Department of Mental Health Nursing

🧠 Mental Health Nursing

📘 Introduction:

Mental Health Nursing, also known as Psychiatric Nursing, is a specialised field of nursing practice that involves the care of individuals with a mental health disorder to help them recover and improve their quality of life.

🎯 Vision:

The vision of the Mental Health / Psychiatric Nursing Department is to encompass education, clinical practice, research, and leadership through the therapeutic use of self and the sciences of nursing, psychology, and biology to deliver evidence-based, patient-centred care in a variety of clinical settings. It also strengthens and maximises the potential of nursing to ensure that it is fit for purpose in a dynamic and evolving health care context.

🎯 Mission:

• • Prepare nursing professionals with a particular set of skills, attitudes and knowledge that focuses on the care of people with mental health concerns.
• • Promote collaborative functioning with other team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• • Encourage independent functioning within their scope of practice in meeting patient care needs.

🎯 Objectives:

• • Motivate students to practice their knowledge to develop practical skills and become efficient professional mental health nurses.
• • Develop teaching skills in UG & PG students for classroom and clinical education of clients and the public.
• • Emphasise psychological care for clients with physical disorders or disabilities in vulnerable groups.

🎯 Core Values:

• • Empathy and Caring
• • Professionalism
• • Communication and interpersonal skills
• • Critical thinking
• • Nursing practice and decision-making
• • Leadership, management and teamwork