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Supervised Clinical Training in Mental Health Nursing (7 cr)

Code: SH00CO30-3008

General information


Enrollment

22.04.2024 - 04.09.2024

Timing

07.10.2024 - 18.12.2024

Credits

7 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Ulla Aninko-Rajala
  • Minna Laitila

Student groups

  • MSH22K

Objective

The student
-is 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.
-knows how to assess the resources of mental health patients and families from different cultural backgrounds.
-plans, implements and evaluates interventions for mental health 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 clients/ patients and family members of all ages.
-knows how to plan and safely implement and evaluate drug care for adult mental health clients/patients.
-knows how to support and promote mental health patients' and families' health and ability to function.
-is able to counsel and support patients and families 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.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

x

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

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

Qualifications

Mental Health Nursing and Addiction Nursing, Drug Calculations

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.