Psychiatric NursingLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students deepen their ability to encounter and maintain nursing interaction with mental health and substance abuse patients, as well as their their family members. Students can apply this in diverse operational environments to promote mental health and prevent problems in a resource-oriented way.
Students can plan, implement, evaluate and develop the care of mental health and substance abuse patients in diverse operational environments.
Students can support and guide the patient and family members through the different stages of the care path.
Students are capable of independent and multiprofessional decision-making as part of the overall psychiatric treatment.
Students show responsibility through their own actions on the quality of their nursing.

Content

• Methods of nursing mental health and substance abuse patients
• Leadership and self-management in psychiatric nursing
• Specifics of psychiatric nursing

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluating competences evaluation criteria competent/intermediate level is used.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student
- can search for knowledge resourcefully utilizing sources of the field and uses the knowledge base of the field
- is familiar with the knowledge base and core components of the profession
- has adequate professional skills to work in the profession
- can work in a client-oriented way
- solves professional tasks and problems
- works safely and in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
- displays competence benefitting groups or projects
- is able to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses and development needs