Marianne Kaasik & Kadri Niin
Tartu University hospital, Estonia
Biography
Kadri Niin has worked in South Estonian Mental Health Center for Children and Adolescent in Tartu University hospital since year 2014 and as a RN since 2017 and intends to complete the mental health nursing studies by 2020. She mainly works with adolescents from age 13 to 17 with various mental health issues. Kadri also does follow-up appointments with adolescents who have checked out of hospital and has planned to increase participation in out-patience treatment services in the near future. Kadri values the protection of patient’s rights and human dignity and as a graduated midwife she also values sexual education as a human right and self-protection
Marianne Kaasik has worked in children´s psychiatry since 2015. In 2015 she started as a nurse assistant in Tartu University Hospital´s Psychiatric Clinic children´s department. In the second half of 2015 the adolescent unit was finished and she continued working there. In the beginning of 2016 she graduated as an RN. In 2017 she started working in South Estonian Hospital´s mental health office for children and adolescent. She helped to create a network between mental health professionals, local police department and other institutions that work with kids and teenagers. In the other half of the year 2017 Marianne started working in Maarjamaa Hariduskolleegium which is a middle school for children with mental health and behavioral problems administrated by the Ministry of Education and Science. She continues networking between the school and mental health professionals. In 2018 she completed her mental health nurse studies and since then works as a certified mental health nurse.
Abstract
Abstract : South Estonian mental health center for children and adolescent