Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
Postgraduate
In Canberra (Australia)
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Postgraduate
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Canberra (Australia)
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COURSE VIDEO Take your career to the next level – Advanced learning for registered nurses 2:55 The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing is designed for registered nurses working in mental health settings. This course focuses on current clinical issues in mental health, as well as therapeutic skills and role development.
You will learn how to deal with a range of conditions across the variety of health care environments in which clients present with mental illnesses, mental disorders and psychological distress seeking specialist assessment and treatment. This programs provides registered nurses with the skills and attributes necessary to provide sophisticated, complex care to patients facing mental health conditions. It is designed for nurses who already have some experience of the mental health environment.
You may choose to complete the graduate diploma or use it as a pathway into the master’s degree in this discipline.
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Subjects
- IT
- Mental Health
- Health nursing
- Skills and Training
Course programme
Unit of Study information on faculty page
Study planThe Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing may be completed over one year full-time or two years part-time. The course consists of 48 credit points of core units of study, which include four specialty-specific units for the mental health nursing courses.
Graduate opportunities
Graduates of this course will be recognised as having advanced knowledge relevant to mental health nursing. Mental heath nurses are employed in hospitals, in patient and community settings, or independent practice.
Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing