Study Guide

Objective

Nursing in mental health care
You can apply knowledge on common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses to nursing.
You master the common nursing methods and medication in treating mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses.
You can carry out the medication of mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses.
You are capable to communicate professionally and with the nursing viewpoint with customers/patients of different ages and backgrounds and their families.
You are capable to apply evidence-based knowledge to mental health care, substance abuse care and acute crisis care.

Substance abuse care
You master the common methods in substance abuse care.

Nursing in acute crisis care
You are capable to support a person in an acute crisis.
You recognize sorrow and the stages of sorrow.

Content

Nursing in mental health care
What are the most common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
What are the procedures and methods used in treating mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
How is medication carried out in the most common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
How do you apply evidence-based information to treating mental health patients?

Nursing in substance abuse care
What knowledge is required about alcohol, substitute alcohol, multiaddiction and drugs?
What are the methods of substance abuse care and early intervention?
What does mini-intervention include and how does it proceed?
How are substance abuse prevention and the treatment of damages, health risks and problems carried out?
How do you apply evidence-based information in substance abuse care?

Nursing in acute crisis care
How is acute crisis defined and what stages does it include?
How is the need for mental support recognized?
What is expert aid and how is it organized?
How do you apply evidence-based information to nursing in crisis?
How do you recognize sorrow and the stages of sorrow?

Materials

Hämäläinen Kaisu, Kanerva Anne, Kuhanen Carita, Schubert Carla & Seuri Tarja. Mental Health Care. 2017. Sanomapro. Available as an e-book.

Partanen Airi, Holmberg Jan, Inkinen Maria, Kurki Marjo & Salo-Chydenius Sisko. Intoxicant Care. 2015. Sanomapro. (where applicable). Available as an e-book.

Other applicable material will be presented in the course info class and in Learn.

Teaching methods

To be implemented as appropriate.

Employer connections

To be implemented as appropriate.

Exam schedules

Accepted completion of the course requires approved completion of learning assignments and exams and an active presence in preclinical exercises on campus.
The return dates of learning assignments are confirmed in the course info.

International connections

Not implemented in this implementation

Student workload

Extent of the course: 5.5. cr = 148.5 hours of student work.
Includes theory studies and preclinical practice on campus.

Content scheduling

Elements of the course:
Mental health work; mental health, factors protecting and wounding mental health, cooperation relationship, nursing methods, multidisciplinary cooperation, recovery orientation

Addiction and substance abuse treatment; addiction, substance abuse, forms of substance abuse treatment, early intervention

Psychiatry; main psychiatric diseases and treatment of diseases

Psychotherapy; understanding of different forms of psychotherapy, Kela rehabilitation psychotherapy

Crisis work; various crises, trauma work, support for those in crisis, trauma-oriented approach to work

Further information

In the course info and e-mail before the course starts : Anna-Kaarina.Anttolainen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Accepted completion of the course requires approved completion of all learning assignments and exams.
The course is assessed rejected/approved 1-5.
The assessment criteria are presented in the course info.

Qualifications

Professional basics in nursing 29 ECTS credits