PPG College of Nursing, Coimbatore

The serving principal of PPG college of nursing, Coimbatore said, It was established in 1998, aim to provide quality education in nursing profession. Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, this affiliated college is also approved by INC – Indian Nursing Council. Nursing programmes at this institute are the following and the campus of the institute is of 7 acre in size.

This college has a student enrolment of 527 and a faculty team of 20 members which allow students of PPG College of Nursing to learn in an appropriate atmosphere. There are 8 courses delivered at the college across 3 degree levels and the college focuses on different aspects of nursing education.

The college has avails the following amenities it has to meet the compounds needs of the students in their academic achievement processes. That well furnished library is designed to host over 100 students all make use of numerous books, journals and electronic systems.

The college’s laboratories include the Fundamentals of Nursing Lab, the Medical-Surgical Lab, Community Health Lab, Maternity Lab, Pediatric Lab, Mental Health Lab, and other specialised labs. The college provides sports – related facilities and gym for co curricular activities. An expanded hall for meetings and other events of about 800 people is also available.

Another relevant service offered by the college comprises transportation facilities, where 32 seater buses is provided for the community health nursing field experiences. this College offers full time nursing courses at First, Second and Post Basic levels Certificates, Diploma, Bachelor of Science, Master of science in Nursing and Ph. D Programmes. The institute provides 3 undergraduate programmes: B. Sc.

Nursing for four years, Post Basic B. Sc Nursing for two years, and GNM programme for three years. On post graduate level, It offers 5 M. Sc Nursing courses in various specialisation and all of these courses have a duration of two years. The actual capacity allowed in all the courses is 200 students to allow the institute to accommodate every student’s needs and offer the best education.

Degree Name Total Number of Seats B. Sc Nursing 100 Post Basic B. Sc Nursing 40 GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery) 20 M. Sc Medical Surgical Nursing 12 M. Sc Psychiatric Nursing 10 This gives the Admission Committee of PPG College of Nursing the mandate to recruit the best and most competent learners into its various programmes.

However, performance in the intended qualifying examination as recognised by the college may be taken into consideration when making admissions to its courses. The most sought courses are the B. Sc Nursing programme, which has the largest intake capacity of 100 students.

The college also has more advanced master of science programmes thus includes the Medical Surgical Nursing , Child Health Nursing, and Community Health Nursing for those who want to build their career in particular specialisation in the nursing field.

Alumni Association is also present in PPG College of Nursing, which assists the college and the nursing students and former nursing students to network and enhances the colleges, facilities and opportunities for the growth of the institution in the particular field of nursing education.