Clinical training in mental health, crises and addiction nursing (7cr)

Objective

Purpose of the course
In professional practice you will work in different mental health, addiction and crisis nursing environments. You will evaluate the patient's need for care, and under supervision, plan and implement the nursing care for the patients and their families. You work as a member of a multiprofessional team. Professional practice strengthens your professional ethics and your self-reflection skills. You will also practice the key vocabulary in Finnish.


Competences
Health promotion competence.
Guidance and interaction skills and support for self-care.
Clinical competence.
Ethical competence in nursing.


Learning outcomes
You are able to form a supportive nurse-patient relationship under supervision.
You support the patient's and the family's self-empowerment and skills to recognize their own resources.
You master the effects of acute crisis in an individual and take them into account individual’s and his/her family’s daily life.
You are able to support the patient/family in crisis.
Under supervision, you implement the common evidence-based nursing interventions in a variety of mental health, addiction and crisis nursing environments.
You are able to take into account the changes caused by the disease in the lives of the patient and the family.
You work in accordance with the values, ethical principles, and guidelines of nursing, and you can evaluate how well they are carried out in your daily work.
You reflect the development of your professional identity as a nurse.
You work in accordance with current legislation.

Content

Values and attitudes in mental health, substance abuse, and crisis care.
Culturally sensitive encountering with people of different ages and cultural backgrounds.
Nursing process of a patient with mental health or addiction disorder or acute crisis.
Deepening knowledge and skills in commonly used nursing interventions in mental health and addiction nursing, such as therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, dialogue, psychoeducation and brief intervention.
Supporting the patient in acute crisis.
Applying mental health and addiction nursing legislation and recommendations in different client situations.
Recognizing the factors affecting the safety of the patient, the family and the health care personnel in different mental health, addiction and crisis nursing environments.
Digital and mobile applications in the treatment of mental health and addiction disorders.
Professional ethics and multiprofessional teamwork.
Self-reflection skills.
Key vocabulary and phrases in Finnish

Qualifications

The student has knowledge of the basic concepts, methods, and principles related to clients and the operating environment in the social and health care sector.
The student understands the goals and methods of guidance, health promotion, and preventive nursing, and is familiar with the principles of evidence-based decision-making.
The student masters the basic concepts of mental health and substance abuse.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You recognize the key elements of a therapeutic collaborative relationship in patient care and apply them under guidance in various patient situations.
You identify the resources of the patient and family and are able to support them under guidance.
You understand the effects of an acute crisis on an individual and take them into account in the daily life of the individual and their family.
You are able to support the patient/family in a crisis situation.
Under guidance, you are able to implement general evidence-based nursing methods in various mental health, substance abuse, and crisis care environments.
You recognize the changes caused by illness in the patient and their family’s life and take them into account under guidance in planning the patient’s care.
You act in accordance with nursing values, ethical principles, and guidelines, and evaluate how well they are realized in your daily work.
You reflect on the development of your own professional identity as a nurse.
You are familiar with current mental health and substance abuse nursing legislation and act accordingly.
You actively develop your Finnish language competence with the assistance of the work community.