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| NFS5101 | Forensic Mental Health Nursing | ||
| SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY | |||
| Credit Points: 20 | |||
| Description: | |||
| Forensic psychiatric nursing has developed rapidly over the past two decades and is now a fast growing sub-speciality within mainstream mental health services. The development of specialist services and recognition that mentally disordered offenders have special needs has highlighted the necessity for specific training in this area. Understanding the development of forensic psychiatry, both nationally and internationally, will help to identify how services have evolved and what the role of the forensic psychiatric nurse is. Legal and ethical issues are important to forensic nurses and have an impact on their day to day work, so need to be given due consideration. Understanding offending behaviour and mental disorders encountered in forensic psychiatry will assist in providing meaningful assessments and treatment interventions. Full Unit Outline | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
| 728 | Post Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Mental Health) | ||
| U39 | Postgraduate Certificate in Forensic Mental Health Nursing | ||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
| For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009