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Certificate of Professional Development in Mental Health Nursing Care

Aims and Summary.

Sri Lanka has achieved quality mental health-care outcomes despite having considerable limitations in resource allocation. Mental health services and professionals need to be consistently revamped, giving priority to face ongoing challenges to provide quality as well as equitable care. This course will contribute to the training of nurses in mental health to manage the ever-growing patient needs while giving everyone the best care available.

This course focuses on the interrelationship of the emotional and physical components of human behaviour. The programme provides a good understanding and insight into the principles of nursing, specifically mental health nursing and working in the field.

The aim of this Course is to
discuss the importance of a mental health nurse, including the responsibilities of the nurse, safeguarding of the client and more.
equip students with a critical understanding of factors affecting the physical health of people with psychosis.
develop knowledge and skills in assessing and recognising common physical health problems in people with psychosis and referring on when appropriate.
provide students with a critical understanding of how to deliver effective health education.
provide students with a critical awareness of when to seek supervision and refer on to other professionals to ensure interventions are safe and effective and tailored to the patient’s needs.
discuss the importance to the community and patients of a mental health nurse.
Key course information

 

Course level Level 4
Course Commencement Applicants may commence this course when the required number of applicants for the course have been registered.

Course will be offered in 3 intakes per academic year – March, July and November.
Credits toward CU qualification 40
Total student study hours 400
Total study weeks 32
Pre-requisites and co-requisites Applicants should have successfully completed a 3-year recognised nursing qualification.

 

Applications will be encouraged from non-standard entrants with relevant experiential learning and evidence of continuing professional development.

 

All candidates should have access to a Mental Health /Psychiatric Unit where they will have to complete 120 hours of clinical placement under supervision.

 

Candidates who have not completed their prior education in English are required to have achieved IELTS 6.5 with no component lower than 5.5. Other accepted measures of English language are; TOEFL-iBT: at least 12 for listening, 13 for reading, 21 for writing and 18 for speaking or PTE Academic: at least 50 for each of the 4 components or OET: at least B for each of the 4 components or Cambridge C1 Advanced test: at least 169 in each of the 4 components or CEFR Scale: at least B2 level.

 

Candidates must possess basic knowledge in IT including; MS office packages (MS Word and MS PowerPoint), internet and email.

 

All candidates must be available to allocate the required study time over a consecutive period of 32 weeks (8 months) from the date of course commencement.  This includes online interactive lessons and as well as self-study.
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