# Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing

The Far Eastern University – Institute of Nursing, or simply IN, was an academic institute for nurse education of the Far Eastern University. It was regarded as one of the top-performing nursing schools in the Philippines in terms of Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination performance and employment in various nursing settings. IN offered programs leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Master of Arts degree in Nursing.
The Institute of Nursing's Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation (VINES) Laboratory was the first nursing virtual laboratory in the Philippines and the second in Asia.

## Brief history

In 1955, three years after the establishment of the Institute of Medicine, it started as the School of Nursing. In its initial run, it only offered a non-degree Graduate of Nursing diploma. Started with a low population of enrollees, the School of Nursing has faced many challenges but worked its way up by continually enhancing its curriculum, re-calibrating its faculty, and establishing linkages with distinguished institutions. It eventually elevated as the Institute of Nursing in 1959.
In 1961, IN began offering the baccalaureate program leading to Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
In 2000, under the Institute of Graduate Studies, the degree of Master of Arts in Nursing was offered, then was later moved under IN.
In 2022, the institute became defunct as it was reformed into the Institute of Health Sciences and Nursing (IHSN).

## Deans of the Institute of Nursing

* Mrs. Teofista G. Villarica (1955–1960) Principal of three-year diploma program leading to a non-degree Graduate in Nursing (GN)
* Mrs. Lucrecia Llanera (1955–1960) Directress of two-year Advance professional Program
* Dean Felicidad D. Elegado (1960–1978) School of Nursing elevated to Institute status, first dean of the Institute of Nursing
* Dean Lydia A. Palaypay (1978–1995)
* Dean Norma M. Dumadag (1995–2006)
* Dean Annabelle R. Borromeo (2006–2009)
* Dean Glenda S. Arquiza (2009–2011)
* Dean Rosalinda P. Salustiano (2011–2013)
* Dean Ma. Belinda G. Buenafe (2013–2022)

## Affiliated hospitals

Below is a list of some hospitals in the Philippines currently accredited and affiliated with the Institute of Nursing, wherein students from the Institute are being trained and supervised by qualified Clinical Instructors from the university and nursing theories are applied as part of delivery of nursing care.

### Metro Manila area

| Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center | Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center | Valenzuela General Hospital |
| FEU NRMF Medical Center | Tondo Medical Center | Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital |
| Quezon Institute | East Avenue Medical Center | Rizal Medical Center |

### Provincial hospitals

| Mary Mediatrix Medical Center Lipa City | Batangas Regional Hospital | Occidental Mindoro Provincial Hospital |
| Ospital ng Palawan | Bulacan Provincial Hospital Malolos City | Norzagaray Provincial Hospital |
| Ramos General Hospital Tarlac | Urdaneta Sacred Heart Hospital Pangasinan | Cagayan Valley Medical Center | Antipolo District Hospital - Antipolo |
| Antipolo Doctor's Hospital | Jose C. Payumo Memorial Hospital Bataan | Tarlac Provincial Hospital |
| Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital Zambales | Pangasinan Provincial Hospital | Laguna Provincial Hospital |
| Rizal Provincial Hospital | Morong Doctor's Hospital Rizal | Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital |

## Facilities
### Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation Laboratory (VINES)

The Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation Laboratory or VINES is a hospital laboratory set-up closely approximates to the standards of the Joint Commission, the leading health care accrediting body in the USA, and other international hospital and infection standards in terms of bed-to-sink ratios, hospital door widths, functionality, work and patient flow. Located in the Nursing Building at the FEU campus, the laboratory is accessible to all students of IN.