the Australian College
of Mental Health Nurses inc.
Mental Health Nurses in Australia
Scope of practice 2013 &
StandardS of practice 2010
2 Scope of practice / StandardS of practice for auStralian Mental HealtH nurSeS
Contents
Section 1
Scope of practice of Mental Health nurses in australia 2013 . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX3
foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX5
introduction to the Scope of practice of Mental Health nurses in australia XXXXXXXXXX
preamble: Scope of practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX9
Justification: the need to define the Scope of practice of
Mental Health nurses in australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX10
proviso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX11
part one: Scope of practice: all Mental Health nurses . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX12
part tWo: Scope of practice: the individual Mental Health nurse . . . XXXXXXXXXX14
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX16
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX17
Section ii
Standards of practice for australian Mental Health nurses 2010 . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX19
foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX21
executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX22
Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX23
Mental Health nurses (definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX23
Standards of practice in Mental Health nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXXXXXXXX24
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .