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Nursing Career: What to study after Plus 2 ?
Posted Date: 22 May 2007 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: Entertainments
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Posted By: Sangeetha Harilal Member Level: Bronze
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While job prospects in many areas are diminishing, healthcare is growing rapidly all around the world. With the nursing shortage predicted to get worse, jobs for nurses are abundant throughout the world.
BSc Nursing courses in India are very much in demand because Indian nurses have earned a name not just in India but abroad too. Nursing, a profession that recalls the name of Florence Nightingale is indeed one of the noblest professions in the world. It is the art of caring for sick people with the science of health care. It is a vital component of any form of medical care.
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
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
Career options:
Hospital Nursing: Hospital nurses form the largest group of nurses. Hospital nurses are usually assigned to any special area of work such as surgery, maternity, intensive care, pediatrics, obstetric, rehabilitative etc.
Public Health Nursing/ Community Health Nursing: Public health nurses / Health worker work in government and private clinics and health departments in urban and rural areas to provide basic medical services to the local population. They instruct individuals, families and other groups in health education, disease prevention, nutrition and child care. They arrange for immunizations, blood pressure testing and other health screening.
Military Nursing: Provide health care services in armed forces.
Educators: This field combines nursing with the teaching of students of nursing and administration of educational programmes.
Industrial Nursing/ Occupational Health Nursing: They work under the direction of the industrial physicians and assist in taking preventive safety measures. They provide emergency care at the time of accidents taking place inside the industrial premises.
Psychiatric Nursing: This nursing involves working with patients suffering from emotional and psychological distress. Nursing these patients requires devotion and patience. They generally work in coordination with the psychiatrists, doctors and other specialists.
Pediatric Nursing: is concerned with the care of sick babies and children.
Orthopaedic Nursing: requires a knowledge of physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
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