Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences established in the year 1992 is a college of great repute and is well known for its innovative academic programs, diverse curricular activities, distinguished faculty, illustrious alumni and state-of-the-art facilities.
The institute offers Post-graduate, Graduate, PB B.Sc. and Diploma courses in nursing with an annual intake of 10, 100, 20 and 100 students respectively. The institution also offers Value Added courses in Critical care nursing, Geriatric Mental health, ELNEC Palliative care, Lactation Education program and Pre-Hospital and Emergency Life Support with the objective of enhancing competencies in areas of specialization. ENLS is also a Value added program an offered to students in collaboration with the Jeeva-Raksha Trust created by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka and Swami Vivekananda Youth movement. The main aim of this program is to certify the doctors, nurse and paramedics with the necessary skills in Emergency care support.
The OBG Nursing Department of Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences in collaboration with the Dept. of OBG, Justice K.S Hegde Charitable Hospital has established ‘NITTE MAATHR KSHEMA’ - A Child Birth Education Centre in the OBG OPD in the year 2020.
The institute has initiated a unique program of training, the rural volunteers in First Aid and Emergency Skills named “Apathbandhu” in collaboration with NU-MEDISIM and the Department of Anaesthesiology, KSHEMA and IIC, Nitte University. The main aim of this program is to empower the common man in handling emergencies and saving the lives of the community. The institute has trained more than 184 rural volunteers from Nitte, Karkala, Kotekar, Chelairu, Madhya, Thokur and Permude Villages and has received great appreciation from District authorities and financial support from industries like MRPL.
NUINS had a recent collaboration with College Innovators to set up and establish the College Innovators Innovation and Project Development Centre (CIIPDC) to foster a multi-disciplinary research and innovation culture on the campus. CIIPDC is a collaborative workspace designed inside a college campus to accelerate practical learning, skill development, idea-to-project/product development research and innovation culture with no tech tools to high tech tools. The maker space is an open access space with tools for prototyping, such as 3D printers in the medical field it has been used to create prosthetic limbs, artificial organs, medical devices and customized surgical instruments.