Nursing : Eligibility & Course Areas
Educational: A large number of institutes in India offer diploma,
graduate and postgraduate courses in nursing as well as midwifery courses.
B.Sc Nursing
Eligibility: 10+2 with Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Duration: 3 to 4 years
B.Sc nursing course provide basic knowledge about nursing, first-aid
and midwifery. They are trained in all the theoretical as well as practical
aspects of nursing.
M.Sc Nursing
Eligibility: B.Sc Nursing
Duration: 2 years
General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM)
Eligibility: 10+2 with Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Duration: 3 1/2 years
GNM programme is to prepare general nurses who function as members of
the health team, to hold first-level positions in both the hospitals and
other such places.
Auxiliary Nurse Midwife/ Health Worker (ANM)
Eligibility: 10th
Duration: 18 months
ANM course provide training as to how to take care of health related
needs of the people living in rural areas especially children, mothers
and old persons.
Personal attributes:
The nursing profession calls for tremendous patience, responsibility and
dedication. The job requires alertness of mind, team spirit, tact, compassion
etc. One should also be physically fit, in peak health for the job involves
a lot of hard work. They should have the instinct to help and serve the
patient without getting sentimentally attached. Apart from all these one
must have a pleasant smiling face whatever be the situation.
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