| CODE | NUR3156 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Mental Health Care | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is a taught study-unit involving 14 lectures of 2 hour duration each. The lectures would be about the following topics: - Mental health and mental illness; - Stigma; - Various psychiatric disorders e.g. mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety and personality disorders; - Care of persons suffering from the above mentioned disorders; - Psychiatric treatment; - Care of the elderly mentally ill; - Care of the mentally ill child; - Therapeutic relationship. Study-unit Aims: The aims of this study unit are to: - enable students increase awareness of self and others; - expose undergraduate general nursing students to issues surrounding the subject of mental illness; - diffuse fear and stigma of the mentally ill people; - give them basic understanding of what is mental illness and who are the mentally ill people; - help students adapt what they learn in this study unit to their general nursing practice; - teach students care for people with psychological / mental health problems; - enable students develop communication skills. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - View people suffering from mental health problems positively; - Identify the principles and models of communication; - Identify the concepts of mental health and mental ill health; - Describe key psychiatric conditions and their associated nursing care; - Discuss stigma and its effect on mental illness and mentally ill people; - Discuss the psychosocial needs of mentally ill people. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Communicate effectively with persons suffering from psychological problems; - Deliver holistic care to people going through psychological suffering; - Encourage mentally ill people to be independent in performing activities of daily living; - Describe documentation procedures used in a psychiatric hospital; - Assess for and prevent aggression in patients; - Assess for and prevent self-harming behaviours in patients; - Participate in rehabilitation interventions of patients (ward activities and outings); - Participate in teaching patients; - Self-awareness in order to provide appropriate nursing care. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: (availability at the Library or otherwise is indicated against each entry) - Stuart, SW and Laraia, MT (2005) Priniciples and practice of Psychiatric Nursing (8th Edition). Mosby. Missouri. [Available at IHC library] - Barker, P (2003) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - The Craft of Caring. Arnold Publishers. London. [Available at IHC] |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Christie Attard |
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