Comprehensive competence in mental health nursingLaajuus (5 cr)

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?