I. The College houses 6 Clinical Departments to cater to the academic needs of the students. The Clinical Departments are --
• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology Nursing
• Paediatric Nursing
• Medical Surgical Nursing
• Psychiatric Nursing
II. The total number of students is 560. The students come from all over India and ten foreign countries. The faculty strength is 58.
The college has been certified by ISO 9001:2000 in 2005 and 9001:14001 in 2011 and strives for
• Value- based Nursing Education
• Continuous improvement of conducive environment for learning, practice and research
• Being in par with International standards
• Overall development of staff and students
• Enhanced students’ satisfaction
III. Accordingly, the institution is committed to a few Quality Objectives that correspond to appropriate activities; curricular, co-curricular & extra-curricular.
Objective 1: Enhanced students’ satisfaction
Activities:
1. Teacher Guardianship or mentorship – to guide their academic performance and professional development.
2. Interactive Teaching-learning methods adopted are:
Classroom instruction
• Active lectures
• Demonstrations
• Brain-storming
• Reflective Learning
• Creative learning
• Small Group Discussions
• Panel discussion, Seminars, Symposiums
• Simulated teaching
• Participatory Learning
• Concept mapping
• Microteaching
Clinical instruction
• Nursing Clinics
• Clinical teaching
• Incidental teaching
• Reflective learning
• Creative learning
• Problem based learning
• Clinical conference
• Application of theoretical frameworks
• Case study
• Comparative analysis etc.
3. Co curricular activities
The co-curricular activities of the students include the activities of SNA (Student Nurses’ Association), a constituent organisation of Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI). This body has five committees, solely activated and monitored by the students, under the guidance of teacher advisers. The aim is to develop their personality and leadership qualities in all possible walks of life.
Our students publish the yearly college magazine, named DHWANI.
Objective 2: Enhance faculty capability in Teaching & Research
1. The College organises one International, National or State level Workshop or Conference every year. A workshop is also organised annually by PG students at State or Zonal level. The faculty organises departmental workshops. The faculty are kept updated through the CNE conducted by the college as well as through participation in national and international conferences, workshops, seminars, etc. Monthly departmental CNEs are also conducted by the various departments to keep the faculty informed of the current trends.
2. Research and other academic activities
a. Faculty –
• Completed PhD – 05
• Registered for PhD – 12
b. Students’ research Studies –
• M.Sc. students – Yearly minimum 40
• M.Phil students – Yearly minimum 05
• UG students – yearly minimum 12
3. Academic Contribution
Faculty authored Text Books: 02
Objective 3: Out-Reach Health Education & social work Programmes
Departmental outreach programmes are conducted during each academic year for rural & urban public, school & college students, specific women’s groups, old-age homes, orphanages, factory workers and homes for mentally challenged children.
Objective 4: Enhance Academic Results of the Students
With all the above activities, our students maintain a score of about 4.47 on a 5 point scale on academic results.
IV. Future Initiatives:
• To activate the Rural Health Centre services
• To work towards Integrated Health Care compliance
• To avail collaborative research projects with National/ international funding agencies
• To start need-based specialty courses
• To bring up the academic standard to make the institution a Centre of Excellence
• To start an e-journal in Nursing