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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing Care (5 cr)

Code: ST00BG47-3005

General information


Enrollment

19.08.2019 - 15.09.2019

Timing

22.08.2019 - 20.10.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Social and Health Care

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Helena Sillanpää
  • Kati Lantta

Groups

  • 08SH18S
    , Lahti

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- describe the mental health policies, legislation and quality systems governing mental health and substance abuse care while also being able to consider their practical value in developing operational environments and future actions
- describe the characteristics of a nurse-patient relationship in mental health and substance abuse treatment and the significance of a team, multi-professional and network-based practices in the overall care of a patient
- apply researched nursing information in promoting the health and wellbeing of mental health and substance abuse patients
- describe the most common psychiatric diseases and their medical treatments (1 ECTS)

Assessment scale

1-5