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Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health)
These inherent requirements apply to the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing - course code 4720.
Ethical behaviour
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| 1 | Nursing is a profession governed by competency standards (opens in a new window), codes of ethics (opens in a new window), professional conduct (opens in a new window) and professional boundaries (opens in a new window) where nurses are both accountable and responsible for ensuring professional behaviour in all contexts. |
| 2 | Student demonstrates knowledge of, and engages in ethical behaviour in practice. |
| 3 | Justification of inherent requirement: » Compliance with the codes, guidelines and policies facilitates safe, competent interactions and relationships for students and/or the people they engage with. This ensures the physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of the individual is not placed at risk |
| 4 | Adjustments must not compromise codes and standards or result in unethical behaviour. |
| 5 | Exemplars: » Complying with academic and non-academic misconduct policies in their studies |
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Communication
This course requires effective, verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
Verbal
| Inherent requirements statements | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Effective and efficient verbal communication, in English, is an essential requirement to provide evidence based mental health practice. |
| 2 | Student demonstrates: » The ability to understand and respond to verbal communication accurately, appropriately and in a timely manner » The ability to provide clear instructions in the context of the situation » Timely clear feedback and reporting |
| 3 | Justification of inherent requirement: » Effective interactive communication with peers, tutors and colleagues is a fundamental aspect of demonstrating knowledge, to provide evidence based mental health practice |
| 4 | Adjustments for impaired verbal communication must address effectiveness, clarity and accuracy issues. |
| 5 | Exemplars: » Participating in discussions with academic staff |
Written
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|---|---|
| 1 | Effective written communication is a fundamental requirement in providing evidence based mental health practice. |
| 2 | Student demonstrates capacity to construct coherent written communication appropriate to the circumstances. |
| 3 | Justification of inherent requirement: » Construction of written text based assessment tasks to reflect the required academic standards are necessary to convey knowledge and understanding of relevant subject matter for professional practice |
| 4 | Adjustments must meet necessary standards of clarity, accuracy and accessibility to ensure effective recording and transmission of information in an academic setting. |
| 5 | Exemplars: » Constructing a variety of academic assessments that demonstrates the ability to critique existing knowledge, identify issues and challenges in the mental health care setting and initiate projects that can lead to strategic change |
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Cognition
This course requires knowledge of theory and the skills of cognition, literacy and numeracy.
Knowledge and cognitive skills
| Inherent requirements statements | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Consistent and effective knowledge and cognitive skills must be demonstrated for evidence based mental health practice. |
| 2 | Student demonstrates: » The capacity to locate appropriate and relevant information » The ability to process information relevant to practice » The ability to integrate and implement knowledge in practice |
| 3 | Justification of inherent requirement: » Evidence based mental health practice requires comprehensive knowledge that must be sourced, understood and applied appropriately |
| 4 | Adjustments must ensure that a clear demonstration of knowledge and cognitive skills is not compromised or impeded. |
| 5 | Exemplars: » Ability to conceptualise and use appropriate knowledge in response to academic assessment items |
Literacy (language)
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|---|---|
| 1 | Competent literacy skills are essential to ensure the provision of evidence based mental health practice. |
| 2 | Student demonstrates: » The ability to accurately acquire information and accurately convey appropriate, effective messages » The ability to read and comprehend a range of literature and information » The capacity to understand and implement academic conventions to construct written text in a scholarly manner |
| 3 | Justification of inherent requirement: » The ability to acquire information and to accurately convey messages is necessary to ensure effective evidence based mental health practice The ability to read, decode, interpret and comprehend multiple sources of information is fundamental to providing evidence based mental health practice |
| 4 | Adjustments to address literacy issues must demonstrate a capacity to effectively acquire, comprehend, apply and communicate accurate information. |
| 5 | Exemplars: » Paraphrasing, summarising and referencing in accordance with appropriate academic conventions |
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Developed from: Johnson, A., Allan,T., Phillips,K., Azzopardi,T., Dickson,C., Goldsmith,M & Hengstberger-Sims, C. (2011). Inherent Requirements of Nursing Education (IRONE), Western Sydney University School of Nursing & Midwifery and Student Equity & Disability Services.
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