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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Therapeutic Interventions In Mental Health Nursing | |||
| Reference | NU2558 | Version | 3 |
| Created | October 2018 | SCQF Level | SCQF 8 |
| Approved | June 2015 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | October 2018 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To facilitate the student to begin to apply evidence, models and therapeutic approaches that are central to mental health nursing and to explore a range of challenges that may arise in mental health nursing. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Outline a range of factors that can influence the therapeutic nature of mental health nursing. |
| 2 | Explain the evidence-base that supports the role of mental health nurses in delivering psychological and psychosocial interventions. |
| 3 | Apply therapeutic skills that are relevant to a range of psychological and psychosocial interventions. |
| 4 | Outline how psychiatric models and perspectives shape the provision of treatment and care and impact on the experience of patients and informal carers. |
| 5 | Inform future practice decisions through supervised exploration of clinical experiences and personal performance using a range of methods and tools. |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| Therapeutic role & use of self, therapeutic engagement - indicators and evidence; Self-awareness, the role and practice of clinical supervision; Managing relationships effectively, working therapeutically with groups and effectively within teams; Challenges and issues in relation to values-based and recovery-focussed mental health nursing; Psychiatric models - biomedical, humanistic, critical psychiatry, anti-psychiatry; Service user movement; Informal carers' roles and experience in mental health context; Applying nursing and therapeutic models to personal and professional practice; Identifying a range of evidence to inform practice decisions; Practise strategies, techniques & skills in relation to mindfulness & compassion-based approaches, cognitive behavioural approaches, psychodynamic approaches and mentalisation, cycles of change and motivational interviewing. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| Seminars, workshops, tutorials and skills sessions. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 40 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 110 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | Essay. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| Essay. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | C1 = A |
| B | C1 = B |
| C | C1 = C |
| D | C1 = D |
| E | C1 = E |
| F | C1 = F |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | Successful completion of Stage 1 or equivalent. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BAER, R.A., ed., 2006. Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: clinician's guide to evidence base and applications. Burlington, MA: Elsevier. |
| 2 | BATEMAN, A., BROWN, D. and PEDDER, J., 2010. Introduction to psychotherapy: an outline of psychodynamic principles and practice. Hove: Routledge. |
| 3 | BENNETT-LEVY, J. et. al., eds., 2010. Oxford guide to low intensity CBT interventions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| 4 | CARERS TRUST, 2013. The triangle of care. Carers included: a guide to best practice in mental health care in Scotland. London: Carers Trust. |
| 5 | NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND (NES) and SCOTTISH RECOVERY NETWORK (SRN), 2007. Realising recovery learning materials. Edinburgh: NES/SRN. |
| 6 | ROSENGREN, D.B., 2009. Building motivational interviewing skills: a practitioner workbook (applications of motivational interviewing). New York, NY: Guilford Press. |
| 7 | ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING (RCN), 2014. Frontline first: turning back the clock? RCN Report on Mental Health Services in the UK. London: RCN. |
| 8 | THOMAS, P., 2014. Psychiatry in context: experience, meaning & communities. Monmouth: PCCS Books. |