Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Practice 2 unit (CNA743)

Online

Introduction

The emphasis is on the application of, through project work, key principles supporting the notions of rehabilitation and recovery across a range of mental health settings and mental health disorders. The roles and responsibilities of the client, their family, the mental health nurse, and other significant service provider stakeholders are addressed. Students will also keep a Clinical Portfolio as an ongoing record of their progress towards achieving the ACMHN Standards of Practice for Australian mental health nurses (2010).

Summary

Unit name	Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Practice 2
Unit code	CNA743
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Health School of Nursing
Discipline	Nursing
Coordinator	Doctor Denise McGarry
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Online	Semester 2

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 2	5/7/2026	27/7/2026	30/8/2026	24/10/2026

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2026 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2026 will be available from the 1st October 2025. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate your knowledge and skills of rehabilitation and/or recovery processes through the application of these processes in clinical practice.
• Demonstrate developed knowledge, skills and attitudinal competency against the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) Standards of Practice (2010), utilising evidence of care skill completion, reflective practice and feedback from clinical facilitators and preceptors.
• Critically apply knowledge of contemporary mental health nursing practices to a range of real and/or hypothetical clinical scenarios across a range of mental health nursing care contexts.
• Develop a comprehensive Case Formulation for a client that is informed by theoretical and clinical knowledge (e.g., etiological theories for anxiety disorder; depression; eating disorder; or adaptive/maladaptive stress responses) and provides a guide for further management, therapy and treatment.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution 1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3	Domestic Full Fee 4
060305	$592.00	$592.00	not applicable	$3,178.00

• Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
• HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility³
• FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility⁴

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Requisites

Prerequisites

CNA742

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Individual Study – This unit is offered fully online via MyLO (My Learning Online). You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self-directed learning.
Assessment	Clinical Portfolio|Mental Health Case Formulation and Care Plan (50%)|Rehabilitation/Recovery Project (50%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Procter, N., Wilson, R. L., Hamer, H. P., McGarry, D., & Loughhead, M. (Eds.). (2022). Mental Health: a person-centred approach (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1017/9781108980883.
Recommended	Recommended Readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator via the Reading List link in MyLO, or the unit Reading List on the University Library website.

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