Nursing
Department of Nursing is one of the oldest departments of Guilan University of Medical Sciences. The mission of the department is to promote the health of all people by training and preparing future students in the health care sciences. The courses of this department at the school of Nursing and Midwifery in east of Guilan are Nursing at the graduate level and Geriatric Nursing at the postgraduate level. The research priorities of this department are: Nursing education and issues and problems related to the elderly.
 
Nursing is one of the branches of health sciences which deals with the offering of health care based on knowledge and required professional abilities and in line with the provision, maintenance and improvement of the overall health of individuals, families and societies in physical, mental, social and spiritual dimensions. The provision of the health care can range from prevention to rehabilitation. The aim of this program is to train expert and professional nurses who can work in private and public sectors of the healthcare system.
 
Graduates in Nursing can provide services in the following places:
1- Hospitals and health care centers (rural and urban)
2- Rehabilitation centers (private and public)
3- Ambulatory care centers
4- Consultation and nursing services centers
5- Old people’s homes or nursing homes 
6- Emergency rooms.
 
Midwifery 
Midwifery is one of the programs offered by Langeroud School of Midwifery and Nursing. Graduates in Midwifery are able to provide pregnancy health services, deliver medical care before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and after pregnancy, take care of newborns and infants, provide women with essential training in and proper consultations on pregnancy within prescribed limits, promulgate safe and vaginal birth, and efficiently handle emergency situations during pregnancy or delivery.
Last Update date : May 15 2023