Sakthi College of Nursing, Karur: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

: Sakthi College of Nursing, Karur is one of the well known institutions providing education in nursing in the state of Tamil Nadu and it is started in the year 2007. Sreekrishna College of Nursing is an affiliated college situated at Aachimangalam, Thanthonimalai P.O This college is approved under the Indian Nursing Council to provide quality education in training of nurses. Set over a vast piece of land of 37.5 acres, the college provides a suitable teaching and learning environment. Sakthi College of Nursing intakes 214 students and recruits 25 faculty members; therefore, the college offers quality student care, creating an appropriate learning environment.

Today it is possible to describe the college as possessing quite a rich set of educational facilities aimed at the improvement of the learning process. Accommodation facility: The available hostel facility for both male and female students comprises 60 male and 60 female well furnished rooms to accommodate outstation students. The college library acts as an information center and resource centre to the College whereby students are exposed to ample amount of literature in nursing. For practical session, the institution boasts of samples of laboratories such as Fundamental, Anatomy & Physiology, Community, Nutrition, O.B.G, and M.C.H laboratories. Such modern facilities help to get practical experience and develop skills as necessary for successful work among the students. The college also values the students general development hence offering them amenities that include sporting facilities as well as an auditorium for other co-curricular activities and functions. For this purpose, necessary IT infrastructure and transport options are provided by the institution for its students and employees.

Sakthi College of Nursing offers two full-time nursing programs: Bachelor of Science Nursing [B.Sc NHS] and General Nursing Midwifery [GNM]. It also has a total annual capacity of 60 students in the B.Sc Nursing four year course while the GNM, another four year course admits 20 students. Each of them is aimed to offer the complete course of theoretical knowledge and the necessary set of skills needed for efficient nursing practice. Total student intake is 214 for all the courses the college offers proving the fact that the college is very particular in keeping student teacher ratio in order to afford quality education to its students.

The process of admission at Sakthi College of Nursing is made very objective and quite rational. Though dates for examinations are not given for each course some guidelines for admission and other activities are available on the college website: www.sakthinursingcollege.org. The arrival of several major organisations in the city means the college has easy access to quality clinical postings, in particular the Karur District Government Head Quarters Hospital which is situated only 3 k.m away from the college. This hospital has earlier grown to a 259 bed hospital and has a capacity to house about 10,000 patients in a month; such information as these make the place provide realistic exposure to nursing students. There is no particular information about scholarships but any interested candidate wishing to pursue college education is advised to contact the college authorities for possible sponsoring. In its quest towards defining the future of nursing education and training for competent and caring human person towards the health of society, Sakthi College of Nursing stands ready to produce skilled manpower in the health profession who are skilled and caring to mankind.