The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc. Nursing) is a 4 years undergraduate medical programme. Nursing education is monitored by the Indian Nursing Council (INC), the programme focus on developing critical care, advanced thinking skills, proficiency and values necessary for the practice of professional nursing and midwifery. The programme prepares students to become responsible citizens by following a code of moral values and conduct at all times while fulfilling personal, social and professional responsibilities. B. Sc. Nursing programme involves classroom study, projects and assignments that enable students to gain practical knowledge of their learning. After the completion of the course, the students compulsorily need to do a six-month internship to experience real-world clinical settings and learn from them.
M.Sc. in Medical Surgical Nursing is a 2-year full-time postgraduate program. As an educational discipline, medical-Surgical Nursing includes superior examine in the discipline of nursing consisting of best practices, study’s methodology, statistical expertise, and control strategies that shape the area.
M. Sc Child Health Nursing (Paediatric Nursing) is a 2 year postgraduate course that caters child care needs. The program makes use of a purposeful and child-centered approach that realizes this need of children's offerings. The path concentrates on expanding research and evidence-based assessment skills among students.
M.Sc. Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternity Health Nursing) nursing are related fields of nursing where the practitioners deal with the reproductive fitness of women. They assist ladies during pregnancy, labor and childbirth, as well as women with health troubles with their reproductive system.
Dr.G.Sakunthala College of Nursing is a branch of Dr.G.Viswanathan Institute of Medical Sciences and GVN Hospital. The motto of our institution from the time of its origin was ‘WE SERVE -TO HELP THE POOR’. Dr.G.Viswanathan Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruchirappalli, was founded in the year 1985 by Dr.V. Jeyapal and Dr.V.Kanagaraj,(Managing trustees) the dutiful sons of Dr.G.Viswanathan to fulfil their father’s desire to improve medical education in Tiruchirapalli and its surroundings.In 1992, they started the educational wing GVN school of nursing ,Dr.G.Sakunthala College of Nursing in 1999 and ,and Post Graduate Programme in Nursing in 2004 .
Now Dr.K.Govindaraj son of Dr.V.Kanagaraj and Dr.V.J. Senthil son of Dr.V.Jayapal are assisting their fathers in the smooth running of the Institution.
Being an ideal Doctor endowed with a naturally kind and sympathetic mind, Dr.G. Viswanathan, observed with dismay the pitiable and helpless condition of the sick and diseased people in 1939 and almost took a vow to improve their health. To achieve the above object, he himself started the GVN Hospital 60 years ago and thereby gratified his noble sentiments to a certain extent by giving treatment to most of the patients free of cost, at the same time showing the utmost care to their welfare.
Dr.G.Sakunthala College of Nursing Dr.G.Viswanathan Institute of Medical Sciences Keelastreet, Murungapettai, Mutharasanallur, Trichy- 620101
