Silver Oaks College of Nursing, Abhipur

Silver Oaks College of Nursing is located at Mohali, Punjab and was established in the year 2003, it is a noted educational institution focused exclusively to the field of nursing. Situated in Abhipur, Punjab, this is a co-educational college spread over a 5 acre campus for the first and second year students preparing for the healthcare careers.

Having got INC affiliation, Silver Oaks College of Nursing is an affiliated institution that aims at imparting quality nursing education to the potential nurses. In its three batches, which now have a total enrolment of 261, the institute has 12 faculty members, implying individual attention and mentoring.

Currently, the college teaches six courses cutting across three degree programmes with a focus on various areas of nursing education. Below highlighted is a variety of facilities, which have been developed at the Silver Oaks College of Nursing in an effort to support the learning exercise and general development of the students.

Rich library facility comprises nursing and allied sciences books, Indian and Western journals to supplement Educational development of the students. For practical training, the college has well equipped laboratory to meet the degree of practical knowledge with professional and commercial level.

The campus has separate hostel accommodation for male and female students to allow the students learn from other students regardless their age. There are several indoors and outdoor amenities which lovers of sporting activities can take advantage of such as table tennis, cricket, basketball and badminton grounds.

To this end, the college has put in place provision of student health with a health centre that offers first aid services. Other facilities are IT infrastructure, dining hall, an event/ seminar hall and an indoor recreational hall for sports and games, gymnasium. Silver Oaks College of Nursing has developed a wide waist of offered programme to fulfil the education requirements of its students.

It offers 6 full time programmes out of which it offers bachelors, masters and diploma level courses. Overall available sanctioned strength is 200 seats for all the courses in order to maximise the number of chances for nursing aspirants. The B. Sc Nursing course is offered in the college . At post graduate level, there are M. Sc programmes in Medical Surgical Nursing and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing .

Degree Name Total Number of Seats B. Sc Nursing 60 GNM 40 Post Basic B. Sc Nursing 30 ANM 20 M. Sc Medical Surgical Nursing 6 M. Sc Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing 4 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Admission to Silver Oaks College of Nursing depends on the course programme . In order to join B.

Sc Nursing, the applicant has to attend the entrance examination for the candidate selected by Central Admission Committee, who have to clear the PPMET (Punjab Pre-Medical Entrance Test). The Post Basic B. Sc Nursing has proceeding norms/guidelines of the University to which the institution is affiliated. The outcomes for selection in ANM and GNM programmes include merit selection.

The entrance test for admission in M. Sc programmes are merit based as per the rules and regulation specified by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. As a result, the college pays close attention to merit based admissions within its all its programmes so that deserving candidates can be offered a place within this illustrious college to pursue their nursing education.