Practical Training in Mental Health Nursing (7cr)

Objective

Students are able to implement multi-professional mental health 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 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 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 clients/ patients and family members of all ages. Students know how to plan and safely implement and evaluate drug care for adult mental health clients/patients. Students know how to support and promote mental health patients' and families' health and ability to function. They are able to counsel and support patients and families of all ages in self-care. Students evaluate their professional competence critically from the perspectives of strenghts and development needs.

Content

Practical training in mental health nursing settings. eDrug Care Certificate. Assignments.

Teaching methods

Practical training, assignment, complementing the eDrug Care Certificate online, evaluation of competence, seminar, counselling situations

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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

Qualifications

Mental Health Nursing and Nursing in Drug Abuse, drug calculations