Master of Science (MSc) in Child Health Nursing

• The candidate should be a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife or equivalent with any State Nursing Registration Council.
• The minimum educational requirements shall be the passing of B.Sc Nursing /Bsc Hons Nursing/Post Basic B.sc Nursing with minimum of 55% aggregate marks.

Objectives:

1. To render a quality education to the students in order to provide health service to the children with empathy and compassion.
2. To improve the skills of the students to render the care of children in the hospital as well as community settings.

Activities:

1. The students are exposed in the areas of PICU, NICU, and Pediatric Operation Theatre in various pediatric hospitals at different places.
2. Celebrate the important days like children’s day, World Immunization day, ICDS Programme.
3. Make the students to do the child CPR in efficient manner at emergency situations.
4. Conduct Breast feeding week celebration on every year
5. Involve the students to do the pediatric assessment in both hospitals areas and community.
6. Make the students to do puppet show, role play for every year.
7. Parents regarding child rearing and child care.
8. Make the students to participate for celebrating World dyslexia day every year.
9. Counsel the parents regarding immunization for their children.
10. Competence in case work and research activities
11. Special classes are taken by specialized experts individuals.
12. Increase the students efficency of doing pediatric demonstration in clinical settings
13. Orient the students various conferences and educational programmes in the area of pediatric nursing.
14. Enforce the PG and UG students to do the innovative based research.

Counselling after qualification of a relevant entrance examination.