Crescent College of Nursing
Considering
the need of the locality to have a Nursing College that can keep up
high standards in the nursing profession, and with its experience in
establishing and administering the Crescent Hospital and the School of
Nursing, Crescent Medical Center decided to set up a Nursing College
under its management. With the available infrastructure facilities and
medical/paramedical personnel of the Hospital, it can provide advanced
knowledge and training at degree level with ample clinical experience
to the nursing students.
The
College of Nursing aims at imparting nursing education based and built
on scientific principles and sound educational theory &
practice to aspiring young students to prepare them professionally as
qualified nurses who will be able to function as a team member in the
role of a practicing nurse. The institution will endeavor to instill in
them a true spirit of service to the humanity so that they may emerge
as fully developed mature persons ready to serve the needy world.
The College of nursing which got approval from Govt.of Kerala,
University of Calicut, Kerala Nursing Council and Indian Nursing
Council, was inaugurated on 2nd of January 2006. Of total strength of
50 students per year, 50% are given to Government quota. The management
is collecting the Govt. approved tuition and other fees only.
The College is temporarily housed in the hospital building itself. It
has well equipped classroom, office rooms, Science lab, Fundamental
lab, Computer lab and Audio-visual labs, in standard with the Nursing
Council norms. Well qualified and experienced faculty is working
sincerely, to impart professional nursing training for the students, so
as to make this first College of Nursing of Palakkad district a
standard professional education center, as its present sister concern,
the Crescent School of Nursing.
The construction work of the 40,000 Sq.feet permanent building of the
college is in full swing at a 5 acre land which has a calm and serene
atmosphere near Gayathri River, about 2 KM from the hospital. The first
phase of the construction is almost over and will be ready for
occupancy by May 2006.
Crescent College of Nursing under Construction