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Mentorship process

The aim of this course is to prepare students for their future role as practice mentors for junior students. As registered practitioners, they will have a responsibility for monitoring and assessing students’ progress within the practice area. Content of this course will include; role of mentor in student learning and support, process of continuous assessment of practice, range and level of competence expected at each stage of learning, identification of learning needs for students and resources, staff support, skills of formative and summative assessments.

Course Code: 
MHN 404
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Risk assessment and management in mental health

The purpose of this course will enable students develop skills in assessing and managing the risk of harm to self and others from people with Mental Health problems and vice versa. Content will include the definitions of risk and risk assessment, identification of potential for harm, methods of risk assessment, the risk management cycle, implementation of management measures, monitoring measures, risk factors, use of rating scales and psychometric tests, observation, history of violence, recording reviews, recording assessment and decision-making process.

Course Code: 
MHN 402
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Health care policy

This course examines the professional nurse’s role and responsibilities in shaping health care policy at the regional, national and international levels. It also focuses on developing skills in strategic planning, political processes and organizational development as applied to health care policy. The course will help students develop analytical skills related to formulation and critical evaluation of health policies.

Course Code: 
NUR 420
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Nursing Service Administration

This course is designed to introduce students to the management principles, strategies and theories used in professional nursing practice. The focus is on understanding health care delivery systems at the local and national levels and the development of the skills needed within the context of health services delivery in institutional or community settings.

Course Code: 
NUR 412
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Psychotherapies

This course is set out to train students to attain a level of skill using psychological interventions. Content of training in psychological interventions will include the use of functional analysis in assessment, simple behavioural strategies, such as activity scheduling and reinforcement, cognitive methods for dealing with hallucinations and delusions, principles of evaluation using simple and reliable measures. The course will place much emphasis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT).

Course Code: 
MHN 411
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Interventions in dual diagnosis.

This course will provide students with the knowledge of interventions needed to care for populations who have comorbid substance misuse with mental illness (dual diagnosis). Given that this condition is very prevalent in mental health institutions and community services, it is important to offer mental health nurses training in this area. Content will include definition of dual diagnosis, common forms of dual diagnosis, assessment, treatment models and application of the nursing process.

Course Code: 
MHN 409
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Adherence Management

In this course students will be equipped with the knowledge of non-compliance/non-adherence/non-concordance. Cognitive–behavioural interventions that have specific focus on adherence management will be explored. The use of methods for educating patients and families regarding their drug treatments; acquiring skills in the use of various measures of medication side-effects (e.g. LUNSERS - Liverpool University Side Effects Rating Scale); the use of cognitive–behavioural methods, such as motivational interviewing to deal with non-adherence to medication will be examined.

Course Code: 
MHN 407
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Developing counselling and helping skills

This course is aimed at enabling students acquire the skills of counselling in order that they can provide support and guidance to patients, individuals and families in relation to mental health. Content will include definitions of counselling, counselling processes, types of counselling, skills of a counsellor, theoretical orientation, qualities of a counsellor and ethical considerations for practice. The role of the nurse in counselling will also be explored.

Course Code: 
MHN 405
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Recovery and Rehabilitation in mental health

The aim of this course is to enable students to demonstrate awareness of the inherent problems of prolonged hospitalisation and benefits of early discharge. The course includes the concept of deinstitutionalisation and factors which prolong dependency in the individual. Concept of psychiatric rehabilitation and the wider implications relating to the process of normalisation of clients with enduring mental health needs will be explored. Emphasis will be laid on assessment methods, the social support systems and agencies that may be utilised in the process of rehabilitation and settlement.  The course also includes the use of appropriate health education techniques and effective teaching skills to improve client/service user care and promote mental health.

Course Code: 
MHN 401
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

Research Methods

The student is introduced to the use of the scientific process in the identification, formulation, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of research. Issues related to research designs, including the formulation of research questions, objectives and hypotheses and the identification/development of theoretical contexts will be discussed. Students will be introduced to qualitative and quantitative nursing research approaches.  Students will be expected to develop their research proposals by the end of this course.

Course Code: 
NUR 399
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Community Mental Health Nursing

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