Chettinad College of Nursing, Kelambakkam

Chettinad College of Nursing, Kelambakkam, was set up in the year 2008 and is one of the constituent college of Tamil Nadu, India. Located on the IT expressway of Rajiv Gandhi Salai, this institution is co-educational, and is also approved by the INC, thus offering proper training to its students. This college has a large area of 100 acres and well suited for college education and personal development of the learner.

The college takes 409 students in total for different courses and is staffed with 53 faculties ensuring a 7:1 student-teacher ratio. Chettinad College of Nursing is a versatile college that has 9 courses to its credit with courses offered across three different degree level and in various fields of nursing education.

The college understands the value of facilities in furbishing the experience of learning to its student populace. The campus provides distinct hostels for boys’ and girls’ students and to help the out-station students feel comfortable and homely. This college is provided with standard health center that has first aid section to attend to all the health related issues among college institutes.

The library is a large one with the area of 32000 sq feet and has the latest editions of standard books, magasines, journals and references of Indian and world class. For the active learners, the college provides modern sport amenities that are adequate for enhancing the physical prowess and spirit of successes among the athletes.

The structure of IT is sound and can efficiently meet the technology demands in education today. The hospital offers healthy food through a cafeteria on campus, and an air-conditioned fully furnished auditorium with a sitting capacity of over 1500 is used for occasions such as events and seminars.

Some of the infrastructural facilities include: Mini IT ATM facilities of major banks available, modern gym, laboratory, transport, wireless internet connection, ample, spacious and well-facilitated car parking, and an active alumni group. Apart from conventional education, the Chettinad College of Nursing provides enough nursing courses to educate and meet the needs of the students.

It offers nine programmes which include full time undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes. Undergraduate level, there are 100 seats in 4-year, B. Sc Nursing and 50 seats in 2-year Post Basic B. Sc Nursing programme. The specialty postgraduate programmes include six different M. Sc Nursing programmes, admitted 2 students each.

These specialisations are Medical surgical Nursing, Obstetrics and gynecology Nursing, Neonatal and child Health Nursing, Mental health nursing Services, Community/Public health Nursing services and Medical surgical Nursing. In the academic area, what one can also find in the college are the Ph. D. programmes in Nursing which are taught full-time and part-time.

Chettinad College of Nursing uses its admission process to ensure that deserving candidates get an opportunity to study in the various programmes offered at this institute. To join under graduate courses, the candidate is normally admitted on the basis of performance in the 10+2 examination, with an added emphasis on subjects such as Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The postgraduate admix considers the performance of the candidate of their bachelor degree in Nursing. In case of the Ph. D.