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Department of Obstetric & Child Health Nursing

Obstetric & Child Health Nursing

About the Department

The Department of Obstetric & Child Health Nursing plays a vital role in preparing nursing students to provide comprehensive maternal, neonatal, infant, and child healthcare services. The department focuses on promoting safe motherhood, healthy childhood, and family-centred nursing care through a combination of theoretical instruction, laboratory practice, and extensive clinical exposure.

Students are trained to understand the physical, psychological, and social needs of women and children, enabling them to deliver compassionate, skilled, and evidence-based nursing care during pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal period, and childhood.

Obstetric & Child Health Nursing

Department Vision

To develop competent and compassionate nurses capable of delivering quality maternal and child health care with professional skill, ethical responsibility, and human dignity.

Department Mission

  • Provide in-depth knowledge of maternal and child health nursing
  • Develop clinical competence in obstetric and paediatric nursing care
  • Promote safe motherhood and child survival practices
  • Foster ethical practice and family-centred care
  • Prepare students to meet community and hospital-based maternal and child health needs
OBG Nursing Laboratory

About the Laboratory

The Obstetric & Child Health Nursing Laboratory is designed to provide hands-on training in maternal and paediatric nursing procedures. The lab simulates real-life labour rooms, postnatal wards, and paediatric care settings.

  • Obstetric mannequins and pelvic models
  • Newborn care and resuscitation models
  • Infant and child mannequins
  • Labour room and delivery procedure setups
  • Breastfeeding and newborn care demonstration aids
  • Teaching charts, audiovisual aids, and simulation equipment

The laboratory enables students to practice procedures confidently before participating in real clinical settings.

OBG Clinical Training

Academic & Clinical Focus

  • Antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal care
  • Normal and high-risk pregnancy management
  • Newborn assessment and neonatal care
  • Growth and development of infants and children
  • Immunization and child health programmes
  • Family welfare and reproductive health education
Clinical Training OBG

Clinical Training

  • Maternity hospitals
  • Labour rooms
  • Postnatal wards
  • Neonatal units
  • Paediatric wards
  • Community maternal and child health centres

This exposure ensures practical competence and professional confidence.

Career in OBG Nursing

Career Relevance

  • Provide skilled maternal and newborn care
  • Work effectively in maternity and paediatric units
  • Support national maternal and child health programmes
  • Educate mothers and families on health and nutrition
  • Contribute to reduction of maternal and infant mortality