OVERVIEW OF B.Sc. NURSING COURSE

The B.Sc. Nursing degree program is a four-year fulltime program comprising eight semesters, which prepares B.Sc. Nursing graduates qualified to practice Nursing and midwifery in a variety of settings in either public/government or private healthcare settings. It adopts credit system and semester system as per the Authority guidelines with minor modifications suitable to professional education in a hybrid form. The program encompasses foundational, core and elective courses. The choice-based system is applicable to electives only and is offered in the form of modules. Modular learning is also integrated in the foundational as well as core courses that is mandatory.

The program prepares nurses and midwives for generalist Nursing including midwifery practice. Knowledge acquisition related to wellness, health promotion, illness, disease management and care of the dying is core to Nursing practice. Mastery of competencies is the main focus. Students are provided with opportunities to learn a whole range of skills in addition to acquiring knowledge related to Nursing practice (Nursing and midwifery). This is achieved through learning in skill lab/simulated lab and clinical environment. Simulation will be integrated throughout the curriculum wherever feasible to enable them to develop competencies before entry into real field of practice.

The revised curriculum embraces competency-based and outcome-based approach throughout the program integrating mastery learning and self-directed learning. Transformational and relationship based educational approaches are emphasized. Through the educational process the students assimilate and synthesize knowledge, cultivate critical thinking skills and develop care strategies. Competencies that reflect practice standards of the Council address the areas of cultural diversity, communication technology, teamwork and collaboration, safety, quality, therapeutic interventions and evidence-based practice. They are prepared to provide safe and competent care to patients across life span and influence patient outcomes.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

AIMS

The aims of the undergraduate program are to

• Produce knowledgeable competent nurses and midwives with clear critical thinking skills who are
  caring, motivated, assertive and well-disciplined responding to the changing needs of profession,
  healthcare delivery system and society.
• Prepare them to assume responsibilities as professional, competent nurses and midwives in
  providing promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative healthcare services in any healthcare
  setting.
• Prepare nurses and midwives who can make independent decisions in Nursing situations within
  the scope of practice, protect the rights of individuals and groups and conduct research in the areas
  of Nursing practice and apply evidence-based practice.
• Prepare them to assume role of practitioner, teacher, supervisor and manager in all healthcare
  settings.

OBJECTIVES

On completion of the B.Sc. Nursing program, the B.Sc. Nursing graduates will be able to

• Utilize critical thinking to synthesize knowledge derived from physical, biological, behavioral
  sciences, and humanities, in the practice of professional Nursing and midwifery.
• Practice professional Nursing and midwifery competently and safely in diverse settings, utilizing
  caring, critical thinking and therapeutic Nursing interventions with individuals,families,populations and communities at any developmental stage and with varied lived health experiences.
• Provide promotive, preventive and restorative health services in line with national health policies and programs.
• Integrate professional caring into practice decisions that encompass values, ethical, and moral and legal aspects of Nursing.
• Respect the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of self and others.
• Apply concepts of leadership, autonomy and management to the practice of Nursing and midwifery to enhance quality and safety in health care.
• Utilize the latest knowledge and skills related to information and technology to enhance patient
  outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with patients, peers, and all health care providers.
• Utilize the requisite knowledge, skills and technologies to practice independently and collaboratively with all health professionals applying the principles of safety and quality improvement.
• Integrate research findings and Nursing theory in decision making in evidence-based practice.
• Accept responsibility and accountability for the effectiveness of one‘s own Nursing and midwifery practice and professional growth as a learner, clinician and leader.
• Participate in the advancement of the profession to improve health care for the betterment of the
  global society.

Core Competencies Required for Professional Nursing and Midwifery Practice in All Practice Settings

B.Sc. Nursing Program Structure

Semester I	Semester II	Semester III	Semester IV
Communicative English	Applied Biochemistry	Applied Microbiology and Infection Control including Safety	*Pharmacology II
Applied Anatomy	Applied Nutrition and Dietetics	Pharmacology I	Pathology II & Genetics
Applied Physiology	*Nursing Foundations II	Pathology I	Adult Health Nursing II with integrated pathophysiology including Geriatric Nursing
Applied Sociology	Health/Nursing Informatics & Technology	*Adult Health (Medical Surgical) Nursing I with integrated pathophysiology	Professionalism, Professional Values & Ethics including Bioethics
Applied Psychology
*Nursing Foundations I
Mandatory Module	Mandatory Module	Mandatory Module	Mandatory Module
*First Aid as part of Nursing Foundation I Course	*Health Assessment as part of Nursing Foundation II Course	*BCLS as part of Adult Health Nursing I	*Fundamentals of Prescribing under Pharmacology II
			*Palliative care module under Adult Health Nursing II
Semester V	Semester VI	Semester VII	Semester VIII
*Child Health Nursing I	Child Health Nursing II	Community Health Nursing II	Internship Intensive Practicum / Residency programme
Mental Health Nursing I	Mental Health Nursing II	Nursing Research & Statistics
Community Health Nursing I (including Environmental Science & Epidemiology)	Nursing Management & Leadership	Midwifery/ Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBG) Nursing II
Educational Technology/Nursing Education	*Midwifery/ Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBG) Nursing I
Introduction to Forensic Nursing and Indian Laws
Mandatory Modules	Mandatory Module	Mandatory Modules
*Essential Newborn Care (ENBC), Facility Based Newborn Care (FBNBC), IMNCI and PLS as part of Child Health Nursing	*Safe delivery app under OBG Nursing I/II (VI/VII Semester)	SBA Module under OBG Nursing I/II (VI/VII Semester)

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION WITH CREDIT STRUCTURE

Semester	Course Code	Course/Subject Title	Theory credits	Theory Contact hours	Lab/ Skill Lab credits	Lab/ Skill Lab Contact hours	Clinical credits	Clinical Contact hours	Total credits	Total (hours)
First
	ENGL 101	Communicative English	2	40	_	_	_	_	_	40
	ANAT 105	Applied Anatomy	3	60	_	_	_	_	_	60
	PHYS 110	Applied Physiology	3	60	_	_	_	_	_	60
	SOCI 115	Applied Sociology	3	60	_	_	_	_	_	60
	PSYC 120	Applied Psychology	3	60	_	_	_	_	_	60
	N-NF-I 125	Nursing Foundation I including First Aid module	6	120	2	80	2	160	10	360
	SSCC- I- 130	Self-study/Co-curricular	_					_	_	40+40
		TOTAL	20	400	2	80	2	160	24	720
Second
	BIOC 135	Applied Biochemistry	2	40	_	_	_	_	_	40
	NUTR 140	Applied Nutrition and Dietetics	3	60	_	_	_	_	_	60
	N-NF – II- 125	Nursing Foundation II including Health Assessment Module	6	120	3	120	4	320	_	560
	HNIT 145	Health/Nursing Informatics & Technology	2	40	1	40	_	_	_	80
	SSCC- II-130	Self-study/Co-curricular	–	–	_	_	_	_	_	40+20
		TOTAL	13	260	4	160	4	320	21	800
Third
	MICR 201	Applied Microbiology and Infection Control including Safety	2	40	1	40	_	_	_	80
	PHAR- I- 205	Pharmacology I	1	20	_	_	_	_	_	20
	PATH- I 210	Pathology I	1	20	–	–	–	–	–	20
	N- AHN-I- 215	Adult Health Nursing I with integrated pathophysiology including BCLS module	7	140	1	40	6	480	_	660
	SSCC- I- 220	Self-study/Co-curricular	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	20
		TOTAL	11	220	2	80	6	480	19	800
Fourth
	PHAR- II- 205	Pharmacology II including Fundamentals of prescribing module	3	60	_	_	_	_	_	60
	PATH- II- 210	Pathology II and Genetics	1	20	_	_	_	_	_	20
	N- AHN- II-225	Adult Health Nursing II with integrated pathophysiology including Geriatric Nursing + Palliative care module	7	140	1	40	6	480	14	660
	PROF 230	Professionalism, Professional Values and Ethics including bioethics	1	20	_	_	_	_	_	20
	SSCC – II-220	Self-study/ Co- curricular	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	40
		TOTAL	12	240	1	40	6	480	19	800
Fifth
	N- CHN-I- 301	Child Health Nursing I including Essential Newborn Care (ENBC), FBNC, IMNCI and PLS, modules	3	60	1	40	2	160	_	260
	N- MHN-I- 305	Mental Health Nursing I	3	60	_	_	1	80	_	140
	N- COMH –I- 310	Community Health Nursing I including Environmental Science & Epidemiology	5	100	–	–	2	160	–	260
	EDUC 315	Educational Technology/ Nursing Education	2	40	1	40	–	_	_	80
	N- FORN 320	Introduction to Forensic Nursing and Indian laws	1	20	_	_	_	_	_	20
	SSCC- I- 325	Self-study/ Co- curricular	–	–	_	_	_	_	_	20+20
		TOTAL	14	280	2	80	5	400	21	800
Sixth
	N- CHN- II- 301	Child Health Nursing II	2	40	–	–	1	80	3	120
	N-MHN- II- 305	Mental Health Nursing II	2	40	_	_	2	160	4	200
	NMLE 330	Nursing Management & Leadership	3	60	–	–	1	80	4	140
	N- MIDW -I / OBGN 335	Midwifery/Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBG) Nursing I including SBA module	3	60	1	40	3	240	7	340
	SSCC- II- 325	Self-study/Co-curricular	–	–	_	_	_	_	_	–
		TOTAL	10	200	1	40	7	560	18	800
Seventh
	N- COMH II- 401	Community Health Nursing – II	5	100	–	–	2	160	7	260
	NRST 405	Nursing Research & Statistics	2	40	2	80 (Project- 40)	–	–	4	120
	N- MIDW-II / OBGN 410	Midwifery/ Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBG) Nursing II including Safe delivery app module	3	60	1	40	4	320	8	420
		Self-study/Co-curricular	–	–	_	_	_	_	_	–
		TOTAL	10	200	3	120	6	480	19	800

Semester I to Semester VII

One semester = 20 weeks X 40 hours per week = 800 hours

1 credit theory = 20 Hours

@ 1 hour per week per semester (1 Hr x 20 Weeks = 20 Hrs)

1 credit Practical/ Skill Lab/ Simulation lab = 40 hours

@ 2 hours per week per semester (2 Hrs x 20 Weeks = 40 Hrs)

1 credit clinical = 80 Hours

@ 4 hours per week per Semester (4 Hrs x 20 Weeks = 80 Hrs)

1 credit elective course = 20 Hours

@ 1 hour per week per semester (1 Hr x 20 Weeks = 20 Hrs)

Practicum (7 Semesters) Excluding Internship (Semester I to Semester VII)

Lab/skill lab/simulation lab – 600 (17%)

Clinical – 2880 (83%)

Total – 3480 (100%)

Lab/skill lab/simulation lab      17% of the total practicum planned

Note: Besides the stipulated lab and clinical hours, (i.e 17% of the total Practicum) a maximum of 13% (400-450 hours) from the clinical hours can be used in simulation lab / skill lab for skill lab/ simulation learning. This should not to exceed 30% of total practicum hours (Lab and clinical together) in that subject.

Eighth Semester – Internship

Semester	Course Code	Course/Subject Title	Clinical credits	No of weeks	Clinical Contact hours
Eighth (Internship)
	INTE 415	Community Health Nursing	1 credit = 88 Hrs) (4 hours x 22 weeks = 88 Hrs)	4	192
	INTE 420	Adult Health Nursing		6	288
	INTE 425	Child Health Nursing		4	192
	INTE 430	Mental Health Nursing		4	192
	INTE 435	Midwifery/ Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBG) Nursing		4	192
	TOTAL	12		22 week	1056

Internship:

One semester = 22 weeks X 48 hours per week = 1056 hours

1 credit internship = 88 Hours @ 4 hours per week per Semester (4 Hrs x 22 Weeks = 88 Hrs)
Total Semesters = 8
Total number of course credits including internship and electives: – 156 (141+12+3)

Duration

Duration of the program :8 Semesters (4 years)

One Semester Plan for the First 7 Semesters: Semester I to Semester VII

Total Weeks per Semester: 26 weeks per semester

Number of Weeks / Semester for instruction : 20 weeks X 40 Hrs per week = 800 hours

Minimum Number of Working Days : 100 working days per Semester
@ 5 days per week. (5 × 20 weeks = 100)

Vacation : 3 weeks

Holidays : 1 week 6 weeks

Examination & Preparatory Holidays : 2 weeks

Semester VIII (Internship)

Total Weeks per Semester : 26 weeks

Weeks available for internship (Semester VIII) :22 weeks

(48 hours per week X 22 weeks = 1056 hours)

Vacation: 1 week

Holidays : 1 week 4 weeks

Examination & Preparatory Holidays : 2 weeks

Duration of the B.Sc. Nursing course shall be four years, which is a credit and semester based program, comprising of eight semesters including Internship. The maximum period to complete the B.Sc. Nursing course successfully shall not exceed twice the actual duration of the Course (Eight years).

Syllabus

Semester	THEORY		LAB		CLINICAL		TOTAL		Electives
	Hours	Credits	Hours	Credits	Hours	Credits	Hours	Credits	Hours	Credits
I	400	20	80	2	160	2	640	24
II	260	13	160	4	320	4	740	21	20	1
III	220	11	80	2	480	6	780	19
IV	240	12	40	1	480	6	760	19
V	280	14	80	2	400	5	760	21	20	1
VI	200	10	40	1	560	7	800	18
VII	200	10	120	3	480	6	800	19
VIII (Internship)	–	–	–	–	1056	12	1056	12	20	1