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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing (5 cr)

Code: AH00CK68-3006

General information

Enrollment

07.05.2025 - 31.08.2025

Timing

22.09.2025 - 09.11.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Paramedic Nurse

Teachers

  • Irina Tiainen

Scheduling groups

  • Tentti 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Harjoitukset 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Harjoitukset 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Luennot 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Luennot 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Luennot 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Luennot 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Info 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • HLPRPARA24S
    Bachelor's Degree Programme in Paramedic Nurse 24S Lappeenranta
  • HLPRPARA24SA
    Bachelor's Degree Programme in Paramedic Nurse 24SA Lappeenranta

Small groups

  • Exam 1
  • Practice 1
  • Practice 1
  • Lecture 1
  • Lecture 1
  • Lecture 1
  • Lecture 1
  • Info 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- create a therapeutic interaction in mental health and substance abuse treatment
- reflect one's own values and attitudes to the ethical principles of mental health and substance abuse treatment
- apply non-pharmacological and pharmacological methods of nursing
- identify mental health and substance abuse problems and understand the need for and stages of physical, mental and social care in different nursing settings
- describe the symptoms of the most common psychiatric illnesses and disorders, the symptoms, the main features of the treatment, the methods of treatment and the significance for the client and society

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course will be conducted through face-to-face learning.
.Flipped learning method
.Seminars
.Reaserch based knowledge
.Assigment
.Skills

Timing and attendance

INFO = 100%
Seminar, = 80%
Skills (4h + 8h) = 100%
Tietotesti + OSVE = 100%

Learning material and recommended literature

Higgins, A, Kilkku, N & Kort Kristofersson, G. 2022. Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing. Springer.
Pryjmachuk S. 2017 Mental Health Nursing. SAGE.
Clifton A, Hemingway S. etc. 2019 Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing. Wiley Blackwell.
Cornelius L-E, Cooper, C & Robertson, M. 2015. Psychiatry at a Glance 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
Current Care Guidelines. https://www.kaypahoito.fi/en/

Alternative completion methods

The written pre assignment includes:

Description of a mental health or substance abuse patient case.
Development of a goal-oriented care plan or rehabilitation plan for the selected patient, and description and evaluation, with justification, of the success of the implementation of the care or rehabilitation plan.
The task is to be done as a PowerPoint presentation and sent in advance to the teacher responsible for Ahot, one week before the Ahot session.
The eAhot request must be made in advance through the Peppi system. The certificate of the degree and work experience is to be attached to the eAhot application, addressed to the teacher of mental health and substance abuse nursing.
Evaluation criteria:

Care plan:

How the student has structured the nursing process
How the student has described the parts of the care plan
Are the planned nursing methods aligned with the nursing goals
Peer care plan evaluation:

How the student evaluates and justifies another student's plan
Feedback discussion:

Self-assessment and peer feedback
Feedback from teachers

Working life cooperation

Where possible, projects will be integrated into the course.

Exam retakes

Tietotesti will be conducted at the end of the course. The possibility of a retake will be agreed upon separately with the teacher.

Learning environment

Moodle and classroom.

Student time use and work load

The course consists of 5 ects = 135h (1 ect = 27h) student work.

Info 2h
Seminar, 24h
Skills, 12 h (8h + 4h)
Tietotesti "knowledgetest" 1h

Independent study for assignments: 8h

Final essay: approved / failed
Seminar pre-work :: approved / failed
Tietotesti: approved performance requires 50% of the total score / failed
OSVE- test: approved / failed

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed