Student Group Details

Mental Health Nursing - BIELLA

MS0331

Course
Mental Health Nursing - BIELLA
Code
MS0331
Academic Year
2024/2025
Curriculum Year
2022/2023
Degree Programme
NURSING
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Credits
1
Lecture Hours
14
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/45 - General, Clinical and Pediatric Nursing
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
3
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
BIELLA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
Health and Illness in the psychiatric field; -
The history of psychiatric care; The evolution of legislation in the psychiatric field;
The organization of the Mental Health Service;
Integrated care:
teamwork;
Communication and help relationship in psychiatry
Family psychoeducational interventions
The relationship with the patient with aggressive behaviors - the De-escalation
Rehabilitation in psychiatry
Assistance to the patient with schizophrenia
TSO and ASO
Psychiatric urgency, crisis intervention and risk prevention:
1. the restraint;
2. pharmacological interventions: indications, expected results, monitoring, side effects;
3. nursing approach to the main psychic problems
Reference Texts
In addition to the teaching material used in the classroom, the reference bibliography is as follows:
-Badon P., Palumbo C., Saluzzi S. Assistenza infermieristica in salute mentale. CEA 2023
Learning Outcomes
Describe the peculiar moments of the historical-evolutionary path of "psychiatry nursing" also identifying the operational contexts and the foreseen structures; - Teach students the management of complex and urgent situations that present various relational, technical, organizational and planning aspects; - Develop critical observation and analysis skills of the question and need "communicated" by the patient; - Define a communicative orientation which, in explaining the role of the nurse, connotes the relationship with the person. - Transmit a common professional language in the field of promotion and protection of mental health
Prerequisites
not expected
Teaching Methods
Presentations in MS-Power Point format, transparencies and handouts and educational photocopies
Additional Information
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities.
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.
Assessment Methods
The learning assessment takes place through a single profit exam of all the subjects related to the course. The test consists of 54 multiple choice questions, of which only one is correct, and 3 open questions, in the form of a case in which the students will have to apply the knowledge acquired. The 3 open questions will focus on a case of Therapeutic Education, one of Family and Community Nursing and one of Mental Health Nursing. For the evaluation of the open questions, teachers have specific correction grids available.
The correct multiple choice questions are worth 1 point, the open questions allow you to acquire a maximum of 10 points per question. Maximum total score 84 points.
The test is passed if you obtain 60% of the total score.
The students have 90 minutes to complete the test.
The test takes place in person on an online platform.
Detailed Syllabus
- history of psychiatric assistance
-DSM organization
- individual treatment plan
-helping-therapeutic relationship
- pharmacological compliance and side effects
- assistance to the schizophrenic patient
- assistance to patients with mood disorders/suicide risk
-assisted the DCA patient
- assistance to the patient with personality disorder
-Management of aggressive actions
Expected Learning Outcomes
the student will be able to evaluate the most suitable degree of assistance for a person with psychiatric pathology
Last update:20-09-2026 00:13:38