Indian Nursing
Indian Nursing History
The first school of nursing started in 1871 at the Government General Hospital in Madras, India with a six-month diploma midwife program with four students. The first nursing school for women was started by Dr. Alice Marval at St. Catherine's Hospital in Kanpur. After that nursing schools were established in some other hospitals. With the establishment of TNA in 1908, it was decided to centrally manage and develop nursing education in India. Then in 1926, the Nurses Registration Act was passed. Indian Nursing Council was established in 1949. M.Sc program started in 1959 and Ph.D. program in 1992. In this way, nursing education in India was progressing slowly.
Nowadays nursing education in India has undergone many changes to keep pace with the modern world and world class nursing teaching programs are being conducted.
State Nursing Councils in India
There is a total of 30 State Nursing Councils in India.
- Andhra Pradesh Nurses & Midwives Council
- Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council
- Assam Nurses Midwives & Health Visitor Council
- Bihar Nurses Registration Council
- Chattisgarh Nursing Council
- Delhi Nursing Council
- Goa Nursing Council
- Gujarat Nursing Council
- Haryana Nurses & Nurse-Midwives Council
- Himachal Pradesh Nurses Registration Council
- Jammu and Kashmir State Paramedical & Nursing Council
- Jharkhand Nurses Registration Council
- Karnataka Nursing Council
- Kerala Nurses & Midwives Council
- Madhya Pradesh Nurses Registration Council
- Maharashtra Nursing Council
- Manipur Nursing Council
- Meghalaya Nursing Council
- Mizoram Nursing Council
- Odisha Nurses & Midwives Registration Council
- Punjab Nurses Registration Council
- Rajasthan Nursing Council
- Tamil Nadu Nurses & Midwives Council
- Tripura Nursing Council
- Uttar Pradesh Nurses & Midwives Council
- Uttarakhand Nurses Midwives Council
- West Bengal Nursing Council
- Telangana State Nurses Midwives Auxiliary Nurse Midwives & Health Visitors Council
- Sikkim Nursing Council
- Nagaland Nursing Council
Nursing Programs
| Sl. | Program Name | Training Duration |
| 1. | Auxiliary Nurse & Midwife (RANM) | 2 years |
| 2. | General Nursing & Midwifery (RN & RM) | 3 years |
| 3. | B. Sc (Basic) (RN & RM) | 4 years |
| 4. | B.Sc (Post Basic) | 2 years |
| 5. | M. Sc. Nursing | 2 years |
| 6. | M. Phil Full Time | 1 year |
| M. Phil Part Time | 2 years | |
| 7. | Ph. D | 3-5 years |
| 8. | Post Basic Diploma in Operation Room Nursing | 1 year |
| 9. | Post Basic Diploma in Cardio Thoracic Nursing | 1 year |
| 10. | Post Basic Diploma in Neurology Nursing. | 1 year |
| 11. | Post Basic Diploma in Midwifery Nursing. | 1 year |
| 12. | Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing | 1 year |
| 13. | Post Basic Diploma in Critical Care Nursing | 1 year |
| 14. | Post Basic Diploma in Emergency & Disaster Nursing | 1 year |
| 15. | Post Basic Diploma in Oncology Nursing | 1 year |
| 16. | Post Basic Diploma in Ortho and Rehabilitation Nursing | 1 year |
| 17. | Post Basic Diploma in Geriatric Nursing | 1 year |
| 18. | Post Basic Diploma in Neonatal Nursing | 1 year |
| 19. | Post Basic Diploma in Forensic Nursing | 1 year |
| 20. | Post Basic Diploma in Haematology Nursing-Residency Programme | 1 year |
| 21. | Post Basic Diploma in Burn & Reconstructive Surgery Nursing – Residency Programme | 1 year |
| 22. | Nurse Practitioner in Critical Care | 1 year |