MEDICAL, SURGICAL NURSING:

Medical, Surgical Nursing is the back bone of the B.Sc nursing Degree program. It is a very vast subject and the students study this subject in the second and third year of the curriculum.

Through this students acquire an extensive clinical exposure to get acquaint with patients in the various medical and surgical conditions. They become familiar with operation theatre, it’s set up and various equipment. Further students are supervised to treat patient with disorders of the Eye & ENT. Medical Surgical Nursing is clubbed with subjects such as Pharmacology, Pathology and Genetics to enrich the scientific knowledge of the students.

In order to mold the students fully competent in this area of nursing the students are sent for clinical posting to our parent hospital and Gandhi Hospital , which is one of the prominent Medical College Hospital in A.P. These hospitals provide a vast opportunity for the student to gain practical knowledge in various super specialties such as Nephrology, Oncology and Multi specialty ICUs including Medical ICU, CVTS ICU, Neuro ICU etc. This experience enhances the skills of the students and enriches the knowledge gained in the classroom. The students conduct seminars, symposium and group discussions, case studies, case analysis, case presentations and procedure demonstrations to enhance their knowledge and skills.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Community Health Nursing is specially designed to meet the wide ranging needs of the society. Community health care nursing practices are adapting to a rapidly changing health care environment. Community Health Nursing specialty prepares the students to understand the community and their health status to serve them better.

It is concerned with motivating individual and groups to learn healthy life style to achieve optimum health. The student uses innovative and cost effective strategies of primary health care to identify and solve the problems in the community. The students are getting trained them various community setting such as Panbazar – Urban PHC and Keesara – Rural PHC.

This experience expose the students to various national program such as World AIDS Day, World TB Day, Breast Feeing Week etc., Method of training in the field include problem assessment and analysis by surveys, Health screenings, ‘Mass campaigns, Home visits, School Health Program etc. This department acts as a liaison between the campus and community.

CHILD HEALTH NURSING

Community Health Nursing is specially designed to meet the wide ranging needs of the society. Community health care nursing practices are adapting to a rapidly changing health care environment. Community Health Nursing specialty prepares the students to understand the community and their health status to serve them better.

Child Health Nursing includes child health medicine and surgery. It is a part of third year B.Sc (N) curriculum. The objective of this subject is to make aware the student to assess the normal growth and development of children and to understand the deviation from normal.

Faculty impacts, in depth knowledge in embryology, genetics, child psychology, Paedicatric medicine, Surgery, Nutrition etc. students gain all the required clinical exposure in this area from Gandhi Medical College and Vijay Health Care.

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

Mental Health Nursing is the third years B.Sc(N) program, is designed to understand the mental concepts and related ailments. It includes in depth study of behavior problem of the individual, stress and adaptation and various counseling methods.


The Psychiatric nursing faculty give an expert guidance for the students to apply preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative aspect of Mental health care and the principles of mental health nursing.
The students gain clinical experience in this institute from Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda, and are also are exposed to various areas like home for the mentally retarded, Orphanages and old age homes through educational visits.

OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGICAL NURSING

Obstetric and Gynaecological Nursing is the third and fourth year of B.Sc (N) curriculum is to prepare the students to provide comprehensive nursing care to antenatal, intranatal and postnatal mother and new born babies. The training is implemented in such a way that the students are able to notify and handle both normal and abnormal deliveries.

The clinical exposure in this area is from Gandhi Medical College Hospital and Vijaya Health Care. This clinical training is done under the consistent supervision and training of expert obsetriticians and experienced faculty members help to mold a group of highly motivated midwives.

The students gain clinical experience in this institute from Institute of Mental Health, Erragadda, and are also are exposed to various areas like home for the mentally retarded, Orphanages and old age homes through educational visits.

NURSING EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION AND RESEARCH

The main motto of this department is to practice the students for advance management of Nursing services in the community hospital and educational institutions. This subject helps the students to act as a good manager and administrator.

The subjects include practice of teaching, conducting research studies, administrative duties both in hospital and college. This subject is included in the fourth year of B.Sc (N) degree program.