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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing (8 cr)

Code: TH00BW52-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 14.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

8 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

5 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Elina Santala
  • Hanna Ollikkala

Groups

  • PTERTK22

Objective

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
• 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