Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- can identify health problems and major mental health disorders related to mental health and addictive behavior
- can use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients with mental health disorders, and apply the specific features of mental health to all nursing contexts
- can use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients with addiction and substance abuse disorders
- can explain nursing implications for medication and other treatments prescribed for the specific nursing context
- can apply the specific features of addiction and substance abuse to all nursing contexts
- can apply insights into altered mental health and addictive behavior onto all nursing contexts.
- knows how to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national guidelines and classification system
- applies critical thinking and decision-making in the specific nursing context
- applies ethical and cultural aspects in the specific nursing context
- obtains knowledge of the organization and management of mental health care on a national level, including the specific legislation concerning mental health care
- can apply psychiatric first aid in all nursing contexts

Content

Nursing care of the patient with mental health disorders
Nursing care of the patient with addiction and substance use disorders
Organization and management of mental health care on a national level, including the specific legislation concerning mental health care
Common mental health disorders.
Medication used in mental health care
Psychiatric first aid
Legislation and social control onto substance abuse
Interventions and methods used in mental health nursing
Preventive working methods
Specific features of different groups of substance abusers
Documentation in mental health nursing
Victims of violence

Location and time

Moodle platform
24.03.2025 - 31.10.2025

Materials

According to instructions om Moodle

Teaching methods

Online studies on moodle

Exam schedules

Deadline will be presented on the moodlepage

Completion alternatives

Tasks,Tests and Assignments on Moodle

Student workload

27h/cr

Further information

The course is divided in sections with tasks, tests and assignments. Follow the given instructions in the sections.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for assignment:
The student has followed the instructions and her/his knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential. The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' assignments. The student has followed the instructions for the assignment. She/He have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his/her views

Assessment criteria for written assignment:
The student has followed the instructions for the written assignment and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written assignments. The student has mastered the substance of her/his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student shows in her/his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of assignment individually or in groups:
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and can lead a discussion at the seminar. The assignment and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar

Assessment methods and criteria

Criteria on Moodle
Grades: Approved/Failed
and Grades from 0-5
An average number of all tasks, tests and assignments is counted as final grade

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

For written work:
The student has followed the instructions and their knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential.

For the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)
For written work:
The student has followed the instructions and their knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

For written work:
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student has mastered the substance of his work, but the application is limited.

For the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his / her views
For written work:
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student has mastered the substance of his work, but the application is limited.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

For written work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections and independent working methods)

For the exam:
The student shows in his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional
For written work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections and independent working methods)

Qualifications

Clinical Nursing 1