INFRASTRUCTURE

OUR LADY SCHOOL OF NURSING

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

DINDIGUL.

Recognized BY THE INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL & TAMIL NADU NURSES AND MIDWIVES COUNCIL APPROVED BY TAMIL NADU BOARD OF EXAMINATION.

 UPGRADE DETAILS

1.       G.O.            :  M.S.No. 1250, dated 13.08.1968

2.       TNC.           :  21/ NC / 2021, dated 29.03.2021.

3.       INC             :  18 – 1516 / 2002 – INC, letter dated 09/07/2021.

4.       Affiliation   :  81100/BON(1)/2021

INFRA STRUCTURE.

Admission Procedure

    1. Admission: As per INC Norms.    

    2.Method of Selection:       Institutional.

    Health care apostolate has been one of the Constitutive elements of the basic thrust and charism of the  society.

·       Annual intake is 20 students.

 I NURSING SCHOOL    

    School of Nursing is located in the ground floor and the Nurses quarters are in the first & second floor.  The students are accommodated in the 1^st floor, the Staff Nurses in the 2^nd floor respectively.  

    Hostel Room for Staff 2,555.6 square. Feet and for the students 4,600.13 square. Feet.  Each single room is 190.97squ. feet. Every single room is shared by three students.

 

1. Class Rooms:

    There are four classrooms with proper ventilation and lighting facilities.  The students are provided with individual desk & chair.  Also a table and chair for the faculty member.  One sidewall has a built in black board and has wide wall cupboards for the teaching aids.

 

 

2. Laboratories

 A.     Nursing Practice Laboratory

    It is very spacious and six beds with locker for demonstration.  Necessary articles (10 – 12 sets) of all items         needed for practice of Nursing is kept in a Wall built cupboards.  Wash basin with running water supply, needed furniture, fan & electricity are available.  Six students are able to show demonstration of bed making at a time.  Every year an inventory is taken and maintained accurately.  New articles are added as per need.

 

                                                                                                 

 

B.      Community Practice Laboratory

 We have all the articles required for practicing Nursing Procedure in the Community set up.We have 10 Community Health Nursing Bags with necessary equipment to carryout the demonstration and procedures in the community.

                 

  C.      Nutrition Laboratory

     It is spacious, well ventilated with good lighting, attached with wall built cupboards and needed         articles for cooking practices. A wash basin with running water supply is also provided.   Nutrition Lab is adequate for the group work.

 

 D.     Pre -clinical Science Laboratory

    Pre -clinical Science  Lab is well equipped with all the necessary models, specimens and charts, flash cards for teaching and learning practice.

 

E.      Advance Nursing Skill Laboratory :

     There are simulators  like administration of tube feeding, tracheostomy, gastrostomy, IV injection, BLS model etc,to teach, practice & learn advance skills. There are computers, internet connection and monitors used in Critical Care Units.

F.       OBG & Paediatric Laboratory 

    They are equipped with models, specimens, articles, charts and equipments  for learning and practice of OBG and paediatric procedures.

                             

G.     Computer Laboratory:     

    Computer Laboratory is well equipped with 4 computers with internet connections.  It has got good lighting and ventilation.

 3. Library

     There is a separate Library for the School of Nursing, which is easily accessible to the Teaching Faculty and the Students.  It has proper lighting facilities and very good ventilation.  We are able to accommodate 60 Students at a time. 

 No. of Books                           -            2438

No. of Local Journals               -              8

No. of Foreign Journals             -              3

 

4.  Auditorium

    Educational Conferences, Workshops, Lamp Lighting and Graduation Ceremony and any other Special Meetings are conducted in this Multi Purpose Hall.  It has also adequate toilet facilities for both men and women.  This Hall is also utilized for the Parents Meeting at the time of Visitors Day.

 

5. Office Requirements:

 A. Principal’s Office

    We have a separate Office for the Principal with required facilities.  Principal’s Office has independent telephone facility combined with intercom / linked to the hospital.  Adequate furniture, shelf, bulletin board, racks, cupboard, filing cabinets to keep records of important papers and documents are well provided.

 

B. Vice-Principal Office

    There is  a separate office for the Vice -Principal with attached toilet and provision for visitor’s room. Independent telephone facility  with intercom facility connected/linked to the hospital and hostel is provided.

 

C. Faculty Room

    There are three faculty Rooms for the Teaching Faculty.  One Office Room is accommodating two teachers in each room.  Separate toilet facility is available for the teaching faculty with hand washing and running water supply.

D. Staff Room

There is one separate Office Room for the Office Staff.  This office is spacious with adequate furniture like tables, chairs, and cupboards, built – in rocks and shelves, filling cabinets and bookcases.  This office has Typewriter, Photocopy, Computer with  Internet connection  and Telephone.

 

E. Audio- Visual aids Room & Store Room 

     It is provided  chalk boards, overhead projectors, slide and film-strip projector, models specimen, charts and posters, T.V. & V.C.R., Photostat machine, tape recorder and computers, LCD, Laptop. There are adequate  cupboards, builtin-shelves, racks, cabinets, furniture items like tables and chairs. The room is properly lighted and well-ventilated.

 

 6.    Other Facilities

Safe drinking water and adequate sanitary / toilet facilities should be available for both men and women separately in the school. Toilet facility to the students should be there along with hand washing facility.

 7.    Garage

Garage should accommodate a 50 seater vehicle.

 8.  Fire Extinguisher

Adequate provision for extinguishing fire should be available as per the local bye-laws.

 9.  Playground

Playground should be spacious for outdoor sports like Volleyball, football, badminton and for Athletics.

 

II HOSTEL FACILITIES

 

There should be a separate hostel for the male and female students. It should have the following facilities.

 

1.   Hostel Room

It should be ideal for 2 students. The furniture provided should include a cot, a table, a chair, a book rack, a cupboard or almirah for each student.

 

2. Toilet and Bathroom

Toilet and bathroom facilities should be provided on each floor of the students hostel. Geysers in bathroom and wash basins should also be provided.

 
3. Recreation

There should be facilities for indoor and outdoor games. There should be provision for T.V., radio and video cassette player.

 

4.  Visitor’s Room:

There should be a visitor room in the hostel with comfortable seating, lighting and toilet and facilities.

 

5.   Kitchen & Dining Hall

There should be a hygienic kitchen and dining hall to seat at least 80 % of the total students strength at one time with adequate tables, chairs, water coolers, refrigerators and heating facilities. Hand Washing facilities must be provided.

 

 6.  Pantry

One Pantry on each floor should be provided. It should have water cooler and heating arrangements.

7.   Washing and Ironing Space

Facility for drying and ironing clothes should be provided in each floor.

 

8.   Warden’s Room

Warden should be provided with a separate office room besides her residential accommodation. Intercom facility with school & hospital shall be provided.

 

9.   Telephone Facility

Telephone facility accessible to students in emergency situation shall be made available.

 

10.  Canteen

There should be provision for a canteen for the students, their guests, and all other staff members.

11.  Transport

School should have separate transport facility under the control of the Principal. 25 and 50 seats bus is preferable and number of transport shall be as per students strength.