Nursing Care of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Patients or Paediatric Nursing (7 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

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Ma 14.11.-18.12.2022

Objective

Nursing Care of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Patients:

Objectives

• Know how to determine the needs in nursing care of mental health/substance abuse patients in order to plan and administer care, and to evaluate its effectiveness
• Learn to interact with and help customers/patients of different ages, as well as their family members
• Become familiar with the methods used in mental health and substance abuse nursing, the nurse-patient relationship and the work pair approach, as well as learn to use supervision of work as a way to support professional development.
• Learn to analyse how their own values and attitudes influence their interaction with customers/patients of different ages and their professional interaction
• Understand the ethics of nursing and base their actions on current knowledge
• Increase their pharmacotherapy competence in mental health and substance abuse nursing (medication passport)
• Learn to document information about the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients

Paediatric Nursing:

Objectives
• Know how to act in various social welfare and health care environments and support parenthood during pregnancy or after childbirth
• Know how to pay attention to the special characteristics of maternity nursing
• Know how to promote the sexual health of people of different ages
• Know how to apply the knowledge base of child, adolescent and family nursing when treating children of different ages in a family-oriented and health-promoting manner
• Know how to pay attention to the special characteristics of nursing children and adolescents
• Gain further proficiency in determining the need for child or adolescent nursing and the related processes of planning, implementation and evaluation while working in a multiprofessional team
• Know how to perform pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy of children and adolescents under supervision
• Know how to support and counsel children, adolescents and families in different matters concerning health and illness
• Learn to make decisions that require nursing expertise in cooperation with children, adolescents and families and other professional groups, as well as to support their resources to promote their health
• Understand the ethics and fundamental values of nursing and base their actions on current evidence-based knowledge of nursing of children and adolescents

Content

Contents
• How to plan, perform and assess evidence-based mental health and substance abuse care and counselling and how to document the process
• Practising common methods of mental health and substance abuse care according to the learning environment and the needs of the patients/customers
• Practising the clinical examination of a patient and care-related, empowering interaction with patients/customers
• Different methods used in mental health and substance abuse nursing, the nurse-patient relationship and supervision of work
• The mental health and substance abuse care service system
• More profound skills in pharmacotherapy and mental health

Contents
• Development of parenthood and various modes of support in different operating environments of social welfare and health care
• Various counselling situations and methods during pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Bringing up the topic of sexuality
• Sexual education and the related methods
• Applying the knowledge base of nursing children and adolescents in nursing by paying attention to children of different ages, adolescents and their families
• Practising the nursing methods of supporting the growth and development of children and adolescents by paying attention to patient safety and the special characteristics of different patient groups
• Clinical examination and observation of child patients, applying examination and test results in the clinical decision-making process
• Applying evidence-based information in the nursing of children and adolescents and the development of nursing
• Prevention and treatment of common paediatric diseases and the related rehabilitation and assessment methods
• Oral and written communication
• Performing pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy on children and adolescents under supervision
• Applying health care technology in the nursing of children and adolescents
• Self-assessment of work and professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Teaching methods

Harjoittelu kliinisessä oppimisympäristössä

Evaluation methods and criteria

Kokonaistuntimäärä 216h

CV 2h
Info 2h
Palaute 2h

Itsenäinen työskentely 10h

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