Study Guide

Objective

The student knows how to act as a part of a multi-professional team in mental health and addiction nursing in a client-centred manner. The student is able to take into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. The student knows the basics of the mental health and addiction services in Finland and is familiar with Mental Health Act. The student knows the concept of positive mental health and can describe factors associated with it. The student knows how to support and promote health and ability to function for patients with mental health and addiction problems and their next-of-kin. The student knows how to assess the resources of mental health patients, of people with addiction problems and of families from different cultural backgrounds. The student plans, implements and evaluates interventions for common psychiatric disorders, mental health problems and addiction problems. He/ she uses evidence-based interventions to help, support and counsel mental health patients, people with addiction problems and family members of all ages. He/ she is able to counsel and support patients and families of all ages in self-care and recovery. The student can use current knowledge of psychiatry and addiction medicine.

Content

Positive mental health, service user involvement and experts by experience. Client-centredness and recovery in mental health and addiction nursing. Protective and threatening factors associated with mental and addiction problems, the stress-vulnerability model. Mental health and addiction services in Finland, Mental Health Act. Nursing process, therapeutic relationship, evidence-based psychosocial interventions, pharmacological therapy in mental health and addiction nursing. Multi-professionalism in mental health and addiction nursing. Common psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, dependency and addictive disorders. Self-harm and suicidal behaviour. The impact of the client's age, sex, cultural background, growth and development stage and the impact of the care or service environment and ethicality on mental health nursing and addiction nursing.

Materials

You will get the material for the exams from the Moodle of the course. All the material used in lectures, slides and group works will also be part of the test material.

Additional reading:
Varcarolis et al (2009) Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : a communication approach to evidence-based care

Shives (2012) Basic concepts of psychiatric-mental health nursing

Teaching methods

Seminars/lessons, independent studies, online studies, simulations

Student workload

1ECTS = 27h student work

Further information

Skills labs and simulations are compulsory. The student must do those with another group, if she/ he misses the classes.

Open University student must have previous knowledge of nursing and course is meant as bridging education for nurse, who is educated outside EU/ETA area.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
- uses the knowledge foundation of client-centered clinical nursing narrowly
- on a satisfactory level, seeks information and uses evidence-based knowledge to explain his/her actions in client-centered clinical nursing
- on a satisfactory level, implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in various nursing/public health nursing situations
- is capable of client-centered and safe clinical practice based on ethical principles
- possesses adequate skills in client-centered clinical decision-making
- is to some extent prepared to develop client-centered clinical nursing

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- competently and extensively uses the concepts and knowledge of client-centered clinical nursing
- evaluates and critically uses evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing
- implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centered clinical nursing situations
- is capable of client-centered, responsible and safe clinical practice
- applies alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centered clinical nursing
- evaluates action and safety in client-centered clinical nursing based on professional ethical principles of nursing
- acts as an expert of client-centered clinical nursing in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures
- purposefully develops himself/ herself and the working community in client-centered clinical nursing

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
- demonstrates competence in the nursing scientific knowledge base and competently applies this knowledge to client-centered clinical nursing
- independently seeks, uses and critically evaluates international evidence-based nursing scientific knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing
- implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centered clinical nursing situations
- assumes responsibility for the patient's/client's care and service process in client-centered clinical nursing
- creates innovative alternative solutions for decision-making in client-centered clinical nursing
- develops action and safety based on the professional ethics of nursing in client-centered clinical nursing
- as an expert of client-centered clinical nursing, develops action in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures
- develops himself/herself, the profession and practice in client-centered clinical nursing purposefully, with a career-oriented approach

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail = 0
The student
- does not adequately appreciate or use the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing
- is not adequately able to give reasons for his/her chosen actions in client-centered clinical nursing
- is not adequately able to put into practice his/her knowledge of client-centered clinical nursing
- is not capable of adequate client-centered and safe clinical practice
- does not possess adequate decision-making skills for client-centered clinical nursing
- does not adequately take into consideration safety or ethical principles in client-centered clinical nursing
- is not prepared to develop client-centered clinical nursing

Assessment methods and criteria

Grade 1-5
Exams
Active participation in lessons in classroom and in Teams, completing given assignments/group works
Participation in simulations

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-III
Registered Nurse's Competencies in Medication and Fluid Care

Clinical training in the basics of clinical nursing
Clinical training in gerontological nursing