AV-2-066

• Emergency care 2005 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2006 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2008 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2007 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2009 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2010 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2011 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2012 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2013 - Practical training children hospital and psychiatric nursing
• Emergency care 2014 - Professionalitet och individcentrering
• Emergency care 2015 - Professionalitet och individcentrering
• Emergency care 2016 - Professionalitet och individcentrering
• Emergency care 2017 - Professionalitet och individcentrering
• Emergency care 2018 - Professionalitet och individcentrering
• Emergency care 2019 - Professionalitet och individcentrering

4 (2019-03-18 to 2019-07-31)

Swedish

Compulsory

First

4

15 cr

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge
about the organizational structure of mental and
pediatric health care. The student gets knowledge
about different kinds of patients suffering from
health problems, furthermore the student gets
knowledge about care of the patients. The student
gains experience of working with psychiatric and
pediatric patients and is provided with
counseling.

The specific learning outcomes for practice i
psychiatric care are:

Theoretical competence:
- Knows the structure of psychiatric health care
system
- Has knowledge about mental health and
disturbances in mental health

Competence to act in practical situations:
-Understands the special aspects of the processes
in mental health care and has capacity to apply
this
-Is able to identify, meet and take care of
patients suffering from different kind of mental
problems and illnesses
-Can participate in planning, realizing and
evaluation of patient care, furthermore has
capacity to create an individual plan for patient
care
-Understands the meaning of caring relationship,
furthermore has capacity to use the self to
promote patient's mental health

Ethical competence:
-Can apply ethical principles in psychiatric
context
-Is aware about own capacities and limits,
furthermore can use counseling as a professional
tool for self development
-Understands variations in the phenomena of
closeness and distance in psychiatric care

At the end of the course the student is expected
to be able to understand the organizational
structure of mental and pediatric health care.
The student can meet, support and care a
psychiatric and a pediatric patient in acute
phases of the illness. The student can apply
ethical principles in caring, the student
understands her/his role in the caring
relationship and understands the meaning of
counseling in developing mental and pediatric
health care.
Specific goals for Pediatric care
Theoretical knowledge
- know the most common diseases that occur on the
ward and be aware of the barriersrs these cause
for children and family
- ability to act
understand what impact a disease has on children
and family
- ability to meet with respect and sensitively
listen to and create a safe environment for
children and family
- ability to create caring relationship with
children and family perform the basic care and
- report assessments orally and written
-ability to work as team member and member of the
multiprofessional team.
-ability to plan and act in first aid situations.
-ability to create own learning goals, create
strategies how to meet these carries out and
evaluate those.
- understands the precautions in medication with
children
Ethical approach
- realizes the responsibility towards
child/family/team and evaluates own activities
from the humanistic base beginning with clients
rights and own responsibilities.

Practical training in pediatric and mental health
care hospitals

Theoretical studies in pediatric and mental health
care.

Storvik-Sydänmaa Stiina , Talvensaari Helena,
Kaisvuo Terhi 2012. Lapsen ja nuoren hoitotyö
ISBN10: 9526302869, ISBN13: 9789526302867

Punkanen, T. 2004 Mielenterveystyö ammattina.
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi. Tampere. ISBN 951-26-
4771-0

Lindström, U. 1994 Psykiatrisk vårdlära. Liber
Tryckeri AB. Falköping. ISBN 91-634-0725-6.
(valda delar)

• Individual studies - 50 hours
• Practical training - 350 hours

• Total workload of the course: 400 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 400 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

• Appelroth Maria
• Savolainen Jari
• Carstens Laura

Savolainen Jari

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (25 students enrolled)

12 months after course has ended

2019-03-04 to 2019-03-31

Date will be announced later - Reports and productions