In Manipal College of Nursing, Mangalore, following research activities have been initiated:

Department of Fundamentals of Nursing: Perception of male nursing students towards obstetric nursing clinical practice and the intricacy faced by them during their clinical posting in KMC hospital, Attavar, Mangalore, Karnataka state.

Department of Midwifery and Obstetrical Nursing: Postnatal mother's satisfaction with care received during labour and delivery in selected hospitals of Mangalore, Karnataka.

Department of Mental Health Nursing: A study to assess the awareness regarding Human rights of mentally ill patients among mentally ill persons, relatives of mentally ill persons, and health care professionals working in psychiatric setting, at selected hospitals of Mangalore District, Karnataka state


Department of Medical Surgical Nursing: Perception of the staff nurses regarding the quality audit process in selected hospitals of Mangalore district, Karnataka.

Department of Community Health Nursing: Patient education materials used by the nurses and their effectiveness of communicating health messages in selected community health settings of Mangalore district, Karnataka.

Department of Child Health Nursing: Quality of life of the children who is undergoing frequent blood transfusion in a selected hospital of Mangalore.

Other research: A study to determine the quality of life in patients with MI after coronary angioplasty in selected hospitals of Mangalore, Karnataka.