Introduction	Skills
What do they do?	Job Prospects
Eligibility	Remuneration
Institutes

Eligibility

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

B.Sc nursing course provide basic knowledge about nursing, first-aid and midwifery. They are trained in all the theoretical as well as practical aspects of nursing.


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

GNM programme is to prepare general nurses who function as members of the health team, to hold first-level positions in both the hospitals and other such places.


Auxiliary Nurse Midwife/ Health Worker (ANM)

Eligibility: 10th

Duration: 18 months

ANM course provide training as to how to take care of health related needs of the people living in rural areas especially children, mothers and old persons.