Overview
The department of Mental Health Nursing provides excellent service in mental health nursing education, research and practice which include comprehensive care in the hospital as well as in the community. It’s usually staffed by mental health nurses (psychiatric nurses) along with psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors and social workers. The Department of Mental Health Nursing provides holistic nursing care services aiming at preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative components including research and practice.
The department is equipped with well-qualified nursing faculty, who are actively involved in teaching the undergraduate students, guiding them in patient care and research activities and conducting various outreach programmes focusing on the mental health of the people. The department, in collaboration with Bethesada psychiatric hospital, Vengola at Perumbavoor provides services to psychiatric patients. The department conducts awareness programmes on mental health related topics in schools and various urban and rural areas of Aluva.
Objectives.
1. To motivate the students to practice their knowledge for the development of practical skills, to become efficient professional mental health nurses as well as to remain lifelong learners.
2. To develop the skills of undergraduate nursing students, in the area of class room teaching as well as clinical teaching methods to teach our clients and public at large.
3. To emphasize the importance of taking care of the psychological aspects of clients with organic disorders or disabilities of special and vulnerable group.