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Subject 'Mental Health Nursing'

Name in Estonian: Vaimse tervise õendus

Year:   2020.5/2021.5    2021.5/2022.5    2022.5/2023.5    2023.5/2024.5    2024.5/2025.5    

State code6VTÕ17/VTÕ
Study languageEstonian
ChairChair of Nursing
Credit points 6 ECTS
Grading method Distinctive (letters)

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.

Is taught in following curricula

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2018: Õ  Õ_k  
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