing a surgical procedure. The nursing process will serve as the guiding framework to assess, diagnose, plan, treat, and evaluate individual responses to common physical, psychological, and social elements of the environment. Students will spend six (6) hours week on an assigned clinical unit under the supervision of nurse technicians and clinicians. Ward conferences will be organized to discuss the students’ clinical experiences and procedures. Demonstrations with return demonstration of selected nursing skills will be included in the course.

Course Code: 
NUR 220
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Nursing

Pathophysiology

This course is designed to expose students to the pathological processes that occur in the human body. The emphasis is on physiological mechanisms in regards to disease, pharmacological actions, and providing a bridge between basic science and the clinic.

Course Code: 
NUR 202
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Nursing

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