Mental Health and Nursing
164
Nurses
114
Mental health nurses
50
General nurses
Mental Health and Nursing
Nursing department is meant to make a close follow up of patients every time, different nurses are dispatched to different wards and rooms for proper provision of medication. Psychiatric nurses play a critical role in the health, safety and recovery of our patients in the acute care units and in the recovery units.
Psychiatric nurses are assigned a caseload of patients and provide direct care to their patients, which includes facilitating social and emotional needs, supervising medication schedules and evaluating patient progress. They collaborate with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and a variety of interdisciplinary professionals to determine and provide the best possible care for their patients.
Psychiatric nurses also do psycho-education about mental illness with the families of patients, to help them create a supportive environment to help patients transition back into the family and community.
The Mental Health and Nursing department has the following services:
Director
Br. Pierre Claver SINDAMBIWE
Director of Mental Health and Nursing
Br. Pierre Claver SINDAMBIWE is the Director of Mental Health and Nursing at Ndera Neuro-Psychiatric Teaching Hospital.
As Director of Mental Health and Nursing, Br. Claver coordinates activities and services to be provided with nursing department. He report to the director general of the hospital. The director is in charge of formulation of nursing guidelines, goals and programs which are consistent with mission, vision and goals of the hospital; develop, review and implement nursing policies and procedures that confirm to current nursing standards and hospital operation policies; participate in the hospital administrative decisions and meetings; provide supervision, training and guidance to all nursing staff; protect and promote the health and well being of patients within the hospital and outside.