This document discusses the development of nursing education in India from its beginnings in the late 19th century to modern university programs. It describes how nursing education started with 6-month midwifery training programs and evolved to include general nursing education. It then summarizes the introduction and growth of auxiliary nurse midwife programs, basic BSc nursing degrees, post-basic nursing programs, MSc nursing programs, MPhil programs, and PhD programs in nursing education across India starting in the 1940s.

1. Development of nursing
education in India
PREPARED BY:
USHA RANI KANDULA,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
DEPARTMENT OF ADULT HEALTH NURSING,
ARSI UNIVERSITY,ASELLA,ETHIOPIA,
SOUTH EAST AFRICA.

2. INTRODUCTION
Nursing education began with
a short period of training of
midwives for 6 months.
With close supervision of their
practical experience.

3. And a certificate was given to
them after training.
In 1871, this system of training
was changed and included
into general nursing for a
period of three years.

4. And midwifery for period of 9
months. The present nursing
program includes midwifery,
community health nursing, &
general nursing.

5. The Auxiliary Nurse Midwife/
General Nurse Midwife
Programmed

6. The Indian Nursing Council at
its meeting in 1950 came out
with some important decisions
relating to future patterns of
Nursing Training in India.

7. One of the important
decision was that there
should be two standards of
training of Nursing and
Midwifery:

8. A full course of 3 yrs in
Nursing and minimum of 6
months of Midwifery.

9. A course of Auxiliary Nurse
Midwives of 2 yrs which would
replace various courses for
Junior Grade Certificate.

10. The first course of A.N.M was
started at St.Mary‘s Hospital
Taran Taran, Punjab in 1951.

11. Initially a very few training
centers undertook to give this
course but the financial aid
was given by Govt.

12. Of India under the scheme for
preparing personnel for
Primary Health Centers gave a
great impetus to the training
program.

13. The entrance qualification was
raised from 7th class passed
to matriculation.

14. UNIVERSITY LEVEL
PROGRAMMES

15. Basic B.Sc. Nursing
The need for providing basic
training in nursing at
University Level was felt by
the members of TNAI from
1940 onwards.

16. B.Sc. Nursing (Hones.) was
started at Delhi in July 1946 in
School Of Hospital
Administration which was
started in 1943.

17. This school was renamed as
College Of Nursing which is
now called Rajkumari Amrit
Kaur College OF Nursing
in1972.

18. This college is located at
Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi.

19. A similar course in B.Sc.
Nursing was started at CMC
Vellore, Madras University, and
Tamil Nadu in 1946 by the
Joint Church Society of
England, U.S.A and Canada.

20. Post Basic/ Post Certificate
B.Sc. Nursing

21. The need for higher training
for certificate nurses was also
stressed by the Mudaliar
Committee in 1962.

22. For up gradation of
professional standard, two
year Post Basic Certificate
B.Sc.

23. Degree Programmed for
nurses with Diploma in
General nursing and Midwifery
was started in Dec.

24. 1962 by the School of Nursing,
University of
Thiruvananthpuram.

25. POST-GRADUATION
EDUCATION

26. M.Sc. Nursing Education
Two year course in Master of
Nursing was started at
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College
of Nursing, New Delhi in 1959.

27. In 1969; M.SC Nursing was
started at CMC Vellore
affiliated to Madras University.

28. The M.Sc. Nursing Curriculum
was prepared and prescribed
by Indian Nursing Council in
1986 which is implemented by
all the colleges.

29. M.Sc. in Psychiatric Nursing
was also started in Sept. 1983
at NIMHANS, Bangalore.

30. This college is affiliated to
Bangalore University.

31. M. Phil Programmed

32. The inspection committee
constituted by INC under
statute 30(4) for the inspection
of the college, visited RAK
College of Nursing,

33. New Delhi on September 13,
1977 and advised the principal
to form an M. Phil committee
to assess all the requirements
for the said Programmed.

34. But due to some
administrative reasons the M.
Phil Programmed could be
started only on Oct.15, 1986
after due approval of the M.
Phil Committee members.

35. The Programmed is of 1 yr for
regular candidates and 2 yr for
part time candidates.

36. Ph. D Programmed

37.  Ph. D Programmed was started in
few colleges of nursing like
College of Nursing PGI, College
Of Nursing CMC Vellore, and
College Of Nursing Affiliated to
Mangalore University and at RAK
College of Nursing, Delhi

38. from 1990 onwards. Ph. D
Programmed in Psychiatric
Nursing is also there in
NIMHANS, Bangalore, for their
own faculty.

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