What Is General Nursing? - General Nursing - SaraNextGen [2024-2025]

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On April 24, 2024, 11:35 AM

• GNM is Commonly Known as General Nursing Which Is Three and Half Year Diploma Course Which Includes Six Months of Internship.
• By Doing This Diploma Candidate Can Work In Nursing Field And Can Start Their Career In Public/Private Sector.
• Scope of General Nursing in India Is Increasing Day By Day Rapidly If We Compare Current Scenario To The Previous One.
• Number Of Hospitals Are Increasing Day By Day Thus There is Huge Requirement Of Nursing Candidates.
• Most Of The People Get Confused Between General Nursing And ANM Which Means Auxiliary Nursing And Midwifery But ANM Basically Involves Or Focus On Rural And Urban Areas, ANM Duration Is Of Two Years Whereas GNM Duration Is Three And Half Year Diploma Course With Six Month Of Internship.
• This Course Is Designed In A Such Way That Students Will Get Generalist Nursing Practice. In Nursing Candidates Are Trained & Educated To Cooperate With Doctors In Order To Treat The Patients Holistically.
• The Main Motive Of This Course Is To Provide Better Health Care System Which Also Increases The Standard Of Living Of People. In General Nursing Candidates Are Also Trained To Protect The Rights Of Patients.
• To Secure Admission In This Course Candidate Must Have 50% Marks Or Above In Science Subject (Physics, Chemistry & Biology)  As A Mandatory Subject, In His 10+2 And After That Candidate Have To Appear For Several Exams In Order To Get College, Basically Candidates Gets Admission On The Basis On The Basis Of Merit, If Candidate Score Good Marks In His Entrance Exam He Will Get Government College In Which Fees Is Very Less Whereas In Private College It Will Cost Him Much Money For Doing That Course
• Candidates Can Also Pursue General Nursing Through Distance Learning And Can Take Admission In many Open Universities Like IGNOU, Karnataka Open State University, Sikkim Manipal University And Many More.
• FUN FACT: India Is Having Only One Doctor for Every 12000 Patients and 500 Nurse For One People From This You Can Easily Know How Much Demand Is There For Nurses As Well As For Doctors