Comprehensive competence in mental health nursing (5 cr)

Objective

Student:
- understands the critical evaluation and use of evidence-based mental health nursing methods
- understands the significance of evidence-based mental health nursing in the development of mental health nursing and the treatment relationship
- is capable of independently assessing treatment need in mental health nursing with the customer and people close to them
- is able to guide the customer and people close to them comprehensively
- understands the practices of case management and knows how to develop the
- is able to make decisions and to support decision-making by the customer and people close to them in an ethical manner, drawing from the principles of evidence-based mental health nursing

Content

Evidence-based nursing in mental health work
Critical evaluation and development of evidence-based mental health work methods
Developing mental health care based on evidence-based mental health care methods
Assessment of care need in mental health work
Comprehensive guidance of the customer and people close to them in mental health work
Case management and its development
Ethics and evidence-based mental health nursing supporting decision-making by a nurse and the customer and people close to them

Location and time

Online lecture
Workshop

Materials

Will be published later.

The assignments and MATERIALS prepared by the teacher are works according to the Copyright Act (404/61), to which the teacher has the copyright. Assignments AND MATERIALS may not be used other than in their own studies. Their public distribution is only allowed with the permission of the teacher.

Teaching methods

Guided study online in the Learn learning environment. The course includes online lectures (ZOOM) and a written learning task done as individual work or in a small group. Teaching in cooperation with Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK)

Interactive lectures
Distance learning
Coursework

International connections

Literature and web pages, possible visitors

Completion alternatives

Work done independently or in a small group

Student workload

1 cr contact learning
4 cr distance learning

Content scheduling

Contact and distance learning days: see reading order

Evidence-based nursing in mental health work
Evidence-based critical review and development of mental health work methods
Evidence-based mental health nursing methods are used in nursing relationship work
Assessment of the need for treatment in mental health work
Extensive guidance of the client and his loved ones
Service management and its development
Ethics and evidence-based mental health work to support the decision-making of the nurse and the decision-making of the client and his loved ones.

Further information

Open master degree program student requires the same learning capabilities as master's degree students (The Master’s Degree Programme is based on a previous bachelor’s degree in nursing, midwifery, public health nursing, emergency care, radiography and radiotherapy, oral hygiene, biomedical laboratory science or other applicable degree of higher education as well as three years of work experience in the field in question) Students themselves responsible for ensuring that he has the necessary study skills: the use of e-learning tools, to promote learning to read articles, search and work-oriented knowledge learning tasks.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the course. He/she is able to actively search for information and to identify its connection to working life. The student is able to analyse and apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student demonstrates versatile and extensive competence in the content of the course. He/she has an excellent ability to search for relevant information. The student’s solutions demonstrate independence, responsibility, and skills in guiding others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of working life exhibits creativity and versatility.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass: The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment methods and criteria

The learning assignments are evaluated with the accepted / rejected principle or scale from 1 to 5. With this course, the assessment is based on the assignment's grade.

Further information

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
A study unit or parts of it may be accredited based on previously acquired competence if the student has completed similar studies of higher education and/or the student has work experience to meet the competence requirements.