NUR5012 · Recovery oriented mental health nursing practice

Overview

Recovery in mental health is a unique experience that is defined by the person. Recovery oriented mental health nursing practice aims to support people in their personal recovery from mental health conditions and uphold their rights as service users. In this unit you will examine approaches and frameworks used in mental health nursing practice to support people in their recovery, and reflect on the role that mental health nurses can have in supporting people, families and communities’ growth and wellbeing. You will explore the significance of the consumer movement and the markedly different notions of recovery. Human rights and the interplay with stigma and discrimination will be explored in the context of the impact on service users.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse recovery as an approach to working with mental health service users
2. Compare and contrast the recovery model with common perspectives on understanding and treating mental health conditions
3. Examine recovery-oriented approaches and/or frameworks to mental health nursing practice
4. Discuss the impact of stigma, discrimination and/or human rights violations on recovery
5. Propose and justify ways in which the mental health nurse can avoid and address injustices in practice to support a person’s rights and promote recovery.

Workload

12 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including tutorials and online activities Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.