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Clinical Training: Mental Health and Addiction NursingLaajuus (7 cr)

Code: SH00DN56

Objective

The student
-is able to implement multi-professional mental health and addiction nursing while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting.
-knows how to assess the resources of mental health addiction patients and next of kin from different cultural backgrounds.
-plans, implements and evaluates interventions for mental health and addiction clients/patients and their next of kin who face common health changes and/or problems and/or crises.
-is competent in documentation and oral reporting.
-uses evidence-based interventions to help, support and counsel mental health or addiction clients/ patients and next of kin of all ages.
-knows how to plan and safely implement and evaluate drug care for adult mental health or addiction clients/patients.
-knows how to support and promote mental health / addiction patients' and next of kins' health and ability to function.
-is able to counsel and support clients / patients and next of kin of all ages in self-care.
-can evaluate his/her professional competence critically from the perspectives of strenghts and development needs.

Content

Practical clinical training in mental health nursing settings. eDrug Care Certificate and Drug Calculations. Assignments.

Qualifications

Mental Health Nursing and Addiction Nursing, Drug Calculations

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

x

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed = 0
When the criteria below (one or more) are met, the training must be supplemented:

The student
- does not know how to search information required in individual situations in client-centered mental health / addiction nursing.
- cannot demonstrate the ability to use the knowledge base of client-centered mental health / addiction nursing.
- does not make a difference between everyday knowledge and evidence-based knowledge in client-centered mental health / addiction nursing.
- is not competent to work in individual client-centered mental health / addiction nursing situations even if instructed.
- cannot demonstrate awareness of the ethical principles for registered nurses in client-centered mental health / addiction nursing.
- is not competent to work as a member of a team or to share his/her knowledge in client-centered mental health / addiction nursing.
- is unable to analyse his/her strengths or development needs in client-centered mental health / addiction nursing.

Further information

It is possible that in these clinical training environments may also be under-aged patients. Therefore, the student must present the criminal record certificate before starting this training.