Lesson plan on PATTERNS OF

NURSING EDUCATION AND

TRAINING PROGRAMMMES
IN INDIA

Submitted to- Mrs. Bindu

Submitted by- Ms Sneha Sehrawat
Msc nursing Ist year
(OBG)
Rufaida College of Nursing

IDENTIFICATION DATA
NAME: Ms. Sneha Sehrawat

CLASS: MSc Nursing Ist Year

SUBJECT: Advanced Nursing Process

TOPIC: PATTERNS OF NURSING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES

IN INDIA.

UNIT: Nursing Educational Programs ( Units VIII)

GROUP: MSc Nursing Isr year students

SIZE OF THE GROUP: 25

DURATION: 1 hour

PLACE: MSc Nursing Ist Year classroom

METHOD OF TEACHING: Lecture cum discussion method

AV AIDS USED: Charts , flash cards , transparency sheets.

DATE:

TIME:

LANGUAGE: English

SUPERVISOR: Mrs. Bindu

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Students have no particular previous knowledge no previous knowledge

regarding the topic.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE

After the class, students will be able to:

 Acquire knowledge of topic- PATTERN OF NURSING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PROGRAMMES IN INDIA.

 Vocalize their learning about the topic .

 Explain various trends in nursing education and its impact.

 Able to critically analyze the existing nursing educational programs, issues and future
trends.

 Discuss various nursing education programs and services.

 Understand the development of nursing education from diploma programs to PhD and
various other clinical practitioner courses,

Student teacher will be able to :-

1. Develop confidence in facing the group.

2. Develop confidence in teaching.

3. Develop skills in classroom management.

4. Develop in-depth knowledge about the Topic.

5. Develop skills in conduction of evaluation .

6. Develop skills in appropriate utilization of A.V. aids.

Time Specific Contents Teaching Learning Evaluation
Objectives Activities with A.V.aids

1min INTRODUCTION

The history of nursing

spans from the history of
human kind. For as long
as there has been life ,
there has been the need to
provide care and comfort
to those suffering from
illness and injury.

From the dawn of

civilization, evidence
prevails to support the
premise that nurturing has
been essential to the
preservation of life.
Survival of the human
race, therefore is in
inextricably intertwined
with the development of
nursing.

. .

1 min.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF
THE TOPIC : Today we
will be studying about
pattern of nursing
education and training
programmes in India .

After this
teaching
session the
student will be
able to :

Define nursing
educational
programmes. Nursing educational programmes may be Student nurse defines
defined as in large part that influencing nursing education
of one group of human beings, the pupils programmes with the help
to grow towards defined objectives, of chart.
utilizing a second group of human
beings, the teacher as agents, and
operating in setting of third group of
Define
human being, the public variously
nursing
concerned both with objectives and with
educational
means used to achieve them.
programme
?

Understand the NURSING EDUCATION IN INDIA

conceptual
development of The nursing council act came into Student teacher describes
nursing existence in 1948 to constitute a council the conceptual
education in of nurses who would safeguard the development of nursing
India. quality of nursing education in the education in India.
country. The mandate was establish and
maintain uniform standards of nursing
education. Today, the nursing education
is regulate by Indian nursing council
through prescription, inspection,
examination, certification and
maintaining its stand for a uniform
syllabus at each level of nursing
education. They have also ensured easier
measures for equivalence, exchange and
practice for nurses in any part of the
country.

Enumerate RECOMMENDATIONS OF VARIOUS Student teacher

recommendatio COMMITTEES PERTAINING TO enumerate
ns of various recommendations of
committees NURSING EDUCATION. various committees
pertaining to pertaining to nursing
nursing The recommendations given by education with the help of
committees and commission provided
education. flash cards and
guidelines for improvement and
growth of nursing education. transparency sheets.

1.    Health survey and development

committee (  Bhore committee 1946)

 Establishment of nursing
college.
 Creation of an all India nursing
council.

2.    Shetty committee 1954

 Improvement in conditions of
training of nurses.
 Minimum requirement for
admission to be in accordance
with regulation of the INC.

3.    Health survey  and planning

committee  (Mudaliar committee
1959-61)

 Three grades of nurses  i.e. the

basic nurses (4yrs), auxillary
nurse  midwife (2yrs)  and
nurses with a degree
qualification.
 For GNM minimum entrance
qualification  matriculation .

 For degree course passed

higher secondary or pre
university.

 Medium of instruction  
preferably English in General
nursing.

 Degree course should be taught

only in English.
4.   Mukherjee   committee, 1966.

 Training of nurses and ANM’S

required for family planning.

4.    Kartar singh committee,1972-73

 Multipurpose health worker

scheme
 Change in designation of ANM’s
and LHV

 Setting up of training division at

the ministry of health and
family  welfare

7. Sarojini varadappan committee,

1990  (A high power committee
on          nursing and nursing
profession.)

 Two  levels of nursing

personnel
 Post basic BSc  nursing degree
to continue

 Masters in nursing programme

to be increased and
strengthened.

 Doctorate in nursing
programme  to be started in
selected university.

 Continuing education and staff What are

development for nurses. the
recommend
8.    Working  group on nursing ations laid
education and manpower,1991. out by
working
 By 2020  the GNM programme
group on
to be phased out
nursing
 Curriculum of  BSc  nursing to
education
be modified
and
 Staffing norm should be as per manpower
INC and when?
  There should be deliberate plan
for preparation of teachers
MSc/Mphil  and PhD  degrees.

 Improvement in functioning of 

INC

 Importance of continuing
education for nurses.

Understand DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING Student teacher

development of EDUCATIION. describes development of
nursing nursing education in
education in  Basic General Nursing And  India.
India. Midwifery Education

1.    Training of Dais(Birth Attendant

)

The Dai training continued past

independence. The goal  was  to train
one  Dai in each village and ultimate
goal was to train all the practicing Dais 
in country

Duration of training was 30 days. No

age limit was prescribed, training
include theory and practice, more
emphasis on field practice. This
training was done at subcentre and
equipments provided by UNICE F.

2.    Auxillary Nurse  Midwife

In 1950 Indian Nursing Council came

out with some important decisions 
relating to future patterns of nursing
training in India.One of the important
decision was that there should be only
two standard of training nursing and
midwifery, subsequently the
curriculum for these courses were
prescribed.

The first course was started at St.

Marys Hospital Punjab,1951.The
entrance qualification was up to 7/8
years of schooling.The period of
training was 2 years  witch include a 9
month of midwifery and 3 months of
community experience.

In 1977,  as a result  of the decision to

prepare multipurpose health worker&
vocationalization of higher secondary
education, curriculum was revised a
designed to have 1.5 year of
vocationalized ANM programme and
six months of general education.The
entrance qualification  was raised from
7th passed to matriculation passed.

Under multipurpose scheme

promotional avenue was  opened to
senior ANMS for undergoing six
months promotional training for which
course was prescribed  by INC.

3.    Lady Health Visitor Course

Training of LHV course continued post

independance.The syllabus prepar ed
and  prescribed by INC in 1951.The
entrance qualification was
metriculation.The duration was two
and a half years which subsequently
reduced to 2 years.

4 .  General Nursing And Midwifery

Course

GNM course  existed since early years

of century.In 1951,syllabus was
prescribed by INC.In  1954 a special
provision was made for male
nurse.In1954 public health was
integrated into basic nursing course.

First revision of course was done in

1963. In1964-65 Psychiatric nursing
was included in curriculum.The
duration of course was reduced from 4
years to 3.5 years. Second revision was
done in 1982. The duration of the
course reduced to 3 years.The
Midwifery training of one year
duration was gradually reduced to 9
months and then six months,  finally
three year integrated programme of
GNM was prescribed in 1982.

5.Post-Basic/Post Certificate Short-

Term Courses And Diploma
Programmes

During 1948-50 four nurses were sent

to the U.K.by Govt. of India for mental
health nursing diploma.During 1954
Manzil Medical Health centre,Lucknow
gave psychiatric nursing orientation
course of 4 – 6weeks duration. In 1951
a one year course in public health was
started at college of nursing Delhi.Govt.
of India felt urgent need for psychiatric
nurses during 1953-54,this resulted in
first organized course at All India
Institute of Mental Health.

In 1962 diploma in peadatric nursing

was established at J.J.Group of
Hospitals, Bombay.At present there are
many other courses of three months
duration which are monitored and
recognized by INC.The ultimate aim of
all the post-basic/ post certificate
programme is to improvement of
quality of patient care and promotion
of health.

University-Level Programmes.

1.Basic BSc Nursing

First university programme started

just before independence in 1946 at
university of Delhi.and CMC Vellore. In
1949, on recommendation of
university education committee and
education commission(1964-66) and
conference&workshop held by
TNAI,The WHO and UGC,some
more colleges came up in different
state affiliated to different state
university.

INC  prescribes the syllabus which has

been revised three times,the  last
revision was done in 1981.It was done
on basis of the 10+3+2 system of
general education.At present the BSc
Nursing programme which is
recommended by the INC is of  four
years and have foundations for
future study and specialization in
nursing.

2. Post Basic  BSc Nursing

The need for higher training for

certificate nurses was stressed by the
Mudaliar Committee  in1962. Two
years  post basic certificate  BSc(N)
programme  was started in December
1962.for nurses with diploma in
general and midwifery with minimum
of 2 years experience. First started by
university of Trivandrum. At present
there are many colleges in India
offering Pc BSc(N) Course.

3.  Post Basic Nursing by Distance

Education Mode.

In1985 Indira Gandhi   National open

university was established. In1992 
Post Basic BSc Nursing programme
was launched, which is three years
duration course is recognized by INC.

4. Post- Graduate Education-MSc

Nursing

First two years course in masters of

nursing was started at RAK  College of
Nursing in 1959.and in 1969 in CMC
Vellore. At present there are many
colleges imparting MSc Nursing degree
course in different specialties.

5. M.Phil

INC felt need for M.Phil programme as

early on 1977,for this purpose
committee was appointed.In 1986 one
year full time and two years part time
programme was started in RAK College
of nursing Delhi.

6. Ph.D in Nursing

Indian nurses were  sent abroad for Ph.

D programme earlier. From1992 Ph D
in nursing  is also available in India.

Current Educational Patterns In

Nursing

1.Non University Programme

 Basic – ANM-GNM
 Advance-Post-Certificate
diploma

2. University Programme

 Basic- BSc(N)
 Post-Basic BSc(Regular)

 Post-Basic BSc(N).IGNOU

 Advance:MSc (Nursing)

 M. phil

 Ph.D.

Trends in nursing education changes

from basic general nursing service to
doctorate education in nursing.
 Summary

Conclusion

Nursing education have

expanded considerably
post independence.
University education in
nursing brought about
changes in nursing
education.The type of
nurses required today is
an “all round
personality”. Education
brings changes in
behaviour of the
individual in a desirable
manner.It aims at all
round development of
an individual to become
mature,self-
sufficient,intellectually,c
ulturally refined.socially
efficient and spiritually
advanced.

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