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Deepening Expertise of Psyciatric Nursing

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SSHA5106
Curriculum: SH 2020K
Level: Bachelor of Nursing
Year of Study: 4 (2024)
Semester: Spring
Credits: 11 cr
Responsible Teacher: Vekara, Outi
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Learning Outcomes

Students deepen their nursing professional thinking, konwledge and skills on the promotive nursing in mental health care, the treatment and the rehabilitation of mental ill patients. The studient is able to take guide, teach and support for mental ill patients and are able to meet and support their relatieves. Students are able to take care of mental ill patients in nursing methods, which are based on field and are used in the theory and research.

Student's Workload

Total Workload: 297 h
- of which scheduled studies 148 h
- of which autonomous studies 149 h
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Basic and professional studiens

Contents

Psychiatry 2 cr, Promotive nursing in Mental Health 2 cr, Nursing and Rehalibilitative Nursing methods in Mental Health 7 cr

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

The material indicated by teachers

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lectures, discussions, assignments, exercices, study visit, supervised project, independent study

Assessment Criteria

Level 5.
Student is able to
- assess mental ill patients needs and support
- plan and implement the patient's overall nursing
- apply a variety of nursing and rehabilitative methods for patient care situation
- advise, guide and support patients and their relatives in various situations
Level 3.
Student is able to:
- identify mental ill patient needs and support
- plan and implement the patient's overall care
- use the main methods of patient care situation
- advise, guide and support patients and their relatives
Level 1.
Student is able to:
- describe the mental ill patient needs and support
- plan and implement the main principles of the patient's overall care
- describe the key methods of nursing in patient care situation
- identify as a team member the patient and relatives needs of guidance and to support them


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