Principles of Mental Health Nursing QLS Level 3

This Principles of Mental Health Nursing QLS Level 3 course is perfect for anyone considering a career in the mental health industry. During this course, you'll learn how to assess a patient and develop a care plan for that individual, as well as the approaches to conducting interventions and the medicines available to help someone struggling with their mental health, including the benefits and adverse effects that can occur as a result of medication.

Course Content

Unit 1 Context, values, principles, and accountability

• History of mental health nursing
• Care values and standards
• Regulatory bodies and organisations
• NHS reform
• Key legislation
• Ethical principles
• Accountability

Unit 2 Mental health, the law, ethics, and nursing practice

• The Mental Health Act 1983
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• The Equality Act 2010
• Duty of care and the common law of negligence
• Ethics of mental health nursing practice

Unit 3 Assessment and care planning

• How to define assessment
• The scope of assessment
• Methods of assessment
• Assessing the whole self
• Care plans
• Developing a care plan
• Care plans related to assessment

Unit 4 Interventions part 1

• Self-management
• Counselling approaches
• CBT
• Solution-focussed approaches

Unit 5 Interventions part 2

• Motivational interview
• Working with groups
• Working with families and carers
• Complementary and alternative therapies

Unit 6 Psychopharmacology in mental health

• Antipsychotics
• Antidepressants
• Mood stabilisers
• Anxiolytics and hypnotics
• Medicines for specific conditions
• Adverse effects and monitoring
• Standards of medicine administration in mental health nursing
• Routes of administration, timing and dose
• Benefits and adverse effects of medication