Mercy College of Nursing is run by the Church of Christ. It is one of the sister institutions attached to Mercy Hospital which was established in 1995. The Mercy School of Nursing is another leading institution under the same management. Mercy Hospital is mission hospital built up on a solid spiritual foundation and it is a living testimony to the divine call of God's people to signify the love of Christ.
Mercy Hospital is now one of the leading Super Specialty health care centers and training institution in Kottarakara, Kollam district located at Valakom in the side of MC road with 300 beds for inpatient facility and an average of 850 patients are treated daily at the outpatient departments. The pioneering institution offers up to date health care services in an affordable rate with a view of humanitarian and philanthropic consideration through its different faculties and departments headed with specialist and equipped with sophisticated equipments and devices handled by experts in this field.
Now it has its college of nursing with infrastructure facilities and highly qualified teaching faculties. The Mercy College of Nursing offers 2 year MSc Nursing course 4 year B. Sc degree programme designed to prepare competent professional nurses. Admission is open to the first year of B.Sc Nursing Degree Course and Post Basic B. Sc Nursing Course during the Academic year 2011-2012.