Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care) MSc

The program provides opportunities to explore research as evidence for enhancing and changing practice; key emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking and reflective skills at specialist and advanced practice levels; it develops professional qualities and a high level of competence in the promotion of excellence and current best practice in the delivery and appraisal of advancing practice; on completion of the program students can: utilise evidence to inform nursing practice in monitoring co-ordinating and managing care; critically review current innovations and developments within nursing; utilise a knowledge base consistent with that of the profession, and which incorporates the standards of professional groups; critically appraise strategies to promote, maintain and restore health in relevant care groups; critically evaluate, generate and conduct research that incorporates evidence-based practice in nursing; critically evaluate the role of specialist and advanced practice in nursing; collaborate within multidisciplinary teams in the provision of quality outcomes; critically appraise international, national and local policy strategies that are relevant to advancing nursing roles; discuss factors that influence practice and theoretical knowledge at specialist and advanced practice levels; demonstrate the critical thinking skills and ethical decision-making required for specialist and advanced practice in nursing care; critically evaluate the use of psychosocial interventions in mental health care; critically discuss the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist or Advanced Nurse Practitioners in the monitoring, coordination and management of individuals experiencing mental health problems.