Lalitpur Nursing Campus
Kathmandu, Nepal
Lalitpur Nursing Campus (LNC) has been educating students since 1959.
They are committed to training suitably qualified Nepali young women as
professional nurses who will be distinctive by the quality of their care
and concern for patients in the hospital and community, as well as, by
their good academic achievement. While academically responsible to
Tribhuvan University’s Institute of Medicine, LNC is a autonomous, self
sustaining campus with Christian values.
As a role model for Nepali society LNC continues to carry out Christian
activities within and outside the campus.
The overall standard of nursing care in Nepal is raised by the influence
of quality care demonstrated at LNC. The LNC is a model that seeks to
directly influence the health training in Nepal. They have a three year
Nursing Certificate program (like RN) and a two year post basic Bachelor
of Nursing degree. More than half of the total study time for each
student is spent doing practical experience. They make home visits to
families in the community and do community diagnosis and case survey.
Additional practical experience is obtained working in various wards at
Patan Hospital.
Since 1972 the headquarters for the campus has been the former Rana
palace building, built in 1937 as the villa for the extended family of
the former ruler. The building houses not only classrooms and
administrative offices but hostels for over 100 students. The building
is treasured as an antiquity and while the structure is sound, there is
much wasted space.
Each year Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF) competes for grant awards
from a division of USAID – American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA).
These grants make possible the building and renovation of hospital
facilities, purchasing of furnishings and medical equipment, and the
providing of educational opportunities. The grants require MBF to raise
shared funding as part of the total cost of the project.
The American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (USAID) grant awarded to
Medical Benevolence Foundation in support of the LNC and shared funding
raised by MBF will support modernizing the 21,000 square foot building
while re-arranging the interior floor plan, increasing electrical
service capacity and increasing the heated water supply. The funds will
also supply additional teaching and learning equipment and instructional
aids including computers and library resources.
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