The Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing ( th, คณะพยาบาลศาสตร์เกื้อการุณย์; {{RTGS, Kuea Karun–) is a nursing school situated in

Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population ...

. It is established by the

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( th, กรุงเทพมหานคร; ) (BMA) is the local government of Bangkok (also called ''Krung Thep Maha Nakhon'' in Thai), which includes the capital of the Kingdom of Thailand. The governme ...

(BMA), now it is a founding faculty of the recently founded

University of Bangkok Metropolis Navamindradhiraj University (NMU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยนวมินทราธิราช; ), formerly University of Bangkok Metropolis ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยกรุงเทพมหานคร; ), is a ...

(Navamindradhiraj University).

History

The History of the Kuakarun began when Vajira Hospital Nursing School ( th, โรงเรียนพยาบาลผดุงครรภ์และอนามัยวชิรพยาบาล) was established in 1954, by the BMA Medical Department, centered in

Vajira Hospital Vajira Hospital ( th, วชิรพยาบาล, ) is one of the first hospitals in Thailand, founded by King Rama VI. It is a teaching university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University; the Faculty o ...

, in action to solve an insufficiency of nurses deployed in Bangkok's hospitals and health centers. Later on, in 1970 BMA opened their second nursing school, stationed at BMA's General Hospital, called the General Hospital Nursing School ( th, โรงเรียนพยาบาลโรงพยาบาลกลาง). In 1976 these two nursing schools merged in to a single institution renamed as the Kuakarun College of Nursing, named by H.M. the King

Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

. The new college is headquartered at the old Vajira Hospital Nursing School, but the campus has been renewed and expanded in time, to become one of the county's leading nursing schools today. In early times the Kuakarun College of Nursing has been an affiliated institute of

Srinakharinwirot University Srinakharinwirot University (abbr: SWU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ; abbr: มศว) is a public university in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1949, the university was the first upper-educati ...

but has changed in 1993, after the BMA Medical College was founded, to be affiliated with

Mahidol University Mahidol University (Mahidol), an autonomous research institution in Thailand, had its origin in the establishment of Siriraj Hospital in 1888. Mahidol had an acceptance rate for Medicine of 0.4% as of the 2016 academic year. Becoming the Univers ...

. After the establishment of

Navamindradhiraj University Navamindradhiraj University (NMU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยนวมินทราธิราช; ), formerly University of Bangkok Metropolis ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยกรุงเทพมหานคร; ), is a ...

in 2010, the college was transferred to

, and no longer affiliated to

References

History of Kuakarun
Navamindradhiraj University Educational institutions established in 1954 Dusit district University departments in Thailand 1954 establishments in Thailand

History

See also

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