Guided Practice in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing (8 cr)

Objective

Competence goals:

You are able to identify elements of positive mental health in a person’s life story and health promotion.
You can identify the most important mental health, addiction and substance abuse problems. You are able to utilize nursing recommendations and nursing principles and you understand the networks of the mental health and substance abuse treatment service system.
You can assess the impact of mental health disorders and substance use on the well-being of a person and his or her family.
You are able to participate in teamwork under supervision as a member of the work community when implementing various forms of care.
You work in dialogue with the customer and their loved ones.
You are able to use work community support, peer review, and feedback to promote your own professional growth.
You work in accordance with the principles of patient safety and occupational safety.

Location and time

Spring 2023

Materials

Material studied in classes and material in Moodle.

Teaching methods

You are able to identify elements of positive mental health in a person’s life story and health promotion.
You can identify the most important mental health, addiction and substance abuse problems. You are able to utilize nursing recommendations and nursing principles and you understand the networks of the mental health and substance abuse treatment service system.
You can assess the impact of mental health disorders and substance use on the well-being of a person and his or her family.
You are able to participate in teamwork under supervision as a member of the work community when implementing various forms of care.
You work in dialogue with the customer and their loved ones.
You are able to use work community support, peer review, and feedback to promote your own professional growth.
You work in accordance with the principles of patient safety and occupational safety.

Employer connections

Workplaces in Mental Health and Substance Abuse nursing

Student workload

Hours in the working week are 38,45 h.
Practice is 5 weeks.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass

- You can identify the elements of positive mental health in a person's life story and in health promotion.
- You can identify the most important mental health, addiction and substance abuse problems.
- You can utilize nursing recommendations and the principles of nursing, and you understand networks of the mental health and substance abuse treatment service system.
- You can assess the impact of mental disorders and substance use on the well-being of a person and his or her family.
- You are able to participate in teamwork under supervision as a member of the work community when implementing various forms of care.
- You are able to work in dialogue with the customer and their loved ones.
- You can use work community support, peer review and feedback to promote your own professional growth.
- You can work in accordance with the principles of patient safety and occupational safety.

Fail

● You cannot identify elements of positive mental health in a person’s life story and in health promotion.
● You cannot identify the most important mental health, addiction and substance abuse problems.
● You cannot utilize nursing recommendations and nursing principles, nor do you understand the networks of the mental health and substance abuse nursing service system.
● You cannot assess the impact of mental disorders and substance use on the well-being of a person and his or her family.
● You do not know how to participate in teamwork in a guided way as a member of the work community when implementing different forms of care.
● You are not able to interact with the customer and their loved ones.
● You cannot use work community support, peer review, and feedback to promote your own professional growth.
● You are not able to work in accordance with the principles of patient safety and occupational safety.