Master of Mental Health Nursing

The Master of Mental Health Nursing aims to expand nursing clinicians' knowledge and skills in mental health practice with evidence-based knowledge and practice enabling immediate application/translation in the workplace. Students have the option to pursue a project stream or a research stream within this course. As such, they may complete either a project and two elective subjects, or complete a research dissertation in their final semester.

Both streams consolidate learning from the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing and Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing in research, specialist clinical skills and knowledge as well as clinical leadership.

• evaluate issues and challenges confronting mental health practice
• conceptualise new and creative approaches to clinical practice to support service delivery in culturally diverse health care contexts
• connect theory, practice and research with regard to mental health practice
• understand and use innovative solutions in contemporary health care
• contribute to values based professional practice in dynamic and challenging environments.

Graduates will be able to apply their theoretical and practical learning in a range of mental health settings.

Examples of potential employment settings include:

• Public and private health care organisations
• Child and adolescent, adult and older person mental health services
• Acute, community, rehabilitation and long term care focused settings
• Local, State and Commonwealth Government policy
• Consumer and carer groups
• Mental health based research

Examples of potential employment roles include:

• Case manager/worker
• Clinician
• Nurse practitioner
• Psychiatric consultation and liaison nurse
• Service manager
• Team leader
• Triage manager