Nursing occupies the largest bulk of the healthcare force. Healthcare industry is transforming day by day. The demands on professional nurses are becoming higher and higher, specially to maintain quality of care amidst the never-ending staff shortage.

Nursing as utilizing the patient’s environment to improve their conditions and assist in their recovery.

 The professional nurse provides holistic care with compassion, empathy and respect for client’s dignity while educating them to achieve maximum level of health. She also participates in the activities contributing to prevention of illness and promotion of health.

Therefore, it is necessary to educate the nurse in the context of sound educational principles. As a Science, Nursing is based on scientific knowledge which is expanding and ever-changing and diversifying into specialty areas. The opportunities for a nurse are varied and limitless. A new professional nurse may choose between clinical practice and education. Research, management, administration, occupational and industrial Nursing are areas which she can venture on later. The horizon has expanded widely abroad not ignoring the demands “at home”.

There are opportunities for them to become independent Clinical Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse specialist. Nurse’s role in future will undergo rapid changes especially in the corporatized health care industry. They will become career information navigators, interpreters of health-related matters, decision-making facilitators, managers, customer custodians, patients empowers, critical thinkers, and info mediators who will guide patients apart from being the traditional care givers. 

Nursing was upgraded to College of Nursing under Maharashtra University Health Sciences, Nashik with approval by Central Council ((INC) and State Council (MNC) in the year 2022

We also recognize the importance of providing a supportive and stimulative learning environment using innovative teaching & learning strategies and technological advances.