Nursing Education
Bir Hospital Nursing Campus

About BHNC/Introduction

Bir Hospital Nursing Campus is a pioneer nursing academia in Nepal established in 1956 AD in Mahaboudha, Kathmandu. This campus is dedicated to produce qualified and skillful nurses and midwives from master to certificate level in both nursing and midwifery fraternity. Previously, this campus is under management of Ministry of Health decision dated 2045/11/22 and coordinated with Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine for academic program since 2046. But after establishment of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), it became important assets of NAMS since 2059 BS. This campus expanded program gradually from PCL (2046 BS), PBBN (2059), BNS (2073 BS), BMS (2073 BS) and MN (2071 BS). This campus is actively involved in faculty capacity development through various programs, coordination with clinical areas and research as well as scientific presentation / publication. 

Vision

Academic excellence to produce nursing and midwifery human resource to meet SDG/UHC

Mission

To prepare qualified and skillful nursing and midwifery human resources through academic excellence, innovative research, strong coordination and partnership as well as national and international initiatives for providing quality health services.

Organizational values

• We are responsible to produce qualified and skillful nurses/midwives to provide quality health services.
• We are committed to ensure quality education as per country need.
• We work efficiently and transparently to the highest of our personnel, professional and scientific values.
• We are accountable and innovative.
• We believe in excellence through organizational integrity, strong coordination/collaboration, professional diversity and equality in responsibility.
• We are committed to produce needed human resources for nation.

Strategic goals

To achieve the vision and mission by ensuring organizational values, this campus has following strategic goals:

• To produce qualified and skillful nurses and midwives for provision of quality health services.
• To expand the academic program in other specialized areas as per country need.
• To harmonize between academic and clinical areas in order to provide unification in education.
• To update and expand faculty knowledge and skill.
• To become academic excellence in SEARO region.

Activities

Academic Activities: Bir Hospital Nursing Campus is running following academic programs. 

A. Master program: The duration of course is two years.

    1. Master of Nursing in Women Health and Development

    2. Master of Nursing in Child Health Nursing

    3. Master of Nursing in Adult Nursing

    4. Master of Nursing in Critical Care Nursing

    5. Master of Nursing in Psychiatric Nursing

    6. Master of Nursing in Community Health Nursing

Course objectives

Graduates of Master Degree in Nursing program functions independently or as a member of health team in providing preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative care to individual and families those who are in need. The prepared course enables them to take role as a leader, manager, practitioner, researcher and educator in Nursing.

Upon completion of the two years master degree in nursing programme, the graduates will be able to: 

• Utilize, apply related nursing theory and advanced principle of nursing skills in caring for the patient in the area of selected specialty.
• Demonstrate leadership quality and function effectively as a service provider, educator, and manager.
• Conduct nursing research independently.
• Discuss current nursing issues and trends internationally and nationally.
• Contribute towards the development of nursing profession.
• Conduct classroom and clinical teaching effectively
• Communicate information in a culturally appropriate manner on which to base consent for care and related treatment.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan, an effect change in nursing practice and in the health care delivery system.
• Establish collaborative relationship and coordinate with the members within and outside the organization.
• Take responsibility for self-directed learning and shows awareness that learning is continuous process.

B. Bachelor Program

1. Bachelor in Nursing Science (BNS) in Critical Care Nursing: The duration of course is three years after PCL nursing.

Course objectives

The main objective of bachelor in nursing science curriculum is to produce academically and practically competent professional with adequate knowledge and new vision to cope the challenges in nursing field. Another objective is to develop leadership capabilities of nursing professionals as a manager, health educator, care provider and researcher in hospital and community setting. 

The specific objectives of bachelor in nursing science course are to:

• Communicate effectively with individuals, families and groups in different setting of society.
• Apply the knowledge from basic science, social science and nursing theories in providing quality care for all age groups.
• Identify the socio-cultural beliefs and practices which influence individual's perception and responses to his/her illness and support those which are beneficial to his/her health.
• Demonstrate the understanding of individual difference while caring for the patient and dealing with people.
• Demonstrate effective teaching skills both in formal and non-formal setting.
• Seek and mobilize the available resources needed for health care delivery.
• Apply the preventive and therapeutic measures directed towards promotion, maintenance and restoration of health by using the principle of primary health care.
• Make critical decisions by using the nursing process in all activities and adapting to situational changes in the working environment.
• Demonstrate the competency in critical nursing care by applying the knowledge from various aspects.

2. Bachelor of Midwifery Sciences: The duration of course is three years after PCL nursing.

Course Objective

At the end of the programme, the midwife will be competent, skilled and committed. Skills will include:

• Utilize the midwifery model of care when providing maternity care and neonatal care.
• Apply knowledge about the socio-cultural determinants and epidemiological context of maternal and newborn health.
• Safe, competent and autonomous midwifery care within the scope of practice during the antenatal, intra-partum and postpartum periods.
• Support in labour and conduct of normal deliveries including appropriate monitoring, intervention and referral.
• The protection of normal birth from unnecessary intervention
• Screening, monitoring and recognising early signs of obstetric complications.
• Appropriate referral and collaboration with doctors when things are no longer normal
• Essential newborn care involving the family: skilled management of the newborn, competent resuscitation if required, care for the unwell baby, and referral as needed.
• Competent management of obstetric and neonatal emergencies.
• Provision of kind, respectful women-centred midwifery care
• Provide quality SRH services to adolescents, women and men.
• Providing information to the woman and family so they can be involved in the care too, promoting a positive childbirth experience for women
• Ensuring midwifery care is acceptable and accessible to the woman and family
• Demonstrating knowledge that:

1. Underpins midwifery clinical practice and includes research, science and evidence
2. Informs sound clinical judgment and effective technical skills
3. Leads to critical thinking in clinical practice
4. Facilitates decision-making and anticipatory thinking
5. Enables reflection and evaluation of clinical practice

• Maintaining professionalism in the delivery of midwifery services by:

1. Demonstrating accountability, and effectively communicating with women, their families and other professionals.
2. Providing an accurate, concise professional record of all clinical events with which she is involved.

• Practising midwifery collaboratively with other health care workers at all times, and particularly where there are complications of childbirth
• Advocating for women and their needs and rights within the health service
• Promoting and maintaining ethical, legal and professional midwifery standards.
• Providing midwifery leadership, supervision and education:
• Using appropriate strategies to promote and enhance the role of the midwife within the health services and within society

3. Bachelor of Nursing Science in Paediatric critical care nursing: The duration of course is three years after PCL nursing.

The aim of Bachelor nursing program is to prepare the nursing mid-level managers who are dedicated to improve the health outcomes of diverse population through advance knowledge and skills, attitude, leadership, advocacy and faithful services within their chosen roles and settings and to prepare graduates for practicing as a nurse educator and care givers in the child health arena with evidence based methodology.

Overall Objectives

• To produce practically competent nursing professionals with adequate knowledge, skill, attitude and new vision to cope the practical challenges in patient management.
• To prepare competent nurse managers who work independently as a member of health team in different hospitals and community settings and academic institutions by imparting both practical and theoretical knowledge on preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care as well as in health management and research activities.
• To develop leadership capabilities of nursing professionals as a manager, health educator, care provider and researcher in hospital and community setting.

4. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSc. Nursing): The duration of course is four years after 12 grades in science.

Course objectives

This course will produce academically and practically competent professional with adequate knowledge and new vision to cope the challenges in nursing field.

Specific objectives:

• Communicate effectively with individuals, families and groups in different setting of society.
• Apply the knowledge from basic sciences, social science and nursing theories in providing quality care for all age groups.
• Identify the socio cultural beliefs and practices which influence individual's perception and responses to his/her health.
• Demonstrate the understanding of individual while caring for the patient and dealing with people.
• Demonstrate effective teaching skills both in formal and non-formal setting.
• Seek and mobilize the available resources needed for health care delivery.
• Apply the preventive and therapeutic measures directed towards promotion, maintenance and restoration of health by using the principle of primary health care.
• Participate in research activities for the promotion and maintenance of health of people.
• Demonstrate positive attitude in all aspects of professional relationships.
• Take responsibility to seek new knowledge for personal and professional growth. 

Faculty development Program

Faculty Development

Workshop on Medical Research and Scientific Writing

Workshop and Training on Simulation Based Teaching/Learning

ACLS/BLS training

Clinical Areas

    1. Bir Hospital, NAMS with 460 bedded and 500 bedded surgical block so in total 960 bedded specialty and tertiary hospital.

    2. National Trauma Center, NAMS, 200 bedded hospital served for ortho, trauma, burn and neuro problems

    3. Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, 489 bedded maternal, gynaecology specialty and tertiary hospital

    4. Kanti Children Hospital, 300 bedded specialty and tertiary level children hospital

    5. Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, specialty and tertiary hospital for all kinds of cardiac services

    6. Mental Hospital, Lagankhel

    7. Nepal Eye Hospital

    8. Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology

    9. Bharatpur hospital

    10. BPKM Cancer Hospital

    11. Chhetrapati Family Planning Clinic

    12. Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital

Community Field Visits

    1. Different hospital, primary health care center and health post under ministry of health and population, ministry of social development and local level government.

    2. Charikot hospital

    3. Melamchi PHC

    4. Nutritional rehabilitation center

    5. Chapagaun hospital

    6. Dhading hospital

    7. Sidhhi saligram old age home

    8. Pashupati bridhashram

    9. Different schools for school health nursing program

Contact

Bir Hospital Nursing Campus (BHNC)

Administration: Bishnu Prasad Panthi

Account: Kalpana Dangi and Bikash Magar

Email: bhnc.nams@gmail.com, bhnc@nams.org.np

Address: Mahabaudha, kathmandu

Information Officer: +977 9851414506