INC relaxes norms to open nursing colleges
New Delhi | Saturday, Nov 21 2009 IST
 

Realising the need to enhance both the quality and quantity of nursing services for strengthened primary health care, the Indian Nursing Council has relaxed certain norms to facilitate opening of more nursing colleges in the northern part of the country.

''At present, there is dearth of nursing schools and colleges in the country, especially in the northern region. In order to support the Centre in its decision to open new 270 Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) and General Nursing Midwife (GNM) schools, the Council has relaxed certain norms required to open the same,'' INC president T Dileep Kumar told UNI today.

Detailing about the same, he noted that relaxation has been given in terms of land area required, number of teachers, minimum age for admission, distance between the school and a hospital, among others. Mr Kumar asserted there was a need of more than 3.5 lakh nurses in the country and emphasised on the fact that along with improving the quality of the services, retention of the trained nurses in the country was necessary. ''At present, every nurse wishes to go to foreign nations because of better pay-scale and working environment. So, steps are being taken in this regard like continuous upgraded education and motivation, along with better infrastructure,'' he claimed.

''The INC has initiated a National Consortium for PhD in Nursing constituting six study centers connected by Video conferencing facilities to promote doctoral education in various fields of nursing. It was done after an MoU was signed among INC, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and World Health Organisation (WHO),'' Mr Kumar said. Emphasising on the fact that midwives and nurses were the backbone of any health care system, he said good quality nursing reduces the time a patient spends in the hospital. ''It also reduces the chances of complications and cases of infections during pregnancy,'' he said.

-- (UNI) -- 21DI16.xml

 

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