SYKPPRA50I Nursing Persons with Mental Health Problems Course description

Practical training over 12 weeks in the specialist health service (medicine/surgery), supervised by the practical training supervisor and contact lecturer. Includes digital learning resources, case studies, simulation and skills training and seminars.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take part 2 of the exam:

• Participation in seminars, compulsory attendance of 80% at four seminars on the following topics:

  • Patients’ experiences, reactions and needs in connection with acute and critical illness
  • Health guidance in the event of disease and health deficits
  • Systematic mapping and assessment in acute and critical situations
  • Nursing children in hospital

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• is capable of presenting mental health work in a historical perspective
• is capable of explaining different theoretical perspectives on mental health disorders and mental health work: the significance of relationships, professional ethics, aesthetics, dignity and integrity in dealings with patients and next-of-kin
• is capable of discussing how psychosis, personality disorders, anxiety, mood disorder and drug addiction can influence the patients’ fundamental needs and self-understanding
• is capable of describing mental health and psychosocial challenges among refugees and immigrants: trauma, loss, grief and identity
• is capable of describing how stigma, exclusion, discrimination and racism can influence mental health and psychosocial health
• is capable of assessing what inhibits and promotes communication and how poor health and unmet care needs influence professional relations
• is capable of describing strategies for mastery and concepts such as improvement processes, user participation, recovery and empowerment
• is capable of explaining different understandings of mental health, disease and treatment, and how nurses can interact with patients in a culturally sensitive manner
• is capable of understanding how health and social policy, including applicable official requirements and compulsory provisions, can be of significance to the practice of nursing in mental health work
• is capable of discussing social and health issues, including neglect, violence, assault, drug and socio-economic problems, and can identify and follow up people with such challenges and implement necessary measures and/or treatment, or refer the patient to an expert in the field
• can explain different interprofessional methods of collaboration in the field of practice*
• can explain the challenges and possibilities of interprofessional cooperation processes*

Skills

The student

• is capable of applying key milieu therapeutic principles, and relevant mapping tools related to patients with mental health issues and/or drug addictions
• is capable of integrating knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the nursing of patients with mental health issues and/or drug addictions
• is capable of applying communication and interaction skills when encountering people with mental health issues and their next-of-kin
• is capable of establishing, maintaining and concluding relationships in academic and professional contexts
• is capable of using relevant documentation tools on the basis of a holistic understanding
• is capable of continuously assessing situations that entail a risk for patients and/or staff and preventing unwanted incidents
• is capable of demonstrating counselling skills, and is capable of receiving and making use of feedback on his/her own conduct
• can on the basis of examples from their own practical training, analyse and assess interprofessional cooperation processes on and with children and young people with challenges*

Competence

The student is capable of

• reflecting on his/her own professional practice and power structures when encountering people with mental health issues and drug addictions
• reflecting on existing procedures and methods, and taking the initiative to engage in dialogue about the implementation of new knowledge and new work methods
• understanding of the basis for and necessity of interprofessional cooperation about and with children, young people and their parents/guardians, and of their own professional contribution to the cooperation*

Part 1 Pass/fail.Part 2 Grade scale A–F.

Grade scale stated on diploma.

Part 1 Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university. Part 2 Two examiners assess the exams. At least 10% of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner’s assessment shall benefit all students.

• Completed course SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 credits
• Passed course SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits

In this course, students will learn about mental health work, relational skills and factors that promote and harm the mental health of individuals and groups. People's resources and opportunities, but also their vulnerabilities as individuals, are areas of focus. The significance of close relationships and society's influence are important for mental health and are emphasised in the course. This includes patient phenomena such as hope and hopelessness, pain and pain relief, exhaustion and energy.

In addition, the students taking this course in the spring semester will participate in the interdisciplinary teaching activity INTER1300 ‘Interprofessional collaboration on and with children, young people and their families’, with a scope corresponding to 1.5 credits carried out in the beginning of January. The theme will be how different professions can cooperate on and with children and adolescents. This includes a theoretical understanding of and research-based knowledge about interprofessional cooperation about and with children, adolescents and their families. Examples of the students’ practical training periods in particular, and from interprofessional cooperation in different practical fields of practice in general, will be part of the work. The learning outcomes expected after completion of INTER1300 are marked with *. See INTERACT’s website for a more detailed description of the content of INTER1300 https://uni.oslomet.no/interact/

Passed the courses:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, 13 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 The Fundamentals of Nursing, 15 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases, 20 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30K Decision-making in Nursing and Patient Safety, 10 credits

or equivalent

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

KnowledgeThe student

• is capable of presenting mental health work in a historical perspective
• is capable of explaining different theoretical perspectives on mental health disorders and mental health work: the significance of relationships, professional ethics, aesthetics, dignity and integrity in dealings with patients and next-of-kin
• is capable of discussing how psychosis, personality disorders, anxiety, mood disorder and drug addiction can influence the patients’ fundamental needs and self-understanding
• is capable of describing mental health and psychosocial challenges among refugees and immigrants: trauma, loss, grief and identity
• is capable of describing how stigma, exclusion, discrimination and racism can influence mental health and psychosocial health
• is capable of assessing what inhibits and promotes communication and how poor health and unmet care needs influence professional relations
• is capable of describing strategies for mastery and concepts such as improvement processes, user participation, recovery and empowerment
• is capable of explaining different understandings of mental health, disease and treatment, and how nurses can interact with patients in a culturally sensitive manner
• is capable of understanding how health and social policy, including applicable official requirements and compulsory provisions, can be of significance to the practice of mental health work
• is capable of discussing social and health issues, including neglect, violence, assault, drug and socio-economic problems, and can identify and follow up people with such challenges and implement necessary measures and/or treatment, or refer the patient to an expert in the field
• has knowledge of key theoretical understandings of interprofessional cooperation*
• knowledge of the research- and experience-based basis for interprofessional cooperation about and with children, adolescents and their families*

SkillsThe student

• is capable of applying key milieu therapeutic principles, and relevant mapping tools related to patients with mental health issues and/or drug addictions
• is capable of integrating knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the nursing of patients with mental health issues and/or drug addictions
• is capable of applying communication and interaction skills when encountering people with mental health issues and their next-of-kin
• is capable of establishing, maintaining and concluding relationships in academic and professional contexts
• is capable of using relevant documentation tools on the basis of a holistic understanding
• is capable of continuously assessing situations that entail a risk for patients and/or staff and preventing unwanted incidents
• is capable of demonstrating counselling skills, and is capable of receiving and making use of feedback on his/her own conduct
• has an understanding of the foundations for and the necessity of interprofessional cooperation about and with children, adolescents and their families, and of his/her own professional contribution to the cooperation*

CompetenceThe student is capable of

• reflecting on his/her own professional practice and power structures when encountering people with mental health issues and drug addictions
• reflecting on existing procedures and methods, and taking the initiative to engage in dialogue about the implementation of new knowledge and new work methods
• actively participating in interprofessional cooperation about and with children, adolescents and their families based on their own profession*
• establishing a common, interprofessional platform for active cooperation with children, adolescents and their families, as well as for their own professional contribution*

Practical training over 10 weeks, including self-study, simulation, digital learning resources, lectures and seminars.

The flipped classroom is used as a teaching method for part of the course. Digital learning resources will be made available in advance.

Digital learning resources are used for parts of INTER1300 ‘Interprofessional cooperation about and with children, adolescents and their families’, including digital resource lectures with lecturers from different study programmes, relevant cases and examples. Casework, observations and assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study are also used. The students’ experience from practical training periods and examples from relevant practical training arenas are actively included in the work.