Mental Health and Substance Abuse NursingLaajuus (7 cr)

Objectives

The student
- is able to promote mental health and prevent substance abuse problems in different environments;
- has professional competence in meeting patients and families with mental health or substance abuse problems;
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate in collaboration with the patient or his/her family;
- has competence in facing threathening situations;
- is able to reflect his/her professional actions;
- knows the most common psychiatric illnesses, their symptoms, investigations and care.

Content

- mental health promotion
- prevention of mental health problems and substance abuse
- mental health nursing
- substance abuse nursing
- methods for identifying mental health and substance abuse problems
- nursing care plan, structured documentation
- proactive interaction in threatening, escalating situations
- using and developing one's personality in a professional manner
- psychopharmacology
- psychiatry as a medical specialty

Prerequisites

30 ects of initial stage studies completed