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Subject 'Mental Health Nursing'

Name in Estonian: Vaimse tervise õendus

Year:   2010/2011    2011/2012    2012/2013    2013/2014    2014/2015    

State code6VTO09/VT
Study languageEstonian
ChairChair of Nursing
Credit points 4 ECTS
Grading method Exam (letters)

Aim

Developing knowledge, values and skills for offering nursing aid in
mental health sphere in cooperation with interdisciplinary team in
health and social care areas.

Study outcome

Having passed the module, the student:
1. describes the essence and principles of mental health, and the legal
acts regulating mental health sphere;
2. describes the most widely spread mental disorders, their incidence
and symptoms;
3. knows the most widely known mental disorders and ways of
treating them, and can observe the condition of patient receiving
psycho-pharmacological treatment;
4. recognizes and brings out the factors influencing mental health;
5. recognizes and defines problems related with mental health
nursing and finds evidence based solutions to them;
6. connects theory and practice, offers nursing aid to patient/client by
relying on evidence based know-how.

Is taught in following curricula

2010: Õ  Õp  
2009: Õ  Õp  Õpk-j  
2008: Õpk-j  
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