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| 1. | Demonstrate the importance of culture in shaping patterns and behaviours in mental health, illness and its management, locally, nationally and internationally. |
| 2. | Appreciate the importance of primary mental health care and recovery in advanced mental health practice. |
| 3. | Explore the socio-political factors and policy issues behind the current world wide concerns about mental health and illness. |
| 4. | Examine the development and current position of mental health nursing as an interdependent and independent practice. |
| 5. | Discuss the evidence base underpinning mental health nursing roles across the care continuum, and in the context of the life span. |
| 6. | Appreciate the importance of holistic community, family and individual assessment in mental health nursing. |
| 7. | Examine developments in understanding motivational mental health behaviour change. |
| 8. | Critically examine current approaches to managing challenging behaviors using evidence based psychosocial interventions. |
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| | Assessment Task | Value (of total mark) | Related Learning Outcome/s |
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| 1. | Oral/verbal response (4 minutes or 400 words) | 20% | |
| 2. | Online tests x 2 | 40% | |
| 3. | Essay (2000 words) | 40% | |
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