Mental Health Nursing

University of Queensland

About

Mental health nursing is a rewarding career where you can make a positive difference to the lives of patients and their families.

Mental health nurses are in high demand in a variety of fields within the mental health sector.

This program will prepare students for specialist practice in the area of mental health nursing.

It will develop a student's knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to contemporary mental health nursing practice.

The program is taught by highly experienced and internationally-recognised practitioners and researchers.

The Master of Mental Health Nursing is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the theories, legislation, policies and standards that underpin mental health nursing.

Students will develop practical skills that promote safe nursing practice and management of risk in a clinical setting.

Structure

Students will experience a variety of evidence-based interventions as well as develop a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical principles that underpin these practices. Students can undertake both structured and independent learning assignments and study in a flexible environment that respects concurrent professional commitments. The program is designed to provide self-paced structured learning and includes both a program of reading and tasks designed to integrate reading into practice. On campus study requirement A number of courses within the program will require attendance on the St Lucia campus for a brief period of time.

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Master of Mental Health Nursing.

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Placement courses

Students will undertake approximately 200 hours of supervised clinical practice. During their placements, students will have the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge acquired through coursework to practice and develop their clinical skills in real life setting. Supervised practice will occur within the student's work setting in mental health and support you in developing specialist mental health nursing skills.

Entry requirements

To complete the Master of Mental Health Nursing

To fulfil the requirements of the Master of Mental Health Nursing, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

Early exit points

Based upon course selection, students may be able to exit this award with the:

  • Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing (#8)
  • Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (#16)

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