Loading Animation Loading...
VINAYAKA MISSION'S COLLEGE OF NURSING
VINAYAKA MISSIONS MEDICAL COLLEGE
KARAIKAL CAMPUS - VMRF DU
VINAYAKA MISSION'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION
(Deemed to be University under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956)
NAAC Accreditation Logo NAAC Accreditation Logo

Nursing Foundation Lab

The Nursing Foundation Lab is the cornerstone of hands-on training for first-year nursing students. It is designed to help students develop core nursing skills and practical techniques in a controlled, realistic environment before entering clinical settings.

Hospital

Key Skills & Features:

  • High-quality CPR manikins and suction apparatus for emergency care training
  • Nursing kits for oxygen administration, injections, wound dressing, and vital sign monitoring
  • Bed-making, hygiene care, feeding techniques, and basic nursing procedures
  • Simulated patient care zones with real hospital-like setups
  • Flexible learning environment suitable for demonstrations and repeated practice

“Students gain confidence by practicing every nursing procedure from bed bathing to vital sign checks on simulation models before encountering real patients. This lab builds the foundation for clinical readiness and patient safety awareness”

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

The lab is equipped with realistic hospital beds, emergency carts, dressing trolleys, IV stands, and medical mannequins. It serves as a bridge between theory and real-time nursing care, ensuring students are well-prepared for hospital postings.

OBG Nursing Lab

The Obstetrics & Gynecological Nursing Lab is designed to provide nursing students with practical exposure to maternal and newborn care. The lab enables students to develop clinical skills in managing pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal care through hands-on simulations and models.

OBG Nursing Lab

Key Skills & Features:

  • Birthing simulators, pelvis models, and fetal skulls for demonstrating labor and delivery
  • Obstetrical instruments for antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal care practices
  • Birth demo models to illustrate the stages of labor
  • Realistic setup for newborn care including resuscitation and essential newborn procedures
  • • Practical training for handling obstetric emergencies and complications

Students learn to manage labor scenarios confidently using simulators and develop vital competencies in maternal and newborn health. They get hands-on training in antenatal assessments, conducting safe deliveries, and providing immediate newborn care.

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

The lab houses advanced mannequins, delivery beds, perineal repair kits, and newborn care corners. This setup ensures that students are skilled in both normal and high-risk maternity care before entering real labor wards.

Community Health Nursing Lab

The Community Health Nursing Lab prepares students to deliver comprehensive care to individuals, families, and communities—especially in rural and underserved areas. It provides practical exposure to environmental health, health education, and home-based care techniques.

Community Health Nursing Lab

Key Skills & Features:

  • Community health bags for conducting procedures like wound care, injections, and screenings
  • Demonstration models of ideal homes, villages, water sources, and sanitary facilities
  • Training on safe water purification methods and environmental hygiene
  • Family folders maintained for home visit planning and follow-up care
  • Use of charts, flash cards, puppets, and posters for school and public health education

Students learn to assess community needs, plan health interventions, and communicate effectively during outreach. They also practice leading school health programs, health camps, and awareness drives using audio-visual aids.

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

The lab includes mock setups for home visits, sanitation demonstrations, and water safety techniques. Students are also trained in documentation and health record maintenance to strengthen community-based nursing practices.

Child Health Nursing Lab

The Child Health Nursing Lab is designed to train students in delivering specialized care to infants, toddlers, and children. It offers hands-on experience in growth assessment, pediatric procedures, and safe handling of newborns and young patients.

Child Health Nursing Lab

Key Skills & Features:

  • Pediatric CPR and procedure manikins for emergency and routine care training
  • Infantometer, pediatric weighing scale, oxygen hood, and child-friendly equipment
  • Baby dolls and models to demonstrate newborn care, feeding, and bathing
  • Pediatric BP apparatus with child-size cuffs and specialized stethoscopes
  • Play materials and child-focused learning tools to promote therapeutic interaction

Students develop skills in pediatric assessment, administering medication, immunization practices, and supporting child development. The lab environment prepares them to care for young patients with confidence and sensitivity.

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

The lab replicates real pediatric care settings with neonatal corners, immunization kits, and developmental play zones. It bridges theory and hands-on pediatric nursing—both for clinical and community settings.

Mental Health Nursing Lab

The Mental Health Nursing Lab is dedicated to developing students’ understanding of psychiatric conditions, therapeutic communication, and emotional well-being. It provides a safe environment to practice mental health assessments and psychotherapeutic techniques.

Mental Health Nursing Lab

Key Skills & Features:

  • Charts and models illustrating topics like stress, depression, suicide prevention, and substance abuse
  • Simulated counseling scenarios for developing communication and empathy
  • Training in behavior modification, assertiveness techniques, and patient interaction
  • Use of role-play and case discussions to enhance psychiatric assessment skills
  • Focus on understanding patient behavior in clinical and community contexts

Students gain confidence in interacting with individuals experiencing mental health challenges. They practice listening skills, emotional support strategies, and methods to promote psychological well-being.

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

The lab is equipped with psychological assessment tools, behavior charts, and structured role-play exercises. It helps students build the therapeutic presence and interpersonal skills needed in psychiatric nursing.

Pre-Clinical Science Lab

The Pre-Clinical Science Lab is essential for first-year nursing students to gain foundational knowledge in human anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and pathology. The lab bridges classroom theory with visual and hands-on understanding of body systems and microorganisms.

Pre-Clinical Science Laboratory

Key Skills & Features:

  • Anatomical charts and 3D models of organs, skeletal systems, and physiological processes
  • Microscopes and slides for identifying tissues, cells, and microorganisms
  • Specimens and educational tools for studying disease processes and human biology
  • Lab demonstrations to link basic medical science to nursing practice
  • Focus on safe laboratory techniques and scientific inquiry

Students learn to relate theoretical science to nursing applications—like identifying infection routes or understanding disease mechanisms. It sharpens their critical thinking and strengthens their understanding of patient conditions.

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

Fully equipped with human body models, preserved specimens, compound microscopes, and demonstration charts. This lab sets the stage for scientifically grounded clinical decision-making in their nursing journey.

AV Aids Lab

Audio Visual Education Lab

Audio – Visual aids communicate the ideas regarding learning activities to the students is essay manner. A.V.AIDS lab is opened for the students with latest equipment of Smart board, LCD Projector, computer, laptop, TV, DVD player, Camera, Tape recorder, Puppets charts, models, posters and different types of boards which can provide high-tech educational media to support the teaching-learning activities of the students. The audiovisual aids lab is equipped with models, posters and charts prepared by the students.

Nutrition Lab

Nutrition and Dietetics Lab

Nutrition lab is a unique area for onsite demonstration, cooking and display of food. The subject nutrition is designed to assist the students to acquire knowledge for maintenance of optimum health, food preparation, nutrient preservation, menu planning, and calculation of caloric and nutritional values for different categories of people and its application for practice of nursing. Under the guidance of qualified teacher, the students are taught to prepare therapeutic diets for normal individuals, pregnant women and also for those affected with various disorders. The nutrition lab is well established with all facilities including gas stoves, refrigerators and microwave, variety of articles and vessels for the development of skills in preparation of different food items.

Computer Lab

The Computer Lab equips nursing students with essential digital literacy skills to support academic research, documentation, and clinical data management. It plays a vital role in preparing students for tech-integrated healthcare environments.

Computer Laboratory

Key Skills & Features:

  • Well-equipped systems with high-speed internet for research and presentations
  • Hands-on training in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and healthcare software
  • Use of nursing-specific databases, e-learning platforms, and online journals
  • Practice in digital documentation, report writing, and patient data entry
  • • Support for online examinations, webinars, and virtual classroom sessions

Students become confident in using computers for academic and clinical tasks—from writing care plans to preparing presentations. The lab also promotes digital readiness for modern hospital systems.

- Students Experience in the Lab

Training Equipment & Practice Areas:

Outfitted with individual desktop computers, LAN/Wi-Fi setup, projectors, and printing facilities. It provides a tech-friendly space where nursing students grow into digital healthcare professionals.