Mental Health Nursing and Nursing in Drug Abuse

Structure Type: Course
Code: THO5F4
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 4.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Palo, Raija
Teacher Team: Saari, Anna ; Katajamäki, Leena
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
TH-2015   2 spring   4.0   2017-01-01   2017-07-31  
TH-2016   2 spring   4.0   2018-01-01   2018-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

Students are able to implement multi-professional mental health nursing while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. Students know how to assess the resources of mental health patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and know how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Students plan, implement and evaluate interventions for common psychiatric disorders and mental health problems. They use evidence-based interventions to help, support and counsel mental health patients and family members of all ages. Students know how to support and promote mental health patients' and families' health and ability to function. They are able to support mental health patients and family members of all ages in crisis situations. Students know how to encounter violence in patients and families. They are able to counsel and support patients and families of all ages in self-care and rehabilitation. Students make use of current psychiatric knowledge.

Student's Workload

Will be announced in the course implementation plan

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies required

Contents

Health promotion, supporting self-care and rehabilitation in mental health nursing. Essential nursing interventions (FinCC) in mental health nursing. The national documentation model. Effica. The impact of the client's age, sex, cultural background, growth and develoment stage and the impact of the care or service environment and ethicality on mental health nursing. Mental health nursing, rehabilitation and counselling. Nursing, rehabilitation and counselling of patients and families in crisis. Multiprofessionalism in mental health nursing. Self-care counselling for mental health patients and families. Safe care environment. Occupational safety. Supervision of work. Psychiatry.

Recommended or Required Reading

Kuhanen, C. & al. 2010 (tai uudempi) Mielenterveyshoitotyö. WSOYpro OY.

Varcaloris, E.M. & Halter, M.J. 2009. Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - A Communication Approach to Evidence-Based Care. Saunders. (soveltuvin osin)

Havio & al. 2008 (tai uudempi) Päihdehoitotyö. Tammi.

Current study materials

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, simulation, case studies, mobile and online learning, seminars, independent study.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Client-Centred Clinical Competence during the middle phase of the studies.

Assessment Methods

Exam, assignments, self and peer-evaluation

Work Placement

The course consists of exercises and theoretical studies

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