Taking to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, PM Modi said that it is a special day to express gratitude to the phenomenal nurses working round the clock to keep our planet healthy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to nurses on the occasion of International Nurses Day. Taking to the micro-blogging site, Twitter,…
In the draft nursing education curriculum, class 12th pass students of all the three streams–science, arts and commerce–will be eligible for BSc Nursing course. The government has received a total of 1,554 suggestions on the draft nursing education curriculum which was released by the nursing education regulator, Indian Nursing Council, in January. This information was…
The four-year course was till now open only to students who finished Class XII with science. They had to then clear a competitive entrance test. If the draft comes into effect, all Class XII pass-outs with a score of at least 45% would be eligible to appear for the entrance test to join the professional…
The proposal comes after the Council had decided, last year, to opt for a single entry level for nursing by phasing out the General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) programme. While GNM is a diploma course, BSc nursing is a four year course. If a draft proposal of the Indian Nursing Council gets approved, students with…
As a step towards standardisation of the nursing qualifications at the entry level, the Union Health Ministry has decided to phase out the General Nursing and Midwifery, a diploma nursing course by 2022, the ministry said in a copy of the discussions of the meeting held in New Delhi last year. According to official sources,…