Mental Health, Crisis Care and Substance Abuse Nursing (5cr)

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to
explain the main psychiatric disorders and the medical grounds for care
explain the mechanisms of the most common intoxicants
explain the operating principles of mental health and substance abuse nursing
to support clients who are experiencing an acute crisis and are acutely ill
plan, maintain and evaluate professional interaction in care relationship with mental health or substance abuse clients and their significant others
plan, implement and evaluate pharmacological therapies for mental health and substance abuse patients

Teaching methods

PART 1. Psychiatry online Medical Studies 1 cr
PART 2. Mental Health, substance Abuse nursing and Crisis Care 3 cr

Teachers: Milla Ylitalo & Carita Saarikivi

Time and location

PART 1. Online
PART 2. Tikkurila campus & LbD-project environment

Learning materials and recommended literature

PART 1.
Studymaterial available online

PART 2.
- Videbeck, Sheila: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (e-book) available: Laurea Finna
- Mental Health Act: https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1990/19901116
- Mieli-suunnitelma http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/74820/1004164MIELENTERVEYS__JA_P_IHDESUUNNI1487308985.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- EMenthe http://www.ementhe.eu/
- Mental health ethics - You and I have a moral responsibility
- Other material will be provided during the contact lessons
- Students' own information retrieval

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

LbD-topic: Promotion of youth's mental health
LbD-environment: Finnish Red Cross /Nuorten turvatalo (https://www.punainenristi.fi/hae-tukea-ja-apua/nuorten-turvatalost a)

Important dates

Timetable, content and groups are divided in the first contact lesson (compulsory attendance).
Compulsory attendance also:
- Lectures: 2.3.2020 & 9.3.2020
- Psychiatrist's lecture (at 16-19) (the day will be reported later)
- Service user's lecture (the day will be reported later)
- Workshop 10.3.2020
- Substance abuse nursing -lecture 16.3.2020
- Seminar 31.3.2020

Online course deadlines:
- 1st deadline 28.2.2020
- 2nd deadline 31.3.2020
- 3th deadline 12.4.2020 (This date is only for the tasks, which have been returned for refill)

Exam: 30.3.2020

Retakes: 16.4.2020 & 14.5.2020

Forms of internationality

For exchange students.

Student workload

PART 1.
1cr = 27h of student's work

PART 2.
4 cr = 108h
Lectures 48h
Exam day 4h
Independet work 29h
LbD-project 1cr = 27h

Content and scheduling

- Main psychiatric disorders and the medical grounds for care
- Mechanisms of the most common intoxicants
- Operating principles of mental health and substance abuse nursing
- Supporting clients who are experiencing an acute crisis and are acutely ill
- Professional interaction in care relationship with mental health or substance abuse clients and their significant others
- Pharmacological therapies for mental health and substance abuse patient

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Laurea's assessment framework requirement level 1
https://laureauas.sharepoint.com/sites/linken/Documents/Assessment%20criteria%20for%20bachelor%20students%20a2018-.pdf

Evaluation scale

H-5