Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has/can

• Broad knowledge of nursing responsibilities and functions in mental health care
• Knowledge of how mental illness affects people’s basic needs, resources and coping skills
• Knowledge of basic nursing care for people with mental illnesses
• Knowledge about various treatments related to patients with mental disorders
• Insight into how the framework of the practical training institution affects nursing of people with mental illnesses
• Update their knowledge in the field of mental health and implement evidence-based nursing care for people with mental illnesses

Skills

The candidate can:

• Carry out nursing functions in various interactions with patients and their families in mental health care
• Integrate and apply relevant scientific knowledge in the nursing of patients with mental disorders
• Apply nursing’s problem-solving approaches in relation to patients with mental disorders
• Observe and assess how mental illness affects basic needs, resources and coping skills
• Master the relevant nursing methods
• Carry out professionally appropriate nursing documentation
• Reflect on their own professional practice and assess the need for change
• Reflect on how nursing is carried out in relation to organization and management structures in the institution where the practical training takes place
• Master the administration of medication correctly and responsibly and document effects and side effects

General competence

The candidate can:

• Plan and implement practice of the profession based on ethical guidelines, applicable laws and regulations and reflect on ethical issues
• Identify ethical dilemmas and propose appropriate action
• Communicate relevant subject material such as theories, questions and solutions both orally and in writing
• Explain and propose nursing assessments in professional, interdisciplinary and inter-departmental cooperation
• Assess their own learning needs, seek out learning situations and integrate relevant knowledge

Course Description

Clinical studies - 8 weeks – mental health care with a focus on the integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to:

• The patient
• The nurse
• Interaction
• Context

Teaching and Learning Methods

Clinical nursing in mental health care; demonstration, practice, guidance and reflection.

Assessment Methods

Clinical nursing, 8 weeks in mental health care - graded on a pass / fail basis

Course requirements:
The requirements are specified in the course plan.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean