About Susparsha

Susparsha Healthcare Private Limited a multi-speciality hospital, being first of its kind in Dakshin Dinajpur with a capacity of 112 beds. The hospital provides health services to patients from Dakshin Dinajpur and nearby districts of Uttar Dinajpur and Malda.

Susparsha Nursing College will be associated with this multi-speciality hospital and shall be developed with a mission to achieve excellence in Nursing Education, thereby creating Nursing professionals for the region and the state.

Nursing is one of the strongest pillars that the medicine profession stands on. The profession revolves around taking care of people which includes their physical as well as psychological maladies.

SUSHPARSH EDUCARE FOUNDATION (SEF) is the promoting Trust, of the SUSHPARSHA INSTITUTE OF NURSING. The institute is situated in College More, Gangarampur, District- Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal – 733124. We have a qualified & experienced Management Team with blend of Doctors, Engineers & Business persons. We have our own 112 bedded Multi Speciality Hospital in Gangarampur.

We offer General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM) and B.Sc. Nursing courses, which is recognised by Dept.of Health & FW, Govt. of West Bengal & West Bengal Nursing Council. B.Sc. Nursing Affiliated by West Bengal University of Health Sciences (W.B.U.H.S)

Susparsha Hospital was facing massive shortage in getting quality healthcare professionals. Like other hospitals, we tried bringing in people from other parts of the State. However, we were always facing problem not having local people. So, we decided to create our own institute - which will cater to our requirement for personnel.

Some educational institutes are providing a whole marketplace of courses. In our case, we are FOCUSED only on Healthcare education. We are a Hospital, who has come into the Education sector. We know what kinds of personnel are required by the healthcare sector. So, we are creating talented Workforce for the Healthcare sector.

Healthcare & Overview

Nursing is one of the strongest pillars that the medicine profession stands on. The profession revolves around taking care of people which includes their physical as well as psychological maladies. At a senior level the wok in the nursing department includes managing particular groups of patients from paediatric ward, psychiatric ward, ICU, etc. Apart from that the job revolves around in taking care to the medication of the patients, maintaining patient records, administration, routine work, setting up of medical equipment and so much more. The healthcare industry in India is poised to reach greater heights, both in growth in volumes and in the quality of care. Nurses play a vital and major role in taking care of the medical needs of patients. Modern nursing is a dynamic, therapeutic and educative process in meeting the health needs of the individuals, the family and the community. Nursing is one of the health professions which functions in conjunction with other health care agencies and maintain desirable standards of health. Nurses are the largest segment of staff in any healthcare setting.

India faces an acute shortage of nursing staff with an estimated deficit of 2 million. In the public sector alone, an additional 140,000 staff nurse is required. The nurse-population ratio is 1:2,500 compared with ratios of 1:150 to 1:200 in Page | 6 higher income nations. The nurse-doctor ratio is also poor – at 0.5 nurses per doctor compared with 3 or 5 per doctor in the USA and UK respectively.

MISSION VISION

Mission

The mission of the Sushparsha Institute of Nursing is to prepare nurse leaders and to be forerunners in the discovery, dissemination and application of nursing knowledge. We focus on attitude building and personality development of nursing students for providing quality patient care with all members of the healthcare team to provide the necessary care for each patient as an individual.

Vision

Our Vision is to undertake and promote high quality in research relevant to nursing, health and social care that impacts on practice, education and policy. Our formal and continuing education programs encourage self-directed learning for life-long professional development, enable the assimilation of new knowledge and new technologies to create and maintain required skills, and promote understanding of the changing environments in which professional nursing is practiced.

GOALS & VALUES

The Goal

Susparsha Institute of Nursing’s core values are excellence, innovation, and integrity. Our Goal is to prepare the nursing students to combat current nursing challenges and demands of the society. We believe that on completion of the course he/she will be able to provide quality care to achieve the goal of nursing. The faculty will strive to inculcate in the students not only knowledge, but moral responsibilities, dedication and ethics required in nursing profession. The faculty will prepare nurses who can accept the new challenges in health care system, provide better care with feeling of kindness and respect to humankind who are sick and well.

Values

The core values which will lead us at Susparsha Institute of Nursing are: Faith in God, Moral Uprightness, Integrity and Honesty Justice and service through Social Responsibility.

NURSING LABORATORIES

Nursing Foundation Laboratory:

It is a patient simulator. Nursing is an art and science that needs a lot of practice. The Nursing Foundation lab is the practical area of the students, where they perform all nursing procedures prior to the exposure to the clinical field. The faculty uses the lab for various demonstrations of procedures in nursing. This spacious laboratory is well equipped with patient simulator, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation mannequin, life form hand simulation, etc. in addition to the facilities in real ward situation. There are 9 manikins in the CKRD memorial nursing lab for human simulation use by faculty to teach students how to administer care to patients. All the manikins are laid on the bed with appropriate pedicel equipment attached to them. Fundamental lab is designed foruse as a tool for teaching psychomotor skilIs and cognitive and critical thinking pathways. Nursing Foundation offers the ability to provide simulation education to challenge and test students clinical and decision-making skills during realistic patient care scenarios. Nursing Foundation lab is extremely realistic and flexible to meet multi-disciplinary education needs of the nursing students.

Community Health Nursing (CHN) Laboratory:

This laboratory is equipped with latest articles and equipment and is used by students to practice bag technique required for family health care and prepare the materials needed for health education, school health program me, health camps, exhibitions and projects. CHN lab focuses on principles and methods of community health nursing , roles Page | 20 and responsibility of the nurse in the community and the development and community service management community administration principle, primary health care health nursing experience is provide to the students in government health centers, concerning survey, health problem analysis, and solving community health promotion and prevention services, school health service, sanitation and environmental service. Health teaching and educational visit to various health agencies are provided. Adequate transportation facilities are also available.

Nutrition Laboratory:

Nutrition laboratory is primarily focused on assessing the inter play between diet and cardiovascular and other disease risk factors. Lifestyle behaviours, especially diet, can have a significant effect on the risk of developing heart disease. Major components of diet that can potentially alter his risk include type of fat, level of fat, type of protein, individual fatty acids and food-associated compounds. The efforts of the nutrition lab are aimed at developing a better understanding of how diet alters cardiovascular and other disease risk factors, especially in other women and men. The Nutrition laboratory is where the students learn to prepare normal and therapeutic diet. Students learn to prepare different types of exhibits for health education related to Nutrition and diet therapy. Under the guidance of a qualified dietitian, they learn to prepare normal diet and therapeutic diet for various disease conditions without losing nutrients. Students also use this lab to prepare different types of exhibits required to conduct various health educational Programs.

OBG Laboratory:

The OBG nursing skills lab will provide students with an additional learning resource to meet their educational goals. The lab will be equipped with instructional videos and Page | 21 DVDs, supplies and equipment, as well as practice manikins including Full body Pregnancy Simulator, obstetric manikin, pelvic models, Ultrasonography simulator (Biometric and Gynaecology) as well as high fidelity childbirth simulator. The lab will provide students with a realistic, simulated clinical environment to practice and demonstrate competency of selected nursing skills.

Paediatrics Laboratory:

This lab will be equipped with the paediatric mannequins, various models to manage normal and emergency situation of child health. Laboratory shall have more than 300 articles to demonstrate the procedures to the students related child health care. It will help to provide modern child health care techniques and develop skill in carrying out and assisting various paediatric procedures.

Advance Nursing Skill Lab:

There shall be simulators used teach, practice & learn advance skills e.g., administration of tube- feeding, tracheostomy, gastrostomy etc. I/V injection, BLS, new born resuscitation model, etc. The lab shall have computers, internet connection, monitor used in Critical Care Units.

Computer Laboratory :

Our air-conditioned computer lab is well suited and designed with latest computers with world class software enabling the students to match the pace of the world around them. All computer units share local area network.

Pre-Clinical Science Laboratory :

Pre-clinical Science lab provides comprehensive knowledge of microbiology, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. This lab is designed with excellent infrastructure, equipped with various specimens, models, slides and charts. Therefore, the students can have more understanding related to the structure and physiological process of various organs and systems of the human body. This lab also helps in developing deeper knowledge and skills among the students which will help them applying it on clinical and theoretical grounds.

Hostel :

The hostel facility is also available with suitable accommodation for boys and girls separately. The rooms are well furnished to make the stay of inmates for learning community living and facilitating out of class discussions on assignments. The inmates of the hostel get invigorating environment for constant interaction among themselves leading to their personality development all basic facilities are available in hostel.

Classrooms

Class Room:

A group of people coming together to learn a common subject or topic under the guidance of an instructor is called a class. The people taking the instructions are called students or pupil and the place where the instruction takes place is called the classroom.

Library Room:

There is a separate library for the college. It is easily accessible to the teaching faculty and the students. Library have seating arrangements for adequate students for reading and having good lighting and ventilation and space for stocking and displaying of books and journals. There are sufficient number of cupboards, book shelves and racks with glass doors for proper and safe storage of books, magazines, journals, newspapers and other literature

Teachers Room:

Also known as the staff room or faculty lounge – is one of the most important rooms for educators. The teachers’ room is the place where staff can relax before or after class, eat lunch, grab a coffee, spend recess, consult with colleagues, plan lessons, discuss educational issues and socialize.