SYKKPRA50 Nursing Persons with Mental Health Problems Course description

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.

Bacheloroppgaven er en avsluttende fordypningsoppgave i sykepleiefaget. Gjennom arbeidet med bacheloroppgaven får du erfaring med fordypning innenfor et avgrenset område, og mulighet for å utvikle din evne til faglig selvstendighet. Tema skal knyttes til kunnskap om sykepleieprofesjonen, pasienter og/eller pårørende. I bacheloroppgaven skal du gjøre systematiske litteratursøk for å anvende resultater fra nyere forskning relatert til den valgte problemstillingen. Bacheloroppgaven stiller krav til systematisk og klar fremstilling. Tittel på bacheloroppgaven framkommer på vitnemålet.

I høstsemesteret vil det settes opp noe undervisning knyttet til for eksempel utvikling av foreløpig tema og problemstilling til bacheloroppgaven, jamfør arbeidskravet Prosjektbeskrivelse for bacheloroppgaven.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can present mental health work in a historical perspective
• can reflect on factors that inhibit and promote mental health at individual and group level
• can s discuss how psychosis, personality disorders, anxiety, mood disorder and drug addiction can influence the patients’ fundamental needs and self-understanding and what consequences this has for person-centred nursing
• can explain the psychological and psychosocial challenges faced by immigrants, refugees, Sami and other minority groups, as well as explain how stigma, alienation, discrimination and racism can affect mental and psychosocial health
• can describe strategies for mastery and concepts such as improvement processes, user participation, recovery, and empowerment
• can explain how framework factors such as current legislation and compulsory regulations can be of significance to the practice of nursing in mental health work
• can discuss the special needs of children and young people related to trauma, neglect, violence, abuse and drug and socio-economic problems

Skills

The student

• can apply key milieu therapeutic principles related to patients with mental disorders and can establish, maintain, and terminate relationships
• can apply knowledge about the main groups of psychotropic drugs and integrate knowledge from disease theory in assessing the effects and side effects of drugs
• can apply communication and interaction skills when encountering people with mental health issues and their next-of-kin in interdisciplinary collaboration
• can make a comprehensive survey of symptoms, risks and life history of people with various mental and drug-related disorders and conditions and use current documentation tools in the practice of nursing
• is capable of continuously assessing situations that entail a risk for patients and/or staff and preventing unwanted incidents

General competence

The student

• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and power structures when encountering people with mental health issues and drug addictions and and receive guidance and feedback
• can reflect on existing procedures and methods in the field of practice, and taking the initiative to engage in dialogue about the implementation of new knowledge and new work methods in person-centred nursing and in interdisciplinary collaboration

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert i kunnskaper, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• kan gjøre rede for sykepleiers rolle og ansvar innenfor et avgrenset fordypningsområde
• kan oppsummere relevant forskning og fagutvikling innenfor valgte fordypningsområde

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan utarbeide en prosjektbeskrivelse som konkretiserer tidsplan og hvordan bacheloroppgaven skal gjennomføres med tilgjengelige ressurser
• kan formulere en tydelig sykepleiefaglig problemstilling som er mulig å besvare innenfor oppgavens ramme
• kan gjennomføre en avgrenset systematisk litteraturstudie i tråd med gjeldende vitenskapelige normer
• kan avklare begreper, analysere og vurdere ulike kunnskapskilder og anvende disse til å formulere faglige resonnementer
• kan presentere fagstoff på en selvstendig, logisk, kritisk og systematisk måte

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan formidle og argumentere for styrker og svakheter ved egen studie, substansielt og metodisk
• kan reflektere over forskningsetiske problemstillinger

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

Assessment in practice.

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, criteria for failing the practical training, criteria for suitability assessment and compulsory activities carried throughout the entire course. During the practical training period, a minimum of 90 percent attendance is required to pass the practical training. For more information, see the general part of the programme description about the assessment of practical training.

If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements.

Bacheloroppgave.

• Litteraturstudie.
• Skrives normalt i gruppe på 2-3 studenter.
• Omfang 8000 ord (+/- 10 %).

Ny og utsatt eksamen: Dersom bacheloroppgaven vurderes til F, har studenten rett til å levere inn omarbeidet versjon én gang.

4 individual assignments. Students who fail to meet the coursework requirements can be given up to one re-submission opportunity.

The exam consist of two parts:

1) Project report prepared in groups of 2 students (or more), approx. 15-20 pages (excl. appendices), weighted 80%.

2) Oral presentation and examination of the project report, weighted 20%

Grading is individual, which means that grades may differ within each group. Both oral and written examinations can be presented/written in teams. To ensure that individual grading should be possible, each group of students will provide a written and signed statement in where each individual's contribution is clearly stated and explained

All assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) to pass the course.

Assessment parts: 1) can be appealed, 2) cannot be appealed

1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

2) None