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Nursing

Career Prospects:

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  • Institutes Offering Courses

Nursing involves taking care of patients suffering from all sorts of physical and psychological maladies. Nurses constantly have to monitor the condition of these patients and administer prescribed medicines at regular intervals. They also assist doctors and help set up medical equipment in operation theatres and clinical laboratories. They also assist the doctors in telling the medical condition of patients.

Furthermore, nurses provide assistance to people who are unable to lead a normal life due to one reason or another. They assist patients who are recovering from illness. Other than these general activities, nurses can acquire specialization in a particular area such as cardiac care, intensive care, orthopaedics, paediatrics and so on. Nurses also have to keep abreast with the latest technological developments in the field of medicine.

Nursing and Midwifery in India

Nurses can get into this profession at different levels. You can get enrolled into the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife/ Health Worker (ANM) course. The duration of this diploma course is one-and-a-half-years and it can be joined after completing Class X. Then there is the General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) program. The GNM is a three-and-a-half-year diploma course. The eligibility criterion for this program is Class XII with Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Apart from ANM and GNM, you can apply for B.Sc. Nursing (Basic) in different colleges and nursing schools across the country your schooling. For B.Sc. Nursing (Post Basic) program, candidates can either select a two year regular or a three year distance learning option. The basic qualification for the regular program is a 10+2 and GNM whereas for the distance learning program it is 10+2+GNM along with two years of work experience. The post basic course is considered as an advanced qualification.

A GNM or B.Sc. is good for obtaining a job of a nurse in any medical establishment. Each state has its own association that registers certified nurses. Once candidates obtain qualification they can get themselves registered with the Nurses Council of their respective state. This makes them eligible to obtain a job.

Nursing and Midwifery in India

 

Nursing is an ideal job for those who want to serve humanity. If you are compassionate, have an immense will power and spirit to serve the diseased and the weak and are willing to work long hours in stressful conditions then this is the right profession for you. In the field of nursing, you can specialize in various fields: Specializations are as follows: 

  1. Cardio Thoracic Nursing 
  2. Critical Care Nursing
  3. Emergency Nursing
  4. Neonatal Nursing
  5. Neuro Nursing
  6. Nursing Education and Administration
  7. Oncology Nursing
  8. Operation Room Nursing
  9. Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Nursing
  10. Practitioner in Midwifery
  11. Psychiatric Nursing

Nurses easily get jobs in private and government run hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, old age homes and other industries. They can also seek employment in the Red Cross Society, Indian Nursing Council, State Nursing Councils and various other nursing institutions. Nurses can also take up administrative and teaching positions in medical colleges and nursing schools.

Apart, from these innumerable openings in the domestic sector, nurses who earn international nursing certifications and fulfill the prescribed immigration criteria can move abroad as well.

Nursing and Midwifery in India

1. NIMT Group of Institutions
SP-3-1, RIICO Industrial Area
Keshwana, Kotputli, District Jaipur
Rajasthan- 303108
Contact: 09555192192
Website: http://nimtgroup.edu.in

2. Noida International University
School of Nursing

Plot No. 1, Sector 17-A
Yamuna Expressway, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-201308
Contact: 0120-4862200
Website: http://www.niu.ac.in/

3. Mangalayatan University Aligarh
Extended NCR, 33rd Milestone
Mathura-Aligarh Highway
Beswan, Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh- 
-202145
Contact: 07351002521, 05713258592
Website: http://www.mangalayatan.in/

4. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
IGNOU Road, Maidan Garhi
New Delhi, Delhi- 110068
Contact: 011-29571000
Website: http://www.ignou.ac.in/

5. All India Institute of Medical Science
Ansari nagar, 29 Aurobindo Marg
New Delhi, Delhi-110029
Contact: 011-26588500
Website: http://www.aiims.edu

6. Rajkumari Amrit College of Nursing
Delhi University
Lajpat Nagar- 4
New Delhi-110024
Contact: 011-26436788/ 26435397
Website: http://www.du.ac.in

7. Jamia Hamdard
Mehrauli Badarpur Road
Hamdard Nagar, Delhi-110062
Contact: 011-26059688
Website: www.jamiahamdard.edu/

8. Lady Hardinge Medical College
C-604,Shivaji Stadium bus terminal co.place
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi-110001
Contact : 011-23363728
Website : www.lhmc.in

9. Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
Brown Road, Ludhiana
Punjab-141008
Contact: 0161-5026999
Website: http://cmcludhiana.in/

Note: This information is being summarised from the information provided by institutes offering those courses.

  • PUBLISHED DATE : Apr 04, 2015
  • PUBLISHED BY : NHP CC DC
  • CREATED / VALIDATED BY : NHP Admin
  • LAST UPDATED BY : Feb 26, 2016

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