·         Objectives

General Objective

·         The main aim of the undergraduate degree in psychiatric nursing is to provide an educational program through which the graduates will be prepared to assume responsibility in the promotion, prevention, and curative and rehabilitation service to people as professional psychiatric nurses. It is expected that graduates are capable of teaching, conducting and   participating in research areas to improve the health service delivery system.

Specific Objectives

The program will enable the psychiatric nurse practitioner to:-

Ø  Achieve clinical and therapeutic skills in preventive, curative, Promotive and rehabilitative health care.

Ø  Conduct clinical assessment; interpret and use it in process of intervention.

Ø  Demonstrate leadership quality, managerial roles, decision-making abilities, inter-personal relations and communication in various situations

Ø   Under take research in their profession which shall benefit the profession, and the community

Ø  Diagnose and manage psychiatric problems  and refer when needed

Ø  Guide, counsel and teach clients based on the need at all health settings

Ø  Applying  the nursing process in psychiatric mental health