NURS20149 - Mental Health Promotion in Mental Health Nursing

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Contemporary national mental health plans emphasise the importance of proactive mental health promotion strategies and interventions that reduce stigma and discrimination for people living with a mental disorder. This unit will allow you to explore mental health promotion within contemporary society. You will be expected to research global and local mental health promotion initiatives and evaluate structures that enhance an organisation's capacity to provide mental health promotion and build resilience.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

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Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 40%
2. Written Assessment 60%
3. Portfolio 0%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student communication to the Unit of Study Coordinator and peer review by the Mental Health Teaching Team.
Feedback:
 Assessment tasks - students requested different types of assessments (not just essays).

Recommendation:
 Introduce varied assessment tasks that include a quiz and practice portfolio.

Action Taken:
 Term 1 2019 - quizzes and a portfolio were introduced.
Source: Student feedback - students stated they found the task too broad and struggled with finding selective depth. Further they stated having a list of topics would be more helpful.
Feedback:
 Assessment - Portfolio

Recommendation:
 The subject coordinator will set a topic or give a selection of topics for the portfolio.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the connections between prevention, treatment and promotion in mental health care
  2. Discuss a range of mental health promotion strategies clinicians provide within the spectrum of interventions for mental disorders
  3. Evaluate mental health promotion strategies that build resilience and prevent or reduce the impact of mental health issues
  4. Evaluate structures that enhance an organisation's capacity to provide mental health promotion.

This unit is offered in the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing (CC69). The Graduate Diploma is provisionally accredited by the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing. The College will be notified of these changes. As there are no fundamental changes to the unit, it is unlikely that accreditation will be affected. 


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Portfolio • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication •
4 - Research • • •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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