Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice
Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice
The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice is designed to extend your nursing knowledge and develop depth and complexity in your understanding of mental health. Created in response to the growing need for specialist nurses with excellence in mental health, this entirely online course is based on the National…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice is designed to extend your nursing knowledge and develop depth and complexity in your understanding of mental health.
Created in response to the growing need for specialist nurses with excellence in mental health, this entirely online course is based on the National Framework for Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing Education developed by the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for current AHPRA Registered Nurses looking to specialise in mental health nursing. The Department of Nursing at the Melbourne School of Health Sciences has prioritised the development of a mental health nursing curriculum to support workforce demands and lead postgraduate mental health nursing.
Course aims
This course gives students the opportunity to focus on specialties in aged mental health, first episode psychosis, child or youth mental health, or acute/adult mental health nursing. It is relevant to current practice and prepares you for a fulfilling career as a specialist mental health nurse.
What you will learn
The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice provides an opportunity for nurses to develop proficient specialty practice.
You will learn to appreciate from a consumer perspective how to apply theoretical, critical and practical knowledge and understand the implications of providing care. This course will enable you to employ specialist nursing knowledge and skills to conduct comprehensive mental health assessment and develop meaningful formulations.
You will be able to exercise enhanced clinical judgment and decision-making and insight into specialist mental health nursing in pursuit of optimal outcomes for the person and family. You will apply scientific judgement and contemporary evidence from a range of sources (consumer reported, clinician-observed and research driven) to underpin the use of therapies, management of medication regimes and application of frameworks which inform mental health nursing practice.
Degree Structure
To gain the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice you must complete 100 points comprised of:
- Six 12.5 credit point core subjects
- Two 6.25 credit point core subjects
- One elective subject.
Career outcomes
Students of this course will benefit from the strong links with health services held by the Department of Nursing at the Melbourne School of Health Sciences. The school is committed to preparing specialist mental health nurses who play an important role in providing care for consumers and their families.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
