Nursing is a healthcare profession dedicated to assisting individuals, families, and communities in achieving, maintaining, or regaining maximum health and quality of life.
Nurses collaborate with physicians, therapists, the patient, the patient’s family, and other team members to design a plan of care that focuses on treating illness to enhance the quality of life. Advanced practice nurses, such as clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, diagnose health conditions and prescribe drugs and other therapies in the United States and the United Kingdom, depending on state restrictions.
Nurses may assist other members of a multidisciplinary health care team, such as therapists, medical practitioners, and nutritionists, in coordinating patient care. Nurses provide treatment both in collaboration with other experts, such as physicians and on their own as nursing professionals.
The GNM curriculum is designed to enable general nurses to work effectively as members of the health care team and to manage competencies in both hospitals and other organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Admission will be based on a minimum and maximum age of 17 and 35 years, respectively. ANM/LHV has no upper age limit.
- Minimum education:
- Passed 10+2 class, preferably with a 40 percent aggregate in Science (PCB) and English.
- 10+2 in Arts (Mathematics, Biotechnology, Economics, Political Science, History, Geography, Business Studies, Accountancy, Home Science, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy) and English Core/English Elective or Health Care Science – Vocational stream ONLY, passing out with 40 percent marks from a recognised Board under AISSCE/CBSE/ICSE/SSCE/HSCE or other equivalent Board.
- With a 40 percent grade in 10+2 vocational ANM under the CBSE Board or another equivalent board.
- The State Nursing Registration Council has me registered as an ANM.
- Medically, the student must be in good health.
- Students that received 40 percent in the National Institute of Open School’s 10+2 Arts or Science or Health Care Science – Vocational stream ONLY examination.
- Once a year, a student will be admitted.
Course Curriculum
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Microbiology
- Behavioral Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Fundamentals of Nursing
- Fundamentals of Nursing
- First Aid
- Personal Hygiene
- Community Health Nursing
- Community Health Nursing
- Environmental Hygiene
- Health Education & Communication skills
- Nutrition
Second Year
- Medical-Surgical Nursing I (including Pharmacology)
- Medical-Surgical Nursing II (Specialities)
- Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing
- Computer Education
Third Year
- Midwifery and Gynaecology
- Community Health Nursing II
- Paediatric Nursing
- Education Methods & Media for teaching in the practice of Nursing
- Introduction to Research
- Professional Trends & Adjustment
- Administration and Ward Management
- Health Economics
Duration Of The Course
The General Nursing and Midwifery Diploma programme will take three years to complete.