Practical training: Mental health and addiction care work (6cr)

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 and addiction patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- plans, implements and evaluates interventions for mental health and addiction clients/patients and their families, 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 and addiction clients/ patients and family members.
- knows how to plan and safely implement and evaluate drug care for mental health and addiction clients/patients.
- knows how to support and promote mental health and addiction patients' and families' health and ability to function.
- is able to counsel and support patients and families in self-care.

Content

Practical training in clinical nursing environment that allows training in mental health nursing settings. Electronic Drug Care Certificate. Assignments.

Qualifications

Theoretical studies in mental health and substance abuse care and approved completion of medication calculations.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed/ Failed
Passed
The student
- knows how to find information for specific situations in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- demonstrates the use of a customer-oriented clinical nursing knowledge base in mental health/addiction care
- distinguishes between everyday knowledge and researched knowledge in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- is able to act in individual customer-oriented mental health/addiction care situations in accordance with instructions
- demonstrates knowledge of the ethical principles of nursing/public health nursing in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- is able to work as a member of a work group and share some of their expertise in client-oriented mental health/addiction care
- is able to examine their own strengths and development needs in client-oriented mental health/addiction care
Failed
If one or more of the following criteria are met, the training must be supplemented:
The student
- is unable to search for information on individual situations in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- does not demonstrate the use of a customer-oriented clinical nursing knowledge base in mental health/addiction care
- does not distinguish between everyday knowledge and researched knowledge in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- is unable to act in accordance with instructions in individual situations in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- does not demonstrate knowledge of the ethical principles of nursing/public health nursing in customer-oriented mental health/addiction care
- is unable to act as a member of a work group and share some of their expertise in client-oriented mental health/addiction care
- is unable to examine their own strengths and development needs in client-oriented mental health/addiction care

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.