Overview
The above diploma course prepares you for the role of a general nurse in hospitals and other healthcare units. The course is approved by the Indian Nursing Council (INC), New Delhi and can be undertaken in one of the many approved nursing colleges spread across the country. The course equips you with necessary skills and expertise that enables you to practice as a full-time professional nurse in any of the hospitals in the country or abroad. As a general nurse you get to work as a part of the health team and carry out various activities as instructed by the medical practitioner.
Eligibility and course duration
10+2 or an equivalent qualification preferably in the science stream with at least 40% marks in aggregate.
The duration of the course is 3 years. After the training the students have to undergo a compulsory internship of six months.
More about the course
A general nurse has to work in every department of a hospital, be it surgical wards, medical wards, laboratories, operation theatre and intensive care units. They help the physician in administering various medical procedures on the patients depending upon their line of treatment and medical history. They have an important role to play in the healing of patients, as they not only help the physicians in administering injections, medicines or checking the blood pressure, they also provide the much needed care so essential for complete healing. So the course prepares you on all counts of becoming a general nurse. The course lays emphasis on both theory as well as practical training. In fact it's through practical training and internship at a hospital after completion of course that you learn most of the things about nursing and midwifery. The course curriculum will include topics on anatomy & physiology, microbiology, behavioural science, fundamentals of nursing, first aid, community health nursing, medical surgical nursing, psychiatric nursing, midwifery and gynaecology.
Job opportunities
After undertaking this diploma program in general nursing, there will be no dearth of jobs for you in the nursing profession. You can apply for a general nursing post in any of the hospitals, nursing homes or health clinics. You can also work as clinical nurse specialist, legal nurse consultant, forensic nurse or travelling nurse. You may work as a nursing teacher. There are vast scope in the Middle East, United States and Europe for nursing professionals from India.
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