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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Complex Therapeutic Interventions In Mental Health Nursing
Reference NU3886 Version 3
Created October 2018 SCQF Level SCQF 9
Approved June 2015 SCQF Points 30
Amended October 2018 ECTS Points 15

Aims of Module
To facilitate the student to respond effectively to complex care situations & needs and to deliver effective evidence-based, therapeutic nursing interventions in partnership with patients.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1 Discuss the role of mental health nurses in providing a therapeutic environment and promoting safety and recovery in partnership with patients who have complex needs.
2 Evaluate the impact psychological and psychosocial interventions can have on patients' experiences and their quality of life.
3 Use evidence to select and implement, in partnership with patients and their informal carers, safe, effective and recovery-focussed therapeutic care and interventions.
4 Appraise the value of nursing and therapeutic models in enhancing personal and team performance, and in turn the patients' experience.
5 Justify the need for mental health nurses to engage with clinical supervision.

Indicative Module Content
Complex needs & care provision in a variety of settings; Measuring the impact and effectiveness of practice; Empowering relationships and partnership approaches with patients and informal carers; Trauma-informed care; Decision-making, managing therapeutic risk and promoting therapeutic environments, engagement and outcomes in challenging situations; Innovative values-based and recovery-focussed practice; Leading therapeutic groups and effective teams; Evaluating personal & team professional development using nursing and therapeutic models; Importance of and challenges relating to clinical supervision; Rogers' core conditions for the therapeutic relationship; Evaluating effectiveness of strategies, techniques and skills relating to evidence based psychological therapies; Practice of therapeutic skills through case studies and simulation.

Module Delivery
Seminars, workshops, tutorials and skills sessions.

Indicative Student Workload Full Time Part Time
Contact Hours 40 N/A
Non-Contact Hours 260 N/A
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours N/A N/A
TOTAL 300 N/A
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body    

ASSESSMENT PLAN
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 2 or equivalent.
Corequisites for module None.
Precluded Modules None.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 CHESNER, A. and ZOGRAFOU, L., eds., 2014. Creative supervision across modalities: theory and applications for therapists, counsellors and other helping professionals. London. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
2 DUDLEY, M., SILOVE, D. and GALE, F., 2012. Mental health and human rights: vision, praxis and courage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3 HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND, 2017. Integrated Care Pathways for Mental Health. [online]. Edinburgh: Health Improvement Scotland. Available from: http://www.icptoolkit.org/home.aspx [Accessed 3 July 2017].
4 JOHNSON, R. with HAIGH, R., 2012. Complex trauma and its effects: perspectives on creating an environment for recovery. Hove: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd.
5 PEARCE, P. and SOMMERBACK, L., 2014. Person centred practice at the difficult edge. Monmouth: PCCS Books.
6 SITZMAN, K. and WATSON, J., 2014. Caring science, mindful practice: implementing Watson's Human Caring Theory. New York, NY: Springer.


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