The department is to prepare students with high efficiency through the acquisition of thinking and research skills and knowledge that qualify them to practice community health nursing and mental health in all health institutions and various community services in order to achieve international quality standards.
The Department of “Community Health Nursing, and Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing” will distinct and a pioneer in scientific research and nursing education in the area of specialization and community service locally, regionally, and internationally.
Head Department speech
Department of Community and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
The Department of Community and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing is one of the departments of the College of Nursing at King Saud University. The department's goal is to provide the Nursing Bachelor's degree students with basic and applied competencies to practice qualitative nursing care. The following leads to First: Improving psychological, mental, and community health. Second: Maintaining mental health, providing appropriate primary nursing care for all types of disease, and reducing the risk of infection. Third: Providing distinguished clinical care with high efficiency for public health and mental health patients. The policies adopted by the department are based on training the student on critical thinking skills, the research method, the method of problem-solving through interactive teaching in theoretical lectures and clinical training to enable the student to deal with the needs of the individual and family and solve societal problems
The Vice Deanship for Development and Quality seeks to achieve the objectives of the faculty, which are derived from the vision, mission and objectives of the university. It is also keen to ensure the conduct of the academic and administrative processes in accordance with the correct procedures and the use of approved models. The efforts of the Vice-Deanship, represented by its committees and units, are focused on promoting and spreading the culture of quality and keenness on continuous improvement through Developmental programs and continuous workshops that push the college's wheel towards development
The application of quality concepts in colleges and academic departments is one of the most important initiatives adopted by King Saud University. Therefore, building an internal system for quality is the driving force required to push the education system in the college effectively to achieve the mission, vision, and goals of the college.
Thus, the college plays its role in supporting the mission, vision, and goals of the university and achieving global leadership and excellence in building a knowledge society. All of this cannot be achieved without contributing with the college administration and its various academic departments in developing a long-term strategic plan to develop the learning and teaching processes in line with the requirements of the times and the needs of society and the labour market. Here is a goal in the importance of establishing the Agency for Development and Quality in the College of Nursing and other colleges at King Saud University.
The Vice Deanship for Development and Quality will work hard and diligently to implement the highest standards of quality within the framework of its strategic plan, which is extracted from the strategic plan of the university, which has drawn a future map for itself that will put it on the path of national, regional, and global competition.
Dr. Fahad Mohammed Aldakheel
Vice Dean for Development and Quality
College of Nursing
King Saud University
