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Curriculum subject

Mental Health Nursing

Subject
Subject code 6VTÕ17/VTÕ
Subject name Mental Health Nursing
Credit points 6 ECTS
Grading method Distinctive (letters)
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2017 Õ
Study year 3
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Aim
To provide students with knowledge and skills on the nature of mental health and psychiatric nursing care when providing quality nursing care in a hospital and in the community.
Study outcome
1. Knows the psychosocial risk factors affecting mental health, principles of psychotherapy and nurse’s role and responsibility in the team as well as performing mental health nursing activities.
2. Knows the main phycho-behavioural disorders, their main causes and principles of treatment.
3. Is able to implement process-based patient/client-centred nursing care to a mental health patient and to his/her family based on NNN taxonomy.
4. Has an overview of legislation in the field of mental health.
Current rounds
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