HNN761 - Biopsychosocialspiritual Mental Health Nursing Assessment
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Kinga Pemo |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H568, H569, H575, H579, H645, H665, H666, H667, H668, H669, H672, H675, H679, H771, H777, H779 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 4 x 1 hour online seminars |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Content
Comprehensive nursing assessment comprises a fundamental role of a mental health nurse. Comprehensive mental health assessment should take a holistic perspective that recognises the biological, psychological, social and spiritual components of an individual’s life, and how these concepts can both positively and negatively influence their mental health. This unit is designed to advance students mental health nursing assessment skills to prioritise delivery of complex care in the mental healthcare environment as a nurse. In this unit students will comprehensively explore mental state assessment, including risk and suicide assessment. The mental state assessment is a complex and comprehensive process that involves an understanding of behaviour that suggest underlying mental health challenges. In order to assess mental state, students must also have an understanding of risk and protective factors that can both preserve and hinder mental health. Suicide remains a significant risk for people living with mental illness, and understanding and assessing risk is a high priority for mental health nurses. This unit will comprehensively explore risk assessment including suicide and risk vulnerabilities and the nurse’s appropriate response to an increased risk. Underpinning legal and ethical principles in addition to Indigenous persons perspectives will also be examined in detail.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Apply advanced biopsychosocialspiritual nursing assessment skills when collaboratively engaging with consumers to formulate a plan of care. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply an understanding of mental state assessment principles and rationale, in order to employ these nursing skills in the healthcare setting. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically examine aetiology of suicide in vulnerable populations and reflect on consumer risk and protective factors. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Critical reflection | 1000 words | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Case study analysis | 2000 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Written essay | 2000 words | 40% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HNN761 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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