Objectives and competences
Student:
- learn about most common mental disorders and their importance for the population.
- acquire and consolidate knowledge about etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostic tests, treatment and risk factors of different mental illnesses.
- learn about the dangers of stigmatization and its consequences for a patient with mental disorder.
- based on health assessment identify nursing diagnoses, plan nursing interventions on the field of
Content (Syllabus outline)
NURSING CARE
Mental health.
Development of nursing care of patients with mental disorder.
The role of the nurse in nursing care of patients with mental disorder.
Team work and multidisciplinary connection of individual organisational units.
Importance of communication in nursing care of patients with mental disorder.
Therapeutic community.
Organization of psychiatric service.
Ethical aspects of nursing care of patients with mental disorder.
Use of methods and models in nursing care of patients with mental disorders.
Admission and discharge of patients with metal disorder.
Nursing care of patients with aggressive behaviour.
Nursing care of patients with bipolar affective disorder.
Nursing care of patients with depressive disorder.
Nursing care of patients with mania.
Nursing care of patients with schizophrenia.
Nursing care of patients with eating disorder.
Nursing care of patients with intellectual disability.
Nursing care of elderly people with mental disorder.
Nursing care of suicidal patients.
Nursing care of alcohol addicts.
PSYCHIATRY
Historical development of psychiatry. Definition of mental health. Preventive activities in psychiatry. Legal aspects of psychiatry.
General signs and symptoms of mental disorders.
Basic characteristics of organic mental disorder. Mental disorders in advanced years.
Abuse and dependence on psychoactive substances
Schizophrenia, depressive disorders.
Behaviouural disorders.
Suicide and suicidal behaviour.
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders.
Personality disorders. Intellectual disability. Mental disorders in the developmental period.
Treatment of forensic patients.
Treatment of psychiatric patients.
CLINICAL TRAINING
Participation in a multidisciplinary team and care for the patient with mental disorder.
Nursing care in the psychiatric field.
Utilization of clinical and school-related nursing documentation.
Reflective writing.
Ethical aspect of work in treating patients with mental disorders.
Learning and teaching methods
lecture, seminar work, written assignments, demonstrations, group work, individual work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
The student will be able to:
- describe various mental disorders, etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostic tests, treatment and risk factors.
- determine, on the basis of identified needs for nursing care, current and potential nursing problems in patients, plan and implement appropriate nursing interventions.
- develop a humane attitude towards a patient with a mental disorder and influences on antistigmatization.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• skill in performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and nursing procedures;
• reporting (oral and written).
Readings
Temeljna:
• Kores Plesničar, B. (ur.) (2011). Duševno zdravje in zdravstvena nega. Maribor: Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede.
Dodatna:
• Heather Herdman, T. & Kamitsuru, S (eds.). Negovalne diagnoze NANDA International: definicije in klasifikacija 2018-2020. (2019). Ljubljana: Zbornica zdravstvene in babiške nege Slovenije - Zveza strokovnih društev medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije.
• Gordon, M. (2003). Negovalne diagnoze – priročnik. Radizel: Rogina.
• Roškar S. et al., eds., 2019. Duševno zdravje otrok in mladostnikov v Sloveniji : povzetek publikacije Ljubljana : Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje.
• Podgrajšek S., Videčnik I., eds., 2019. Kakovostno in varno delo v psihiatriji: zbornik z recenzijo. Strokovni seminar Sekcije medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov v psihiatriji, Maribor, 18. oktober 2019. Ljubljana : Zbornica zdravstvene in babiške nege - Zveza strokovnih društev medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije, Sekcija medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov v psihiatriji.
• Barr O., Gates B. ,eds., 2019. Oxford handbook of learning and intellectual disability nursing. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
• Pregelj, P., Kores Plesničar, B., Tomori, M., Zalar, B. & Ziherl, S. (ur.) (2013). Psihiatrija. Ljubljana: Psihiatrična klinika.
Prerequisits
No prerequisits.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Colloquium (learning nursing documentation and practical presentation of nursing care in a clinical setting)
The prerequisits for taking the written exam is a completed seminar.
The total score consists of all positively assessed requirements.
