精神科护理在精神疾病的防治中至关重要。众所周知，精神疾病是基因与环境因素相互作用的结果，虽然遗传因素到现在还无法控制，但提示通过环境因素的改变可以防止精神疾病。相比其他医学学科，精神疾病更加隐蔽，需要护理人员读懂患者的心。在精神科治疗中，药物只是抑制症状，而不能消除症状，愈发说明精神科护理是治愈患者不可或缺的内容。同时，精神科护理要求护理人员能够识别和关注不正常的精神活动，减轻患者痛苦，帮助其早日恢复社会功能。在此基础上，《精神科护理学》开设于护理本科生大三下学期，旨在扩充学生的知识面，增加学生的兴趣，培养创新意识。带领学生了解精神科有关法律和伦理问题，掌握精神疾病的基本知识与护理病人的基本技能。

Psychiatric nursing is very important in the prevention and treatment of mental diseases. It is well known that mental illness is the result of the interaction between genes and environmental factors. Although genetic factors are still can not be controlled, it is suggested that the changes of environmental factors may aid in the prevention of mental illness. Compared to other medical disciplines, mental illness is more subtle, and nurses need to understand the patient's heart. In the psychiatric treatment, the drug is only to suppress symptoms, but can not eliminate symptoms, it tolds us that psychiatric nursing is essential to cure patients. At the same time, psychiatric caring requires nurses to identify and pay attention to abnormal mental activities, relieve the pain of patients, and help them recover their social functions. On this basis, "psychiatric nursing" is set up in the next semester of nursing undergraduate students in order to expand the knowledge of students, increase students' interests and cultivate innovative consciousness. Furthermore, it also helps the students to understand the legal and ethical issues, master the basic knowledge of mental illness and the basic skills of caring patients.