Program Overview

Introduction to the Psychiatric Nursing Department

The Psychiatric Nursing Department is one of the eight departments of Hacettepe University School of Nursing, established according to the 27th November 1990 decision of The Executive Board of Turkish Higher Council. The department has a long history, dating back to 1968 when it started conducting psychiatric nursing master's programs, and 1972 when it began PhD programs within the scope of Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences.

Mission

The department aims to train undergraduate and graduate nurses who adopt scientific thinking and norms in the field of mental health and psychiatric nursing as principles. The mission also includes training nurses who are creative, questioning, productive, and leaders, with comprehensive knowledge of national and international literature, and the ability to transfer literature information to practice, education, and research in accordance with the needs of individuals, families, and society.

Infrastructure

The department utilizes classrooms and simulation laboratories within the faculty, as well as standardized patient laboratories in the Department of Medical Education and Informatics, to develop effective communication skills and practical skills related to mental health and psychiatric nursing. Additionally, the department conducts research and practice activities in various areas, including psychiatry, surgery, and internal clinics of hospitals, community mental health services, treatment/rehabilitation centers for alcohol-substance addiction, child monitoring centers, nursing homes, and non-governmental organizations.

Academic Staff

The department has 1 associate professor, 2 assistant professors, and 7 research assistants on duty.

Bachelor Courses

The Psychiatric Nursing Department delivers the following courses under the Faculty of Nursing bachelor/undergraduate program:

• HEM 421 Mental Health Psychiatric Nursing
• HEM 130 Self Awareness and Communication Management
  • Elective courses include:
    • HEM 117 Coping
    • HEM 140 Development and Emotional Intelligence
    • HEM 431 Child and Adolescent Mental Health
    • SEC 359 Elderly Mental Health
    • SEC 361 Psychosocial Care for Terminally Ill and Family
    • SEC 461 Interpersonel Communication in Health Care Services

Areas of Research

Examples of research areas include:

• Self-awareness and interpersonal communication
• Psychosocial care in chronic diseases
• Psycho-oncology
• Clinical psychiatric nursing
• Child and adolescent mental health nursing
• Consultation-liaison psychiatric nursing
• Alcohol and substance addiction nursing
• Community mental health nursing
• Counseling and psychotherapy
• Forensic psychiatry
• Violence and mobbing
• Self Coping
• Factors affecting mental health
• Vulnerable groups' mental health
• Psychosocial well-being of nurses
  ursing students

Services Offered

The department provides:

• Undergraduate and graduate education and training activities
• Production of scientific publications and contribution to national/international literature
• Organization of scientific meetings and active participation in them
• Being consultant, editor, and reviewer in periodic scientific publications in the field
• Collaboration with several institutions and organizations related to the nursing profession and mental health, and provision of consultancy to these institutions
• Provision of expert opinion service to the Ministry of Justice in cases of ethical dilemmas
• Provision of mental health and psychiatric nursing counseling to individuals with chronic illnesses and community members who have psychological and social difficulties