Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing

Home: The department specializes in the care of women with obstetrical and gynaecological conditions and sick neonates in their 6 wards, 58 bedded Labour Room, three-level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Reproductive Medicine & Surgery Unit. The department functions as busy as a bee. Faculties function with a dual role as administrators in supervising the staff nurses and facilitators for students at UG & PG levels rendering valuable experience and evaluating using Traditional methods and OSCE.

Carrying the legacy of Dr Ida Scudder in building the Kingdom of God, the department has 365 beds contributing to the divine ministry because every birth matters.

Services: The spectrum of services offered by the department focus on the care of antenatal, intranasal, postnatal, neonatal, gynaecology and gyne-oncology care based on five Units of OG and a Reproductive Medicine Unit.

The faculty in charge ensures the staff are trained theoretically and practically with the monthly in-service education programme, and an annual in-house training workshop for staff on foetal monitoring, breastfeeding, obstetrical emergencies, neonatal resuscitation etc.

Extended roles:
A decade-old midwife-led clinic, lactation counselling and the menopausal clinic are the extended clinical services offered by the faculty in collaboration with the department.
Special days: ‘World Breastfeeding Week’, ‘Midwives Day’, and ‘Safe Motherhood - associated blood donation campaigns” is commemorated annually.

TRAINING:
Postgraduate (MSc) N – OBG Nursing
Post Basic Diploma in Neonatal Nursing.

CONTACT DETAILS:
The Head of the Department,
OBG Nursing Department,
Kagithapattarai Campus, Ida Scudder Road,
Vellore – 632 004
Tamilnadu, INDIA
Tel: 91-416-228 7026
E-Mail :
Main Reception: 91-416-228 7003