Unit

Objective

Content

Hrs.

Teaching / Learning
activity

Students will be able to

- introduced to the concept
of mental health
- identify the scope, issues
and challenges in
psychiatric nursing
- identify the roles of
psychiatric nurse in
different settings

Unit I
Introduction review

Review of mental health

Mental health illness continuum
Scope, issues and challenges in
psychiatry nursing
Principles and standards of
psychiatric nursing
Multidisciplinary approach and roles
of psychiatric nursing
Role of psychiatric nurse extended
and expanded

Lecture / Discussion

Lecture / Discussion

Lecture / Discussion

(3hrs)
-

UNIT PLAN
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
Placement- 1ST MSc NURSING

Psychiatric Nursing Faculty -60hrs