La Trobe University

Master of Mental Health Nursing

If you're a registered nurse looking to progress your career, La Trobe's fully online Master of Mental Health Nursing expands your knowledge and skills in providing recovery-based care for consumers with mental health conditions. Developed in collaboration with Mental Health Clinical Services, you'll learn how to provide evidence-based mental health care in a range of health settings and build the specialised skills to work with groups ranging from children to the elderly, and in areas such as addiction, eating disorders, depression and anxiety.

You'll begin by broadening your understanding of mental health and its impact on individuals, families and communities. Build your critical thinking skills and discover how to effectively assess and diagnose mental illness. From there, you'll enhance your ability to make high-level clinical decisions and apply therapeutic interventions that meet the needs of mental health consumers.

You'll develop your communication skills to work effectively with colleagues, consumers, and their families. You'll examine a range of therapeutic approaches, including pharmacological and recovery-oriented therapies, working with people in crisis and using a problem-solving approach in the context of mental health care. Then, put your learning into your current clinical practice in your workplace.