Post Diploma in Cardio Thoracic Nursing
The Post Basic Diploma in Cardio Thoracic Nursing is designed to train registered nurses to provide advance quality care to patients with Cardio Thoracic disorders and their families. The programme will equip the nurses with specialized knowledge and skills required for the treatment of cardiovascular problems with surgery, medication, and lifestyle recommendations and management of a cardio-thoracic unit.
Post Diploma in Neuro Science Nursing
The Post Basic Diploma in Neuro Science Nursing prepares registered nurses with specialized knowledge, skills and attitude in providing advanced quality care to patients with neurological disorders. Students undertaking this course have the opportunity to apply theory to practice during clinical placements in the areas of Neuro Intensive Care, Neuromedicine and Neurosurgery. Through the learning experiences, students develop clinical judgement, problem solving, communication and team skills necessary to care for patients with complex neuroscience conditions.
Post Basic Diploma in Operation Room Nursing
This course is designed to provide care and support to patients before, during and after surgery. The advances in surgical procedures and technologies have played a pivotal role in prognosis and healthcare outcomes. This calls for trained nurses in operation theatres who are well informed about such advances and skilled in using them. The specially trained nurses in OR Nursing play a key role in the effective functioning of OR surgical team. The course also enables the students to acquire knowledge of anaesthesia.
Post Basic Diploma in Critical Care Nursing
This programme aims at enabling registered nursing professionals to develop and apply advanced nursing care knowledge and skills for providing comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients in intensive care settings. It covers various specialties of Surgery, Medicine, Cardiac, Renal, Neurosciences, Haematology, Obstetrics, Accident and Emergency, Neonatal nursing and Paediatrics. The programme equips the nurses to vigilantly monitor, assess and treat the critically ill, while providing education and support to their families.
Post Basic Diploma in Gerontological Nursing
The Post Basic Diploma programme in Gerontological Nursing is designed to strengthen and develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes of nurses caring for the older adult. The course also equips nurses to educate and support the concerned families, care givers and communities at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care. The programme exposes the students to gerontological considerations in the medical, surgical, psychiatry, neurology and community areas.
Post Basic Diploma in Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Nursing
This programme equips nurses to care for patients experiencing musculoskeletal problems. The course is designed to train nurses to assess, diagnose, treat and care for patients with musculoskeletal problems following trauma, tumours, chronic degenerative illness and other associated illnesses. Since nurses play a key role in the rehabilitation process, the course will train the nurses to provide guidance and counselling to patients and families
to promote and maintain health and quality of life.
Post Basic Diploma in Oncology Nursing
This course is designed to prepare specially trained Oncology Nurses who can provide competent care to patients with cancer in a safe and effective care environment. The advanced theoretical knowledge, critical thinking and specialist skills required of an oncology nurse are met by this course that offers opportunities to gain specific oncologic Lamp lighting Ceremony, Nursing Students nursing competencies, administer radiation and chemotherapies, provide follow-up monitoring, rehabilitation and terminal care.
Post Basic Diploma in Neonatal Nursing
The Post Basic Diploma programme in Neonatal Nursing provides nurses with the skills and knowledge to practice safely and competently in a variety of neonatal nursing settings, with sick and convalescing infants. Through the teaching and learning experiences, students develop expertise in caring for babies and their families affected by acute, chronic and complex neonatal illnesses. The areas in which the training is provided include Labour room, postnatal wards, New-born units, Paediatric surgery NICU, community/follow up services/clinics.
Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
The Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing is designed to prepare nurses with specialized knowledge and skills in curative, preventive and promotive aspects of Psychiatric and Mental Health care.
The course includes training in in-depth mentalhealth assessment, interventions, counselling models, therapeutic relationships, family and community partnerships. It equips nurses to help patients with mental illness, psychiatric disorders and developmental and/or cognitive difficulties, function at their maximum potential, thus playing an important role in advancing the mental health and well-being of individuals, families and communities.
Post Basic Diploma in Emergency and Disaster Nursing
This programme is designed to equip nurses to be competent in life-saving interventions, problem solving, and technical skills in Emergency settings ranging from wound management and trauma response to disaster preparedness. Since the acuity of patients, complexity of care and degree of technological interventions in emergency settings are variable, students learn to perform accurate assessments, anticipate and prioritise patient care and manage effectively in a busy, fast paced and stressful environment. The course provides nurses with opportunities to work as part of the emergency medical team in an effort to assist patients facing traumatic injuries and sudden serious illnesses. The students get experience in the Emergency services and also in the Medical, Surgical, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Trauma, Orthopaedics, Neuro, Psychiatry, Burns and Intensive care areas.
Post Basic Diploma in Renal Nursing
The Post Basic Diploma in Renal Nursing is designed to equip nurses with the theory and skills necessary to provide evidence based, quality care to patients with renal disorders. The course provides opportunities to understand the complex kidney diseases, work with interdisciplinary team and gain specific skills to care for patients who require ongoing care or life-sustaining treatment. They learn about dialysis, renal transplantation, and other treatment methods which will enable them to manage chronic illnesses and impact quality-of-life and end-of-life care for renal patients. The students are posted in the Renal units, Medical surgical units, Operation room, Medical and Pediatric ICUs, Dialysis and Renal Transplant units.
Post Basic Diploma in Burn Nursing
This programme equips nurses to gain knowledge of advanced technologies and practices in burn care and provide comprehensive and holistic care to patients with burn injuries in emergent, acute and in recovery phases. The course provides learning experiences in first aid management, burn assessment, fluid resuscitation, airway and wound management, surgical intervention, skin substitutes, burn rehabilitation, burn prevention and education. It enables nurses to address not only the issues of patients’ physical well-being, but also the emotional and psychological trauma of the patients and their families.