The Mental Health Nursing Lab is established in the year 2025. The key objectives for the subject of Mental Health Nursing are developing an understanding of the modern approach to Mental health, identification, prevention, and nursing management of common mental health problems with special emphasis on therapeutic interventions for individuals, families, and communities. Department promotes quality teaching and attentive and accurate training by the department faculties.
From the Desk of HOD
Welcome to the Department of Mental Health Nursing at Peoples College of Nursing and Research Centre. Our department is dedicated to excellence in education, clinical practice, research and community engagement in the field of mental health nursing. We believe mental health is an essential part of holistic health and our mission is to prepare compassionate, competent and ethically grounded nursing professionals who can respond effectively to the mental health needs of individuals, families and communities. Guided by the vision of becoming a centre of excellence in Mental Health Nursing education and service, the department strives to foster academic excellence, clinical competence, critical thinking and humanitarian values among students.
Our objectives focus on providing quality education through innovative teaching-learning methods, strengthening evidence-based psychiatric nursing practice, promoting empathy and ethical care, encouraging research and scholarly activities and advancing community mental health through awareness, prevention and rehabilitation initiatives. The department is equally committed to supporting student well-being through mentoring, counselling, stress management and holistic development.
Looking ahead, our future goals include strengthening simulation and skill-based learning, expanding community outreach and mental health promotion programs, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, promoting research in emerging areas of mental health and integrating digital innovations and contemporary therapeutic approaches into education and practice. We aspire to develop the department as a resource centre for mental health promotion and holistic wellness. At the Department of Mental Health Nursing, we are committed to nurturing future nurses as caregivers, educators, advocates and leaders who contribute meaningfully towards building a mentally healthy and resilient society.
Prof. (Dr.) Jaya Bijoy
Head, Department of Mental Health Nursing
Peoples College of Nursing and Research Centre
Vision
The vision of a Mental Health Nursing Laboratory is to:
“Foster excellence in mental health nursing education by providing a safe, realistic, and innovative learning environment that promotes compassionate, evidence-based, and holistic care for individuals, families and community”.
Mission
- To empower nursing students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to provide empathetic, ethical, and culturally competent mental health care.
- To offer experiential learning through role-plays, case studies, and simulated clinical environments that reflect real-life psychiatric settings.
- To promote collaborative practice and understanding of various mental health roles through team-based learning.
- To support innovation in teaching methods, encourage critical thinking, and contribute to advancements in mental health nursing practice and education.
- To inspire students to become advocates for mental health awareness, stigma reduction, and inclusive care within communities.
Lab Objectives
- Skill Development
- To provide hands-on training in communication skills, therapeutic relationships, interviewing techniques and mental status examination.
- To enhance students’ abilities to perform psychiatric assessments and nursing interventions.
- Simulated Learning
- To create a simulated psychiatric care environment for role-playing common psychiatric conditions and patient interactions.
- To help students gain confidence before entering clinical settings.
- Knowledge Application
- To bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and clinical practice.
- To enable students to apply the principles of mental health nursing in simulated case scenarios.
- Therapeutic Communication
- To train students in using therapeutic communication techniques for different psychiatric conditions.
- Understanding Mental Disorders
- To help students identify symptoms and understand the management of common psychiatric disorders through models, audiovisual aids, and case studies.
- Crisis Management & De-escalation
- To equip students with skills to handle psychiatric emergencies and manage aggressive or suicidal patients.
- Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
- To develop competency in formulating individualized nursing care plans based on nursing process and diagnosis.
- Ethical and Legal Awareness
- To promote understanding of ethical and legal aspects in psychiatric nursing practice.
- Documentation Skills
- To train students in proper documentation of psychiatric assessments, nursing notes, and progress reports.
- Mental Health Promotion
- To prepare students to educate and counsel patients and families for mental health promotion and relapse prevention.
Policies And Strategies
- Policies and procedures are proposed to guarantee that the Mental Health Lab is maintained as an efficient learning area for students’ training and assessment of Mental Health problems.
- Maintenance and Policy & Procedures must be followed by all its users.
- The Lab promotes safe, and effective practice by demonstrating and reinforcing the highest level of performance and readiness.
- Strategies are skill demonstration, practice and return demonstration, case scenarios, consistent use of medical terminology; application of the nursing process in skill
performance, care plans, documentation, audio and video-assisted teaching and individualized instruction.