The Council of Europe (Coe) continues to assist the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia (MoC) to strengthen capacity building of the psychiatric nurses on main principles of mental health nursing. Between 20 and 25 April 2018, 6 psychiatric nurses, trained on a program developed by CoE international and local experts, underwent training sessions on teaching methodology, trainer’s skills and refreshing training on mental health nursing.

Mental health nurses play a central role as clinicians, case managers, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners in mental health-care settings in various countries. The development of this programme in Georgia is aligning national practice to European standards, building upon nurses’ role as part of multidisciplinary teams that deal with mental illnesses.

The training program is designed to equip psychiatric nurses with basic theoretical knowledge on mental health issues. With a total of twelve modules, the nurses participating on this training programme, will have the possibility to cascade their knowledge to the rest of psychiatric nurses working in the penitentiary establishments throughout Georgia.

_{This activity has been organised within the framework of the Project “Improving mental health care of persons detained in Georgia”, funded by voluntary contribution of Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, the Slovak Republic, and Sweden, to support the implementation of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019.}

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