New India Institute of Nursing Studies:
Founded in 2021, as a new venture of the New India Development Society (NIDS), the New India School of Nursing Studies (NIINS) intends to provide sound theoretical and practical training in nursing care to students seeking a satisfying, service-oriented and monetarily rewarding career. Providing all the facilities required to realize the intention has been the prime concern of the founders of the Institute. The founders have succeeded in building up an institution that testifies to their collective thought, imagination and insistence on quality. Their aim is not merely the setting up of a state-of-the-art building but also the provision of fine nursing education that is deeply rooted in a sound philosophy, well-defined aims and objectives and in India’s contemporary social realities.

⦁ Aims and Objectives: The broad aim of the NIINS is to contribute to society and nation nurses who have developed world-class competencies in the theory and practice of healthcare. The major objectives of the NIINS centre on 4 interrelated cardinal virtues, namely, empathy, compassion, caring and communication. The Institute, first of all, aims to help student-nurses acquire the ability to empathize with the different kinds of people under their care who, because of their particular conditions, need comfort in their body, mind and spirit. Identifying oneself with such people and their needs leads to the kindling of compassion within each student-nurse that urges her to treat them with a deep sense of commitment. By training nurses to approach a needy person with empathy and compassion, the NIINS aims to make the two emotions an essential part of their character so that the emotions stay with them as long as they serve within and outside an institution. It is also the objective of the Institute to focus on the practical implications of empathy and compassion which are caring and communication. Only an empathetic and compassionate nurse can offer effective healthcare for a seeker of medical help. This Institute has under its broad set of aims the very specific objective of offering tender and genuine nursing care that emanates from unfeigned sympathy and fellow-feeling. Since it is aware of the uselessness of care without words, the Institute also aims to prepare nurses who are effective communicators. The communication is not limited to the people admitted to the hospital alone, but also to their relatives and, while serving the public, to the members of the society. Thus, as the above objectives suggest, the NIINS seeks to offer to society all-round healing that has a lasting transformative impact. The Institute also attempts to instil in its students the firm conviction that serving the sick and the suffering is an important way of serving God.

The NIINS is also committed to fulfilling the following aims and objectives listed for the GNM programme by the INC
Source : http://apnc.nic.in/pdf/syllabus/GNM_Syllabus.pdf

Philosophy:

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” [WHO’s concept of health]

“The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge.” [Virginia A Henderson, the renowned nurse educator]

“Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management and education are also key nursing roles.” [International Council of Nursing, 2002]

Nursing has for long been considered as a women’s profession. In the recent times, however, men also have entered the profession since there has been a notable increase in the varied demands across the world for well-qualified nurses. In India, particularly, women’s presence in the profession has a century-old history and their dedication and contribution to the maintenance of people’s health should be acknowledged with utmost gratitude. Currently, male and female nurses constitute a workforce that efficiently caters to the healthcare needs of a sizable population of the world. The NIINS believes that this great demand for nursing professionals provides it opportunities not only for training nurses for the well-being of the people surrounding it but also for preparing them for serving every individual irrespective of the person’s age, color, race or nationality. The philosophy that guides the functioning of the NIINS is that service to all the sick comes first and all the rest is secondary. This, however, does not mean that the economic/monitory necessities of a nursing institution and nursing professional are to be ignored. The philosophy is that quality brings money; one does not have to struggle for money but for quality. A nursing institute should shape young men and women who have acquired a characteristically distinct, empathy-driven, intellectually sound, emotionally appealing and tirelessly caring personality. The NIINS’ chief intention is to produce such people whose primary aim is to deliver holistic care that touches the body, mind and spirit of every individual who happens to be under their care.
The philosophy further underscores the idea that such positive interventions that nurses make in the lives of people should necessarily bring about a transformation both in the former and in the latter. Thus, the Institute presumes that the training that its students receive should empower them to unfalteringly face even physically challenging, emotionally disturbing and psychologically depressing instances of health needs. The NIINS assumes that constant attempts to grapple with the difficulties of their fellow beings would bring about in the nursing professionals an inward transformation characterized by courage, compassion and consideration. In the same way, the receivers of the nurses’ timely soothing words and healing touch—most of whom lying helplessly in bed and a few well aware of their imminent departure from the world—also feel the transformation that is taking place physically, emotionally and spiritually. In its philosophy the Institute assigns a prominent place for the role of nurses as agents of comprehensive human revamping which has its far-reaching impact on society at large. The Institute also subscribes to great people’s valuable ideas about nurses’ innate power to transform lives. One of the ideas it endorses is by an anonymous writer who says: “When you’re a nurse, you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours.” Next, these words of Rawsi Williams, a renowned healthcare professional: “To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can, in spite of all we go through, is to be a nurse.” Finally, the NIINS’ philosophy assumes the well-known American poet Maya Angelou’s idea about the good fortune that nurses have in their profession: “As a nurse we have the opportunity to heal the mind, soul, heart, and body of our patients. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

The Indian Nursing Council (INC), citing the epigraphs above, has very lucidly stated the philosophy underlying the profession of nursing. The New India Institute of Nursing Studies endorses the philosophy in its entirety. It strives to offer optimal health and quality life to individuals, families and communities irrespective of age differences or cultural backgrounds. All individuals are offered multidimensional treatment that incorporates their physical, emotional, psychological, intellectual, social and spiritual needs.

The aims of the Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery programs are:

⦁ To prepare nurses with a sound educational program in nursing is to enable them to function as efficient members of the health team, beginning with the competencies for first level positions in all kinds of health care settings.

⦁ To help nurses develop an ability to co-operate and co-ordinate with the members of the health team in the prevention of disease, promotion of health and rehabilitation of the sick.

⦁ To help nurses in their personal and professional development, so that they are able to make maximum contribution to society as useful and productive individuals, citizens as well as efficient nurses.

⦁ To serve as a base for further professional education and specialization in nursing.

⦁ To prepare nurses to keep pace with the latest professional and technological developments and use these for providing nursing care services.

⦁ Aims and Objectives:
The broad aim of the NIINS is to contribute to society and nation nurses who have developed world-class competencies in the theory and practice of healthcare. The major objectives of the NIINS Centre on 4 interrelated cardinal virtues, namely, empathy, compassion, caring and communication. The Institute, first of all, aims to help student-nurses acquire the ability to empathize with the different kinds of people under their care who, because of their particular conditions, need comfort in their body, mind and spirit. Identifying oneself with such people and their needs leads to the kindling of compassion within each student-nurse that urges her to treat them with a deep sense of commitment. By training nurses to approach a needy person with empathy and compassion, the NIINS aims to make the two emotions an essential part of their character so that the emotions stay with them as long as they serve within and outside an institution. It is also the objective of the Institute to focus on the practical implications of empathy and compassion which are caring and communication. Only an empathetic and compassionate nurse can offer effective healthcare for a seeker of medical help. This Institute has under its broad set of aims the very specific objective of offering tender and genuine nursing care that emanates from unfeigned sympathy and fellow-feeling. Since it is aware of the uselessness of care without words, the Institute also aims to prepare nurses who are effective communicators. The communication is not limited to the people admitted to the hospital alone, but also to their relatives and, while serving the public, to the members of the society. Thus, as the above objectives suggest, the NIINS seeks to offer to society all-round healing that has a lasting transformative impact. The Institute also attempts to instill in its students the firm conviction that serving the sick and the suffering is an important way of serving God.
The NIINS is also committed to fulfilling the following aims and objectives listed for the GNM program by the INC (Source : http://apnc.nic.in/pdf/syllabus/GNM_Syllabus.pdf)

Objectives: The nurse on completion of this course will be able to:

⦁ Demonstrate competency in providing healthcare to individual, sick or well, using nursing processes.

*Assess the nursing need of clients from birth to death.

*Plan and carry out appropriate action to meet nursing needs.

*Provide effective nursing care for maintaining best possible level of health in all aspects.

*Promote self-care in people under their care.

*Apply problem solving techniques in nursing practice.

*Evaluate effectiveness of nursing care.

ii. Apply knowledge from the humanities, biological and behavioral sciences in functioning as a nurse.

iii) Function effectively with members of the health team and community applying the knowledge of human relations and communication skills in her work.

iv) Participate as member of the health team in delivery of curative preventive, promotive and rehabilitative health care services.

v) Mobilize community resources and their involvement in working with the communities.

vi) Demonstrate use of ethical values in their personal and professional life.

vii) Demonstrate interest in activities of professional organizations.

viii) Recognize the need of continuing education for professional development.

ix) Demonstrate basic skills in teaching patients and giving nursing care to them.

x) Demonstrate basic skills in administration and leadership while working with other members of health team and community.

xi) Assist in research activities.