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| NFS5102 | Assessment of Mentally Disordered Offenders | ||
| SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY | |||
| Credit Points: 20 | |||
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| NFS5101 | Forensic Mental Health Nursing | ||
| Description: | |||
| Assessment is an important component of forensic nursing practice. Assessments in forensic settings are used to determine the patient’s level of mental, physical and social functioning. In this Unit a range of assessment instrument and approaches to assessment are presented and applied to the Forensic Mental Health Nurse. General principles of assessment applied to forensic mental health nursing, using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the WHO-DAS assessment scale in a forensic mental health setting. Modules six and seven outline the factors to consider when assessing aggressive or dangerous patients. Assessing suicide and self-harm in prison and forensic mental health settings is covered in Module eight. Another focus of the Unit is educational and vocational training of mentally disordered offenders, this is covered in Modules nine and ten. Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people are over-represented in the criminal justice system. It is also becoming recognised that indigenous people require special considerations when delivering mental health care. Accordingly, Module eleven focuses on the mental health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. Court Diversion Programs are an important part of forensic mental health and will be covered in Modules twelve and thirteen. Increasingly mentally disordered offenders are being managed in the community. Module fourteen presents a brief introduction to forensic community nursing. The final Module discusses some of the factors to consider when evaluating assessment instruments and summarises the Unit.
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014