Practical training in Clinical Nursing 4 (12cr)

Objective

Students are able to implement multi-professional mental health or pediatric nursing while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. Students know how to assess the resources of mental health or pediatric patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and know how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Students plan, implement and evaluate interventions for mental health or pediatric clients/patients and their families, who face common health changes and/or problems and/or crises. Students are competent in documentation and oral reporting. They use evidence-based interventions to help, support and counsel mental health or pediatric clients/ patients and family members. Students know how to plan and safely implement and evaluate drug care for adult mental health or pediatric clients/patients. Students know how to support and promote mental health or pediatric patients' and families' health and ability to function. They are able to counsel and support patients and families in self-care.

Students are able to describe project work in the context of developing nursing practice. They know how projects proceed through stages and they are able to draw up project plans and reports. Students present their plan and/or report in a seminar or in a cooperation in a working life setting.

Content

Practical training in mental health nursing settings or practical training in placements which allow students to practise in children, adolescents and families nursing. Electronic Drug Care Certificate. Assignments. Project assignment.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Practical Training in Clinical Nursing during the middle phase of the studies.

Qualifications

Previous practical training periods.