4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) Mental Health Nursing

NU2P08 -Mental Health Nursing in the Community (5 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

Following completion of this module the student should be able to:

• Analyse health care policy relevant to community mental health care.
  
• Analyse the role of the psychiatric/mental health nurse in community health care
  
• Compare and contrast different approaches to community mental health nursing and care
  
• Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the multidisciplinary team approach to community care
  
• Discuss the principles of crisis intervention as a model of community care.
  
• Discuss the role of family in relation to treatment, maintenance and social inclusion in the context community mental health

Module Learning Aims

This module will provide students with the knowledge and skills to assist clients to achieve an optimal
level of functioning in the community. Emphasis will be placed on measures to assist and support clients
and their families/carers to live independently in the community. Students will gain an understanding of
the concepts and models related to community mental health care and treatment.

Recommended Reading List

Essential Reading

• McCardle, J. (2008) Community Care and Rehabilitation in Morrissey, J., Keogh, B. and Doyle, L. (Eds) Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Irish Perspective. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin.
  
• Ryan, D. (2009) Mental Health Nursing in Community Care in Barker, P. (Ed) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing; The Craft of Caring. Arnold Hodder, London.

Recommended Reading

• Gamble, C. and Brennan, G. (eds) (2006) Working with Serious Mental Illness: A Manual for Clinical Practice (2nd Ed). Elsevier, Edinburgh.
  
• Hannigan, B. and Coffey, M. (eds) (2003) The Handbook of Community Mental Health Nursing. Routledge, London.
  
• Jack, R. (1995) Empowerment in Community Care. Chapman and Hall, London.
  
• McCray, J. (2009) Nursing and Multi-Professional Practice. Sage, Los Angeles.
  
• Onyett S. (1996) Multidisciplinary community teams: Where is the wreckage? Journal of Mental Health 5(1), 47-56.
  
• Williams, C., Firn, M., Wharne, S. and MacPherson R. (2011) Assertive Outreach in Mental Healthcare: Current Perspectives. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
  

* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.