| CODE | MNH1001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Fundamentals of Mental Health Clinical Practice 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | During this study-unit, students undertake an evaluation of their own interpersonal skills and relate this to the material available concerning the subject, from the social sciences and the three core subjects of psychiatry, psychology and sociology. The starting point of mental health nursing skill requirement (psychological helping) forms the comparator for this work and enables the student to establish where their strengths and weaknesses are. The use of active listening, the compliance - collaborative - concordance continuum, empathy and sympathy, Interpersonal study-units (specifically Peplau) and links to the talking therapies (counselling, CBT, DBT, Gestalt) constitute the main base of the study-unit. Each student's baseline evaluation will form the basis of a personalised study scheme layered over the core programme. Study-unit Aims: - To enable the student to explore the personal qualities used to develop clinical effectiveness in relation to helping people with a mental health problem or illness. - This study-unit also aims to equip students with the necessary evidence based skills to be able to interact and function in the clinical mental health field. - Students will be exposed to the toolkit required to be able to engage with clients and built a strong therapeutic relationship whilst identifying pitfalls which can break such an important concept in mental health nursing. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Examine personal qualities of the mental health nurse; - Develop a personal skills baseline that compares to the starting point of mental health nursing; - Identify contributing factors in using counselling and active listening techniques; - Recognise the qualities of DBT, CBT, Counselling and Gestalt therapies within a mental health setting; - Describe the basis of the Peplau Interpersonal model of professional interchange; - Describe the impacts of elements of effective interpersonal skills. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Undertake cognitive assessment and emotional status evaluation; - Plan appropriate personal interventions; - Develop a professional relationship using empathy, sympathy and active listening. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Arnold E.C. & Boggs, K.E.(2019). Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 8th Edition. Saunders, USA. - Coll, X., Papageorgiou, A., Stanley, A & Tarbuck. (2012). Communication Skills in Mental Health Care: An Introduction. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, UK. - Egan, G. (1998).The skilled helper: a problem-management approach to helping (6th edition) Brookes/Cole Publishing Co. California. - Gamble, C & Brennan, G. (2000). Working with serious mental illness: a manual for clinical practice. Bailliere Tindall and The Royal College of Nursing. London. - Schultz, J.M & Videbeck, S.L. (2005). Lippencott's Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Pub. New York. Supplementary readings : - Read J & Reynolds J (2000) Speaking our minds: an anthology. Palgrave & Open University. UK. - Alfaro-LeFevre, R. (2004) Critical thinking and clinical judgement: a practical approach. (3rd edition) Saunders. St Louis. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Galea |
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