Saida Waheed College of Nursing

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Saida Waheed FMH College of Nursing, established as an institute for midwifery in 1998, is a private college for graduate and postgraduate training in the field of nursing. Its current multi-purpose campus is located on Raiwind Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

The college is part of the Fatima Memorial System, registered with Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC), one of the only three schools of nursing affiliated with University of Health Sciences (UHS), and approved by Ministry of Health. Fatima Memorial Hospital is attached as training and teaching hospital.

History

Originally established as an institute for midwifery in 1998 and named after its patron and founder Begum Saida Waheed, it was upgraded to a school of basic (general) nursing in 1995. The college provides an undergraduate 4 years B.Sc Nursing degree and a postgraduate 2 years RN B.Sc Nursing degree. In 1999, it also started offering post-basic diploma courses.

See also

  • Nursing in Pakistan