Undergraduate mental health nursing placements

Mental health placements are quite different to other nursing placements.

If you know that mental health is the career for you, it can be very exciting to have this placement. For others, we understand that you might feel apprehensive about what will be expected of you during your placement.

Regardless of where your career takes you, you will need to have mental health nursing skills, so this placement is an important one.

Before your first day

To get ready for your placement:

1. Download and read the Nursing undergraduate mental health placement handbook
2. Read the Entry to Practice Electronic Medical Record access
3. Watch the video on patient privacy in the EMR
4. Watch the recovery story videos
5. Revise your university module on mental health
6. Complete this form and declaration
7. Ensure that you have completed the relevant training on:
   • Hand hygiene
   • COVID-19 infection control training
   • Mask fit testing (through your university)
8. Make sure you know where you are going and how you will get there. Check the location of where you need to go in the handbook and ensure that you leave enough time to find your way and park.

On your first day

• Don’t forget to wear your student ID
• Bring your university appraisal document and placement requirements
• Bring evidence of the following:
  • Valid National Police Check
  • Valid Working with Children Check
  • Valid immunisation status
  • Evidence of completion of hand hygiene
  • Evidence of completion of COVID-19 training
  • Mask fit testing