The Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health) is a 36-unit course offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification, must be registered nurses in Australia and must have a minimum of one year post-registration experience.
However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
In addition, all students must complete professional experience placements to meet the requirements of this course.
The Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health) aims to:
In addition to the learning outcomes of the Graduate Diploma in Nursing, on completion of this course, students in the Mental Health specialisation will be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health) a student must complete 36 units as specified below with a grade of Pass or NGP or better in each topic.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion or in 9 units or more, or failure to complete the course within four consecutive semesters may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
Not all topics will be available in any given year or semester
22.5 units comprising:
NURS8720 Primary Health Care Constructs and Contexts (4.5 units)
NURS8760 Acute Mental Health Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
NURS8761 Acute Mental Health Nursing Practice (PEP) (4.5 units)
NURS9541 Counselling in Mental Health Nursing (4.5 units)
NURS9542 Counselling in Mental Health Nursing Practice (PEP) (4.5 units)
9 units comprising:
NURS9124 Advanced Thinking, Communicating and Problem Solving for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
NURS9219 Introduction to Research (4.5 units)
4.5 units selected from non-PEP topics:
NURS8720 Primary Health Care Constructs and Contexts (4.5 units)
NURS8740 Foundations for Responding to Clinical Deterioration Across the Lifespan (4.5 units)
NURS8742 Critical Care Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
NURS8746 Managing High Acuity Surgical Care (4.5 units)
NURS8747 Managing High Acuity Medical Care (4.5 units)
NURS8751 Dimensions of Emergency Nursing (4.5 units)
NURS8824 Introduction to working with Infants, Children and Families (4.5 units)
NURS8828 Contemporary Issues in Paediatric Nursing (4.5 units)
NURS9123 Epidemiology and Population Studies for Health Care Practice (4.5 units)
NURS9126 Leadership in Health Studies (4.5 units)
NURS9708 Social Context of Health and Ageing (4.5 units)
NURS9710 The 3 Ds: Dementia, Delirium and Depression (4.5 units)
PALL8436 Palliative Care in Aged Care Settings (4.5 units)
Students may, in consultation with the Course Coordinator, select other postgraduate topics offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences as their option topics.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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