College of Nursing
The College of Nursing, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, founded in 1972, is attached to the University of Kerala medical school. It was a pioneer institute for nursing education in Kerala and one of the earliest in South East Asia. The school has been offering post graduate programmes in nursing since 1987. Currently the college has five areas of speciality training, namely mental health nursing, medical surgical nursing, paediatric nursing, obstetrical and gynaecological nursing and community health nursing. Originally the number of male students permitted to enroll in the school was restructed to 12.5% of applicants. Presently the college admits male students with no restriction as to numbers.s. A Nursing superspecialty block has been constituted in 2011.
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