SB College of Nursing, Bengaluru: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

This paper aims to discuss SB College of Nursing located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, which was founded in 2003. This affiliated college is sited in Yelahanka New Town of Bangalore and has been molding the young minds towards healthcare professionals since its establishment for nearly two decade. The nursing courses offered by the institution undergo through Indian Nursing Council (INC) and it offers a number of nursing courses in different fields. Completed four acres of campus area, this college has a strength of 256 students in total and 15 faculties in totality. 9 courses and 4 degree programmes offered in the institute are aimed at nursing students at different stages of their learning process.

SB College of Nursing has decided to boast of its honour to provide up-to-date facilities for the better accomplishment of the students. The latest, centrally air-conditioned auditorium with sound, light and other facilities acts as a common point for seminars, guest lectures and co-curricular activities ensuring active academic life. The library with more than 3000 books received from various international and domestic publishers and various journals and online resources updates the students with the latest trends in healthcare. The main focus on the practical is achieved through progression of laboratories with spinals including mannequins, simulators and key medical instruments. The college also provides good accommodation standards possessing different hostel sections for males and females. Other facilities include a health center, eating facility, exercise and sports facilities, as well as transport facilities, thus covering all round development code of the students.

SB College of Nursing has a wide area of nursing courses to provide a match to the career goals of prospective students. It offer 9 full time courses among which includes Undergraduate, Postgraduate and diploma courses. The number of approved intakes for all these courses is as follows Two hundred and fifty six students. The major programmes offered at college level are 4 year B.Sc. Nursing with intake capacity of 60, three year GNM with an intake of 60 and two year Post basic B.Sc Nursing for 45 intakes. For those students who are looking for further specialisation, the college has several M.Sc Nursing specialisations in Medical Surgical, Child Health, Mental Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecological Nursing, and Community Health Nursing, with 5 seats in each respectively. Besides, MHA is offered as a 2-year Master’s degree with 40 seats intake of students for the programme.

Admission procedures of SB College of Nursing are made in way that the institution is able to select qualified students for its programmes. It has not been explained how the college admits students into specific courses and but it will generally admit a candidate based on performance on the relevant qualifying examinations. In case of the undergraduate programmes as B.Sc Nursing & GNM, the candidates who have passed 10+2 with science stream are eligible. The Post Basic B. Sc Nursing programme is for registered nurse’s possessing diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery. For postgraduate courses like M.Sc Nursing and MHA it is expected that one has a Bachelors degree in the related field. Applicants who are interested in joining this college are recommended to check the college’s website or the office of admissions for more information to do with the dates of application, documents that are required or any tests that might be required to be taken. The quality of education in nursing offered by the college has been very strong with the Indian Nursing Council approving it; this makes their graduates to be market –ready for the competitiveness of the global health care sector.