Mental health and addiction nursing (5cr)

Objective

You are able to apply your knowledge of the most common mental health and neuropsychiatric disorders and diseases, as well as substance abuse and addiction disorders, and you master the nursing process of these clients/patients.
You are able to support and treat a client/patient in an acute crisis.
You are able to support and treat the client/patient as needed, in a resource-oriented manner in cooperation with those participating in the treatment.
You are able to utilize and apply evidence-based help methods used in mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Content

mental health and substance abuse treatment:
Positive mental health and promotion of mental health
legislation
Mental health and substance abuse care services (public, private, third sector, e-services)

Supporting a person in crisis:
The acute crisis
Support and care for those in crisis

Resource-oriented nursing for people suffering from mental and neuropsychiatric disorders and diseases, as well as substance abuse and addiction disorders (some of the material in English):
Nursing for a depressed person
Caring for a Self-Destructive Person
Nursing a person with an eating disorder
Nursing for people with substance abuse and addiction disorder
Nursing for a psychotically symptomatic and psychotically ill person
Nursing for people with neuropsychiatric disorder

Resource-based methods for mental health and substance abuse treatment (some of the material in English):
dialogicality
Motivational Debate
therapeutic relationship work
mini-intervention
Psychoeducation
Electronic methods supporting self-care
psychopharmaceutical therapy

Patient safety expertise in mental health and substance abuse care:
Dealing with aggressive people and operating models in different situations
Identifying intimate partner violence and steering competence in the situation

Psychiatry and substance abuse medicine:
Intoxicant and Dependent Diseases
Psychiatric disorders
Neuropsychiatric disorders

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to use key concepts used in mental health and substance abuse treatment.
The student is able to describe the key legislation defining mental health care and substance abuse treatment work and apply this information as part of the client/patient care process description.
The student is able to apply knowledge in guiding the client/patient to care and apply evidence-based knowledge in a diverse and critical manner in multi-disciplinary care of the client/patient and support for self-care.
The student is able to explain the course of crises and analyze its connection to mental health.
The student is able to describe intimate partner violence as a phenomenon and knows the service system in directing the client/patient to appropriate treatment.
The student is able to describe in a diverse and critical manner the medical treatment of mental illnesses, neuropsychiatric disorders and substance abuse and addiction disorders.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to use key concepts used in mental health and substance abuse treatment.
The student is able to describe the key legislation defining mental health care work and substance abuse treatment work.
The student is able to apply knowledge in guiding the client/patient to care and apply evidence-based knowledge in multi-disciplinary care of the client/patient and support of self-care.
The student can explain the course of crises and its connection to mental health.
Students will be able to describe the medical treatment of mental illnesses, neuropsychiatric disorders, and substance abuse and addiction disorders.'
The student is able to describe the manifestation of intimate partner violence and is able to guide the client/patient appropriately in the situation.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to describe the key concepts used in mental health and substance abuse treatment.
The student can tell about key legislation defining mental health care work and substance abuse treatment work.
The student is able to tell the process of guiding the client/patient to treatment and recognizes the evidence-based role of information in caring for the client/patient and supporting self-care.
The student can describe the course of crises.
The student can tell about the medical treatment of the most common mental illnesses, neuropsychiatric disorders and substance abuse and addiction disorders.
The student is able to describe the concept of intimate partner violence.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

rejected
Students show indifference to the values and principles of mental health and substance abuse care.
The student cannot describe the key concepts used in mental health and substance abuse treatment.
The student cannot tell about the key legislation defining mental health care work and substance abuse treatment work.
The student cannot tell the process of guiding the client/patient to treatment and does not recognize the role of evidence-based information in caring for the client/patient and supporting self-care.
The student cannot tell about the treatment of the most common mental illnesses, neuropsychiatric disorders and substance abuse and addiction disorders.
The student cannot tell about the manifestation of intimate partner violence or the referral to treatment.

Execution methods

Teaching is contact teaching and partly independent online learning.

Accomplishment methods

Lectures, learning discussions, independent study, online learning, medical bills, exercises, simulations

The use of artificial intelligence is prohibited. In the assignments of this course, the output should be created without the help of artificial intelligence. Students should use only their own knowledge, understanding and skills. The use of artificial intelligence is prohibited for a justified reason and is considered to be fraudulent. (Arene. arene.fi)

Alternative methods of performance are described in the implementation plan of the group course.