Comprehensive competence in mental health nursingLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

• You understand the critical scrutiny and use of evidenced-based methods in mental health nursing • You understand the significance of evidenced-based mental health nursing in building a nursing relationship • You are able to assess the need of care together with the patient and their family members • You can comprehensively guide the patient and their family members • You understand and are able to develop the practices of case management • You are able to make ethically appropriate decisions and support the decision-making of the patient and their family members in accordance with the principles of evidence-based mental health nursing

Content

• What is evidence-based mental health nursing? • How are evidence-based interventions critically scrutinized and developed in mental health nursing? • How can evidence-based interventions be used in mental health nursing for building a nursing relationship? • How do you assess the need for mental health care? • How do you comprehensively guide the patient and their family members in the sphere of mental health nursing? • What are the practices of case management and how can they be developed? • How does ethical and evidence-based mental health nursing support nurses and patients in decision-making?