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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing (7 cr)

Code: TH00BU82-3001

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2021 - 31.01.2022

Timing

01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Kaisa Friman
  • Outi Konsell

Groups

  • PSHTS20C

Objective

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIHA

Objectives
Students will
• Know how to determine the mental health/substance abuse care needs of 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

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

Evaluation scale

H-5