Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
History
Jorjani nursing and midwifery higher institution, Toos midwifery higher institution, the institute of laboratorial sciences and the health schools higher institution affiliated with the former ministry of health, under the name of " the Educational and Research Complex", and were combined in 1979. Constituting the ministry of health, treatment and medical education in 1986, Mashhad faculty of nursing, midwifery and paramedical sciences came to exist through the combination of educational and research complex and the nursing and midwifery higher institution of Mashhad university. Then, the faculty was divided into two faculties of paramedical sciences and faculty of nursing and midwifery in 1991 and Dr. Rasool Mir Shah Valad was its dean in 1986, i.e. the establishment date of the faculty.
Particulars of Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
This faculty is situated on a parcel of land measuring 10000 Sq m at Ebn-e Sina St., Mashhad, Iran, in 2 blocks; 22 classrooms; 2 meeting halls with a capacity of 600 students and a library with a capacity of 130 students.
This faculty admits 290 students annually in October and February and currently 1000 students (700 girls and 300 boys) are studying at associate, BSc and MSc levels at the said faculty.
Associate degree program includes anesthesia and surgery room fields, BSc degree program (continuous and non-continuous) includes nursing and midwifery field and MSc degree program includes nursing fields (social health; management education; internal and surgery nursing trainig; children nursing training and mental health nursing training) and midwifery fields (midwifery education and mother and child health.) Also, Mashhad faculty of nursing and midwifery admits 25 students for its evening programs for associate degree in the fields of surgery room and anesthesia, for non-continuous BSc degree in the field of nursing and midwifery. This faculty will admit 30 students in the field of medical urgencies from February 2004. Seventy seven persons are worked at this faculty as teaching staff.
Educational Facilities of the Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Library with a roofed area of 350 Sq m and a capacity of 130 students having two halls for boys and girls; magazine dept.; informatics, internet and journals dept.; 14000 Persian books; 2000 Latin books; 20 different Persian journals and 16 different international journals; equipped with medical data banks including Medline, online banks and educational CDs.
Audio-visual unit of the faculty is equipped with different mannequins; electrocardiogram set; slide projector; overhead set; opaque set; PC; data projector; video set; TV set; educational films and two training halls.
Two practical training halls equipped with the hospital, maternity hospital and surgery room wards facilities.
Two specialized training halls equipped for the students of midwifery and anesthesia. Computer educational unit equipped with more than 20 computers.
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Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery
