Graduate Diploma - Mental Health Nursing (GD158) (073315K)

Mental Health Nurses are specialist registered nurses with key responsibilities to assess, plan and provide care for people who are often vulnerable and in crisis. Advance students' nursing career with the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing, which would enhance their ability to deliver recovery focused care in a variety of mental health settings. The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing is for registered nurses who have experience in mental health and want to seek promotional pathways through specialization. This graduate diploma will give students an understanding of applying diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in their clinical practice, as well the broader professional and social context of mental health nursing. They will also develop research skills and the ability to be reflective of their practice. Students will choose an area of specialization with an elective subject. A work-integrated learning subject will further develop their skills caring for clients in a variety of clinical settings with interaction and feedback from industry. Students will study individual and group counselling, mental health treatment, contemporary mental health issues and research. Students will develop advanced, evidence-based mental health nursing knowledge and skills and be able to identify and address contemporary and emerging issues influencing mental health nursing practice. The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing will give students a strong understanding of how to apply diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in their clinical practice, as well the broader professional and social context of mental health nursing. Students will develop research skills and the ability to be reflective of their practice. They will also choose an area of specialization with an elective subject in either narrative counselling or parent-infant mental health. A work-integrated learning subject will further develop and apply students skills caring for clients in a variety of clinical settings with interaction and feedback from industry.