New Navodaya Institute of Nursing, Mandya: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

New Navodaya Institute of Nursing, Mandya was set up in the year 2004 is an independent affiliated college situated at Karnataka – India. This co-educational professional institution is affiliated to the Indian Nursing Council (INC), for specialised nursing education. Located on rather a small piece of land measuring 3 acres, the institute is now home to 335 students and has 27 faculty members. New Navodaya Institute of Nursing provides three full-time nursing programmes: GNM, B.Sc Nursing and Post Basic B.Sc Nursing that address different needs and goals of nursing education.

New Navodaya Institute of Nursing comprises of facilities that can be considered as the great opportunities to develop students’ experience and personality. A respondent said: A well equipped library is a very important resource where students and educators get knowledge for shaping the nursing profession. College boasts of well equipped laboratories, which provide some of the real life experiences, which are important in the development of the necessary nursing skills. For the physical fitness and recreation there are playgrounds ground and court for badminton basketball and volley ball. Conferences and seminars are held in an auditorium which supports the academic and cultural development of the institute. It also has college health centre with first aid services to ensure the students of the college are always healthy. Adequate Information technology facilities – infrastructure caters for today’s teaching methods; Hostel accommodating out-station students: Boys Hostel & Girls Hostel.

New Navodaya Institute of Nursing presently offers a total of three full time courses in nursing each catering to the educational need of the nursing profession. Current total enrolment of the institute aids a student strength of 120 divided over all of its programmes. 50 students are offered admission under the General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM), while 40 students are offered the B.Sc Nursing course, and there are 30 seats available under the Post Basic B.Sc Nursing. These courses differ in their duration where the GNM programme takes 3years, B.Sc nursing takes 4 years while the Post Basic B.Sc nursing takes 2years.

New Navodaya Institute of Nursing follows a mode of selecting the best candidates who meet the admission requirements into any of their nursing courses. Some of the requirements on the admission procedure are missing but generally, the nursing institutes assess the students based on academic achievements in relevant courses and other entrance exams. What should also be noted is that the institute provides full-time programmes and this speaks a lot about the institute’s ability to provide students with a compitator to complete and practically oriented nursing knowledge and experience.