Health Promotion in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Competence goals

You are able to structure the construction and development of positive mental health according to stress and development theories and from a biological perspective.
You are able to assess the needs and goals of treatment according to the nature of the mental disorder.
You are able to encounter and maintain therapeutic interactions with a patient with mental health and substance abuse problems and their loved ones in different treatment settings that promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, and are resource-oriented.
You can take use and apply digital online services at different stages of the care process for a patient with a mental health or substance abuse problem.
You understand the impact of mental health and substance use on the well-being of a person, their loved ones, the environment, and the society.

Content

Contents

Preventive and supportive mental health and substance abuse nursing
- Positive mental health
- Promoting mental health at different ages, preventive mental health and substance abuse treatment for children and young people

Substance abuse work
- Bringing up issues, mini-intervention, motivational interview
- Addictions and special features of substance abuse treatment

Crisis work
- Crises and crisis work methods
- Factors influencing the development of mental health: stress and trauma theories, personality development theories and the biological perspective

Location and time

Spring 2024

Materials

Material in Moodle

Articles 

Teaching methods

Case work and simulations,
Lectures, reflections
Reflection tasks

Employer connections

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Student workload

Kurssi on 5 opintopistettä
1 opintopiste on 27 tuntia opiskelijan työtä

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

You describe the building and development of positive psychological health from different perspectives.
You identify the needs for and goals of patient care in psychological healthcare in accordance with the characteristics of the psychological health disorder.
You define nursing-based interaction to improve psychological health and prevent disruptions and based on resources in different nursing environments for a patient with psychological health and substance abuse issues and people close to them.
You define the impact of psychological health and the use of substances on the person and their family, as well as environmental, societal and cultural wellbeing.
You identify digital online services in different phases of the process of providing care for a patient with psychological health and substance abuse issues.
You identify patients facing an acute crisis.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

You structure the building and development of positive psychological health from different perspectives.
You structure the needs for and goals of patient care in psychological healthcare in accordance with the characteristics of the psychological health disorder.
You provide, with justification, nursing-based interaction to improve psychological health and prevent disruptions and based on resources in different nursing environments for a patient with psychological health and substance abuse issues and people close to them.
You apply information on the impact of psychological health and the use of substances on the person and their family, as well as environmental, societal and cultural wellbeing.
You can use digital online services in different phases of the process of providing care for a patient with psychological health and substance abuse issues.
You face patients facing an acute crisis.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

You assess the significance of the building and development of positive psychological health from different perspectives.
You assess the needs for and goals of patient care in psychological healthcare in accordance with the characteristics of the psychological health disorder.
You face and maintain nursing-based interaction to improve psychological health and prevent disruptions and based on resources in different nursing environments for a patient with psychological health and substance abuse issues and people close to them.
You connect the impact of psychological health and the use of substances on the person and their family, as well as environmental, societal and cultural wellbeing in practice.
You can use and apply digital online services in different phases of the process of providing care for a patient with psychological health and substance abuse issues.
You support patients facing an acute crisis.