Course Tutors
Dafogianni Chrysoula, Misouridou Evdokia, Zartaloudi Afroditi
STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Written final exam (50%) which includes:
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- Development questions
- Multiple choice questions
- Comparative evaluation of theory elements
Laboratory (50%) (Work Presentation (20%).
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Promote the mental health of individuals suffering from mental disorders in all care settings.
- Recognize signs and symptoms of mental disorders during clinical assessment and history taking
- Use classification systems (NANDA, DSM, ICD) to organize care for mental disorders
- Apply the nursing process to provide nursing care to individuals and families with biopsychosocial needs related to mental health problems.
- Distinguish between therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication techniques, identifying the importance of non-verbal communication and taking into account the cultural differences that exist between individuals and their caregivers.
- Assess during the triage process in emergency care.
- Administer and monitor psychopharmacological treatment regimens.
- Organize a recovery plan in collaboration with the client with a focus on connection with others, hope for the future, the identity of the individual, the meaning of life and the empowerment of the individual and their family.
- Deal with crisis situations, such as aggressive behavior, suicidal tendencies and self-harm, applying appropriate therapeutic approaches and interventions.
- Carry out an assessment and implement individualized nursing interventions for individuals with mental health problems, co-forming the recovery plan
- Implement interventions to prevent and treat relapse in mental illness and stabilization interventions
- Combine knowledge and skills of Counseling Nursing, in order to individually manage the needs of individuals with mental disorders and their families.
- Contribute to psychoeducation on self-care issues, promoting the autonomy of the individual in family and social life.
- Recognize mental disorders in children and adolescents, describe the specificities and adapt care to these age groups.
- Demonstrate responsibility for legal/ethical aspects in the provision of nursing care to individuals and their families with mental health needs.
- Collaborate within the interdisciplinary team.
GENERAL COMPETENCES
- Adapting to new situations
- Decision-making
- Working in an international environment
- Working in an interdisciplinary environment
- Generating new research ideas
- Respect for diversity, multiculturalism and accessibility
- Respect for the natural environment
- Demonstrating social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
- Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with basic, theoretical knowledge, skills, attitudes and principles related to the practice of mental health nursing and to direct Nursing Students to acquire knowledge and skills related to the application of evidence-based practices aimed at addressing the crisis, recovery and prevention of relapse, psycho-emotional support and empowerment of individuals with mental disorders and their families.
Course Outline
SYLLABUS
THEORY
- Information about the course Mental Health Nursing II. Patient journey in the context of care in acute care units. Therapeutic environment, patient safety, nursing process and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Forensic Psychiatric Nursing. Nursing Ethics in the field of Mental Health. Artificial intelligence and institutional framework.
- Signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders. Clinical assessment and history taking in mental health nursing. Classification systems for psychiatric disorders (NANDA, DSM, ICD).
- Mood disorders: Symptomatology, Therapeutic approach, Nursing process and interventions.
- Crisis Intervention: Aggressive Behavior/Danger, Suicide/Self-Harm: Symptomatology, Therapeutic Approach, Nursing Process and Interventions.
- Anxiety Disorders – Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders: Symptomatology, Therapeutic Approach, Nursing Process and Interventions.
- Eating, Sleep and Sexual Disorders: Symptomatology, Therapeutic Approach, Nursing Process and Interventions.
- Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders: Symptomatology, Therapeutic Approach, Nursing Process and Interventions.
- Personality Disorders: Symptomatology, Therapeutic Approach, Nursing Process and Interventions.
- Organic psychiatric disorders-dementia: Symptomatology, Therapeutic approach, Psychogeriatrics, Nursing process and interventions.
- Child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
- Family counseling of patients with mental illnesses – definition – principles – values – methods.
- Trauma-informed Mental Health Nursing. Post-traumatic stress. Secondary trauma.
LABORATORY
- Students will have clinical practice in Psychiatric hospitals and Psychiatric units of General hospitals.