NURS20153 - Recovery Into Action
Unit Synopsis
Recovery-oriented approaches to delivering mental health services are enshrined in current state-level legislation and national and international policy, plans, and standards. In this unit, you interrogate national and international strategic directions for providing mental health care in the context of the consumer movement and recovery-oriented approaches. You also discuss the importance of consumer rights, autonomy, self-determination, and collaborative decision-making when supporting people with the lived experience of mental illness; and appraise the needs of diverse consumers and carers in line with the principles of confidentiality, privacy, and disclosure. Finally, you evaluate the implementation of recovery-oriented services in practice, including the benefits and challenges for mental health nurses.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Be Different Intakes
Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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. Poster Sessions | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
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%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
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Term 2 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 57.14% 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: Formal feedback
Although the assessment tasks received every positive review and were considered appropriate for the learning outcomes of the unit, the length of some assessment tasks were considered too long.
A review of the assessment tasks to be undertaken prior to the next time the unit is offered.
The assessments were changed this term to quizzes, a written assessment and a portfolio. The written assessment was revised and was made clearer. Additional time was spent in Zoom on-line meetings explaining assessment requirements.
Source: Student survey
The written assessment was a little long winded and lacked clarity.
Make the written assessment clearer. Revise the structure with the team in order to create an assessment that is easy to follow and clear.
In Progress
Source: Student survey
Students commented that they had learned much from the unit coordinator as she had a lived experience of mental health challenges.
Continue to seek unit coordination from lived experience academics in the delivery of this unit.
In Progress
Source: Student survey
Some of the links dropped out and were difficult to source.
Check links frequently through the term to check functionality.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Examine the evolution of the consumer movement and mental health recovery, nationally and internationally.
- Interrogate national mental health policy, plans, and standards, including the centrality of consumer rights, autonomy, self-determination, and collaborative decision-making.
- Discuss the significance of the lived experience of mental illness for the contemporary practice of mental health nurses.
- Appraise the needs of diverse consumers and carers in line with the principles of confidentiality, privacy, and disclosure.
- Evaluate the implementation of recovery-oriented services in practice, including the benefits and challenges for mental health nurses.
Provisionally accredited with The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN).
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| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||
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| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | ||
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | ||
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