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Psychiatric Healthcare and Mental Health Nursing

  • Type higher education course (job-enabling)
  • Duration 3 Semester
  • Locations Linz
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Course Details

Psychiatric healthcare and Mental Health Nursing orientate towards the individual needs of people in their specific living situations. This offers primary health care to people, who are looking for mental – and neurological health care in various fields. The primary healthcare comprises trusting, continual and extensive services to promote mental health, prevention, nursing and care of psychiatric and neurological illnesses.

In the Academic Expert in Psychiatric Healthcare and Mental Health Nursing higher education course students acquire all the skills, which are necessary for this specialised field. The expertise in technical methodology, socio-communicative and scientific skills, which were already acquired in the training /study of healthcare and nursing are extended and intensified in this specialised field. These skills are conveyed within the framework of a scientifically-based higher-education course combined with practical training at the University of Applied sciences for Healthcare Professions Upper Austria and at the professional placement. The accompanying internships offer the students the opportunity to realise and intensify their knowhow and acquired skills under expert guidance.

The higher education course is divided into modules, which are partly offered on an inter-disciplinary basis. The curriculum is characterised by a balance between in-depth theoretical education, science and work experience in the various health institutions. Graduates of the higher education course are in a position to offer full and comprehensive support and care to people, while combining the knowhow from the various disciplines. They have learned to act reflectively and autonomously in their professional daily routine and to act in accordance with their code of conduct.

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Focus

  • Models and theory of Psychiatric and Neurological Healthcare and Nursing
  • Concepts for the promotion of mental health and prevention
  • Specific aspects as well as Professional Approach in Psychiatric and Neurological Healthcare and Nursing
  • Specialised medical principles
  • Reference disciplines (e.g. Medicine, Psychology, Sociology)
  • Self- and social competence
  • Communication and social competence
  • Basis for scientific work
  • Professional placement

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