Philosophy is to reflect the origins of humanistic ideas many of which have their roots in existentialism and to reflect the core themes of mental health which are concerned with the values of nursing profession.

• It takes a holistic view seeing distress behaviour as an outcome of disharmony in the biological, Psycho – social and spiritual Dimensions of Human Experience.
• It is basis for working creatively with people in crisis situation.
• It provides a holistic, person – centred approach to assessment
• Mental health professionals need to be able to hold hope for those seeking care, become companions on their journeys to recovery.
• In Psychiatric Nursing compassionate care is tile out of being rather than doing. It is about being with people in a way which is respectful empathetic and enabling which nourishes the growth of the troubled individual towards become a fully functioning person who has the resourcefulness to manage the problems and opportunities of living.

• To identify the person in care “the binding of the nurse and patient regardless of conventional and expected roles
• Psychiatric nurses review their own values and practices and act as a catalyst for change.
• Developing the proper focus of nursing.
• Healing lives ant mending minds/clinical supervision. Integrating evidence and belief
• Apply the nursing process in the care of patients with mental disorders in hospital and community
• Demonstrate advanced skills/competence in nursing management of patients with mental disorders
• Identify and care for special groups like children, adolescents, women, elderly, abused and neglected, people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Identify and manage psychiatric emergencies.
• Provide nursing care to critically ill patients with mental disorders
• Utilize the recent technology and various treatment modalities in the management of patients with mental disorders
• Demonstrate skills in carrying out crisis intervention.
• Appreciate the legal and ethical issues pertaining to psychiatric nursing.
• Identify areas of research in the field of psychiatric nursing.
• Prepare a design for layout and describe standards for management of Psychiatric units/emergency units/hospitals
• Teach psychiatric nursing to undergraduate students & in-service nurses.

• Facilitate self development in participating through journal club and integrated teaching programme.
• Providing intensive training in the area of different psychiatric hospitals NIMHANS, SIMHANS and rehabilitation centre, deadduction center, mental retardation homes,
• Evaluating the clinical performance care note, and record books.
• Participating actively towards promotion of independent group research activity.
• Conduct clinical presentation, clinical demonstration, bed side clinic, drug presentation, and psycho education.
• Participating in the collaborative care with medical personals for the excel in basic expanded and extended nursing roles.
• Participate actively in school health programme
• Participating and celebrating in world mental programme and conducting psycho education.
• Celebrating Alzheimer’s day, schizophrenia day community and hospital.

• Department is loaded with experienced professor, and readers and faculties
• Psychiatric lab and counselling room.
• Psychiatric museum.
• Periodic counselling session for the students.
• Department is placed with all type of psychological tests and scales.
• Models and psycho education.

• At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
• Describe the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and diagnostic assessment of women with obstetric and gynaecological conditions
• Perform physical, psychosocial, cultural & spiritual assessment
• Demonstrate competence in caring for women with obstetrical and gynaecological conditions
• Demonstrate competence in caring for high risk newborn.
• Identify and Manage obstetrical and neonatal emergencies as per protocol.
• Practice infection control measures
• Utilize recent technology and various diagnostic, therapeutic modalities in the management of obstetrical , gynecological and neonatal care.
• Demonstrate skill in handling various equipments/gadgets used for obstetrical, gynaecological and neonatal care
• Teach and supervise nurses and allied health workers.
• Design a layout of speciality units of obstetrics and gynecology
• Develop standards for obstetrical and gynaecological nursing practice.
• Counsel women and families
• Incorporate evidence based nursing practice and identify the areas of research in the field of obstetrical and gynaecological nursing
• Function as independent midwifery nurse practitioner

• Facilitates students in gaining adequate skills in caring women in all through perinatal period
• The institution has a parent hospital which is of 1050 beded hospital which highly equipped in the area of obstetrics and gynecology
• The institution has also taken affiliation in government maternity hospitals for better exposure

• To render comprehensive promotive, preventive curative, and rehabilitative services in order to meet the health care needs of the individual and the families.
• To provide screening services, to detect tuberculosis, cancer cervix, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus
• To give health education services for all groups and various health related matters
• To prepare nursing students to work efficiently and provide comprehensive and holistic nursing care to community setting.
• To conduct research in field of community health nursing to improve the quality of life, standard of living, and to reduce morbidity and mortality rate.
• Appreciate the history and development in the field of Community Health and Community Health Nursing.
• Appreciate role of individuals and families in promoting health of the Community.
• Perform physical, developmental and nutritional assessment of individuals, families and groups.
• Recognize and participate in the management of emergencies, epidemics and disasters.
• Apply recent technologies and care modalities while delivering community health nursing care.
• Appreciate legal and ethical issues pertaining to community health nursing care.
• Conduct community health nursing care projects.

• Immunization
• Nutritional programmes
• School health programme
• Home visit
• Mass Health educations
• Health programmer related activities
• Care of minor illness for all age groups
• Screening and referral services

Community Department provides pleasant environment for the student with adequate seating lighting ventilation. To improve the clinical skill of the students following equipments are placed in the laboratory,

• Instruments & equipments
• Drugs
• Solutions and all health assessment formats
• A.V. Aids
• Models
• Flannel graph
• Chart
• flip chart
• Puppets
• posters
• flash cards
• community bags

• At the end of the course the students will be able to
• Appreciate trends and issues related to Critical Care Nursing.
• Describe the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and diagnostic assessment of critically ill patients
• Describe the various drugs used in critical care and nurses Responsibility Perform physical, psychosocial & spiritual assessment
• Demonstrate advance skills/competence in managing critically ill patients including Advance Cardiac Life Support.
• Demonstrate skill in handling various equipments/gadgets used for critical care
• Provide comprehensive care to critically ill patients.
• Appreciate team work & coordinate activities related to patient care.
• Practice infection control measures.
• Assess and manage pain .
• Identify complications & take appropriate measures.
• Discuss the legal and ethical issues in critical care nursing
• Assist patients and their family to cope with emotional distress spiritual, grief and anxiety
• Assist in various diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical procedures
• Incorporate evidence based nursing practice and identify the areas of research in the field of critical care nursing