Healthcare

Care and nursing in mental ill health, 55 YH credits.

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Part of the YH programme Specialist-Trained Assistant Nurse - Psychiatry at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: UNPSYD23STO.

The course gives you specialised knowledge of different treatment methods for psychiatric conditions and tools for a professional approach. You learn to start from the individual's needs and work in a person-centred way in care and nursing, and to document in a way that creates a meaningful, comprehensible and manageable situation for the individual. The course is extensive and central for you who will work in psychiatric health and social care. After the course you can meet and support people with mental ill health professionally.

Duration: 11 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Advanced
CSN-eligible

Time commitment: Full-time, 11 weeks (55 YH credits)

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About the course.

The purpose of the course is to give students specialised knowledge of different treatment methods for psychiatric conditions and tools to use a professional approach. Students should be able to start from the individual's needs and work in a person-centred way in individual care and nursing, and document so as to create a meaningful, comprehensible and manageable situation for the individual.

The purpose of the course is to give students specialised knowledge of different treatment methods for psychiatric conditions and tools to use a professional approach. Students should be able to start from the individual's needs and work in a person-centred way in individual care and nursing, and document so as to create a meaningful, comprehensible and manageable situation for the individual.

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • You have specialised knowledge of treatment methods for psychiatric conditions.
  • You can apply a professional approach when meeting people with mental ill health.
  • You can work in a person-centred way based on the individual's needs in care and nursing.
  • You can document care in a way that supports the individual's sense of coherence.
  • You can create a meaningful, comprehensible and manageable situation for the individual.
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Treatment methods for psychiatric conditions

    Review of key treatment methods in psychiatric care.

  2. Professional approach

    Tools for meeting people with mental ill health professionally.

  3. Person-centred care

    Starting from the individual's needs in care and nursing.

  4. Documentation

    Documenting in a way that creates comprehensibility and manageability for the individual.

Target audience

Who is this for?

The course is aimed at you who are studying TUC's YH programme in health and social care with a focus on psychiatry and mental ill health.

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