Mental Health Patient and Drug Abuse Patient Nursing (4 cr)
Code: 7031491-3041
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 30.04.2022
Timing
01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4 op
Virtual portion
1 op
RDI portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
75 % Contact teaching, 25 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
5 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Elina Santala
Groups
-
PENHOS20
Objective
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing 4 cr MIPä
Objectives
Students will
- Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
- Know how to determine and document mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
- Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
- Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
- Be able to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care and know how to address problems and refer patients to suitable treatment
- Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods
- Understand the significance of the nurse-patient relationship and the role played by emotions, attitudes and personality in such a relationship.
- Know how to guide and support patients and their family members
- Know how to use health care technology in mental health and substance abuse nursing
- Know how to administer safe and effective pharmacotherapy in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
- Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
Content
Contents
Psychiatry and Pharmacology 1 cr PSYFA
Nursing
- Mental health and substance abuse prevention - Ethical issues
- Core legislation
- Service system
- Methods of mental health nursing - Patient-nurse relationship
- Supportive therapy and psychoeducation
- Common psychiatric disorders and pharmacotherapy
- Crises and trauma
- Substance abuse nursing - Substance addiction
- Intoxicants
- Mini intervention
- Motivational interviewing
- Dealing with an aggressive or violent customer
Evaluation scale
H-5