Mental Health Patient and Drug Abuse Patient Nursing (4cr)
Code: 7031537-3007
General information
- Enrollment
- 20.05.2019 - 31.08.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2019 - 31.12.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 4 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
- Teachers
- Reijo Aunio
- Sari Mäkinen
- Course
- 7031537
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Evaluation scale
H-5
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