- Recovery orientated and person centred interventions in the delivery of mental health nursing care
- Professional, legal, and ethical standards related to complex mental health care
- Managing complex situations where vulnerability and safeguarding may be of concern
- Self-awareness and recognition of own limitations in assessing and delivering nursing care to those experiencing complex healthcare needs
- liaising with the wider multi-disciplinary team and other agencies (including advocacy) as appropriate to ensure that individual needs are met
- Therapeutic engagement in complex healthcare and non-healthcare settings
- Models of interventions to support the development of communication and interpersonal skills in complex health care situation e.g. loss, end of life care, harm reduction strategies, positive risk taking
- Family and carer considerations, using a model for family interventions
- Models of therapeutic intervention
- Effective nursing assessment of complex care needs utilising clinical assessment tools
- Planning, implementing and evaluating care to address complex needs taking in to account age specific; cultural specific and family/carer considerations
- Meeting the nursing care needs of those experiencing complex health issues ¿ including co-morbidities, dual diagnosis; perinatal care; and learning disabilities, and effectively responding in a timely manner to changing health care needs
- Special considerations of environmental factors affecting mental health and wellbeing in complex situations e.g. military mental health, hostels, residential home care settings; forensic settings
- Addressing the physical health needs (in a mental health setting) of those experiencing long-term physical and mental health issues
- Utilisation of local and national policies and robust evidence based literature to inform clinical nursing practice and decision making
- Identification and recognition of appropriate multi-professional agencies/services to assist in meeting the bio-psycho social needs of individuals experiencing mental health issues
- Using the framework of clinical governance to maintain professional nursing standards in meeting complex healthcare needs
- To consider the role of supervising and delegating in relation to meeting the complex healthcare needs of individuals in contact with mental health services
- Undertaking clinical supervision through simulation of events in practice
- Placement preparation and evaluation

Numeracy Examination (100% pass mark required) - Pass/Refer/Fail (LO's 1& 2)
Clinical Practice Assessment - Pass/Refer/Fail (LO 6)
Learning Profile based on year three (all LO's) weighted at 100%

All elements have to be passed in order to successfully complete the module

Formative Assessment:
Formative feedback in practice
Formative feedback in summative assessments of clinical practice
Formative feedback through group workshops
Group and Individual tutorials

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (206)
60 hours workshops
30 hours lectures
98 hours skills for practice to include: family interventions, therapy based interventions e.g cognitive behavioural interventions, clinical supervision through events in clinical practice
18 hours group work

Guided Independent study: (394)
50 hours: directed learning/reading
30 hours: blackboard work
150 hours: self-directed reading
164 hours: assessment preparation

Enrolled on BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice / Registered Nurse programme
Access to practice placements
Successful completion of progression point two

CALLAGHAN, P., PLAYLE, J. and COOPER, L. (2009) Mental health Skills. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
GAMBLE, C. and BRENNAN, G. (Eds.) (2005) Working with serious mental health problems: A manual for clinical practice. London: Elsevier.
NASH, M. (2010) Physical health and wellbeing in mental health nursing. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
NORMAN, I. and RYRIE, I. (2009) The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

The module teaching is underpinned by the experience of people living with dementia. Taught theory is balanced with how to put this into practice, for instance you will learn what to say when someone in their 80s is looking for their parents or how to effectively maintain good fluid intake for people struggling to make sense of their surroundings.

1. CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND INTEGRATE EVIDENCE AND VALUES BASED NURSING CARE DEMONSTRATING SYNTHESIS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX AND CHANGING HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Enquiry
Learning

2. DEMONSTRATE DETAILED AND SYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONTEMPORARY NURSING CONCEPTS, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING NUMERACY FOR PRACTICE AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE PROVISION OF HOLISTIC CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
Application
Knowledge & Understanding

3. EFFECTIVELY RISK ASSESS AND RISK MANAGE COMPLEX CARE, TAKING IN TO ACCOUNT AND RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE SERVICE USER, FAMILY AND CARERS, ENGAGING THE WIDER MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM AS APPROPRIATE
Application
Problem Solving

4. COMPILE CARE PLANS THAT DEMONSTRATE ASSESSMENT SKILLS, ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ISSUES, APPROPRIATE PLANNING AND AN ABILITY TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES
Analysis
Problem Solving
5. SELECT BEST PRACTICE INCLUDING EVIDENCE BASED MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS TO ASSIST CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS
Analysis
Application

6. DEMONSTRATE ACHIEVEMENT OF NMC (2010) STANDARDS FOR ENTRY TO THE REGISTER
Application