ASSIGNMENT

ON
CRITIQUE OF SYLLABUS
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
PROF SHAKILA K MRS. Soumya.r
VICE PRINCIPAL first year msc nursing
VIJAYA COLLEGE OF NURSING vijaya college of nursing
Submitted on: 28-09-2020
UNIT ALLOTED CONTENT POSSITIVE NEGATIVE
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THEORY
1 5 Introduction to Mental Health Lead the students to
- Principles and concepts of mental health known to unknown
- Factors promoting mental health
- Review of development of personality
- Characteristics of mentally health person
- Defence mechanism(review)
II 6 Orientation to psychiatric and psychiatric Include more
Nursing content about the
- Magnitude of the problem
issues which were
- Development of psychiatric care
- Present state and future possibilities faced by the nurses
III 5 Therapeutic communication Well organized the
- Therapeutic nurse-patient relationship content
- Therapeutic attitudes
- Causes of mental illness

IV 4 Psychology and symptomatology in general Need to include

- Assessment of patient therapeutic role of
- Nursing process(review) and process
nurse in this unit
recording
- Principles and concepts of psychiatric nursing
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THEORY
V 5 Psychiatric therapies and treatments Adequate for the
- Physical methods of treatment (ECT, students
Principles and concepts of care of psychiatric
patient )
- Therapeutic role of nurse
VI 8 Psychological therapies Include psycho
- Individual, group, family, psychotherapy, education and role of
behaviours. Therapy, occupational therapy. nurse in different
therapies in psychiatry
- Narco analysis, crisis intervention,
Therapeutic relationship

VII 25 Nursing process / problem solving approach to the If this unit is divided
care of various psychiatric, disorders, into two and then given
- Factors influencing psychiatric disorders. to the student then it
will help them to
- Psychopathology, symptomatology,
understand the content
diagnosis, treatment and nursing care of more easily
patient wtth,
- Organic psychotic disorder, epilepsy.
- Functional psychotic disorder and
schizophrenia
- Affective disorder
- Psychoneurotic disorders.
- Anxiety, phobia, hysteria, depression,
obsession and compulsion.
- Personality disorders
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THEORY
- Dependence or addictions (Alcoholism and
drug dependence)
- Sexual dysfunction
- Psychiatric, disturbance of old age
- Mental Retardation
- Psychiatric emergencies.
- Suicide, homicide behaviours, excitement
stoppers,
VIII 5 Community psychiatry Help the student to gain
- Development of community psychiatry. more knowledge
- National mental health programme because this unit
- Partial hospitalization contain adequate
- Preventive psychiatry content which was
- Role of the nurse needed for the students
IX 5 Legal aspect of psychiatry and psychiatry nursing
- Admission discharge for a mental health
centre hospital.
Mc naught en’s rule
- Mental health bill

X 5 Administration Provide community

- Mental hospital Psychiatric units in general field also
hospitals
- Primary health centres