The document discusses nursing schools and regulations for nurses in India. It provides information on the Indian Nursing Council (INC), which regulates nursing education and licensure along with state nursing councils. There is currently a high demand for nurses both within India and overseas as India faces a shortage of over 2 million nurses. The nurse to population ratio in India is low at 1:2,500 compared to other nations.

1. NURSING SCHOOL
START-UP , REQUIREMENTS, BUSINESS PLANS, RULES, INDIA REPORTS
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2. ABOUT NURSING SCHOOLS
• A nursing school is a type of educational institution, or part thereof, providing
education and training to become a fully qualified nurse. The nature of
nursing education and nursing qualifications varies considerably across the
world.
• Nursing is the art and science of caring, healing, treating, curing and
educating patients of all ages in diverse health care environments.
• The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking
a place beside the physician and the priest.

3. THE INDIAN NURSING
COUNCIL
• The Indian Nursing Council – INC - is a national statutory body .
The INC and state nursing councils regulate licensure.
According to one informant India does not have a nurse practice act.
Health care enterprises do hire unlicensed personnel.
• The INC and state nursing councils regulate nursing education
• Prominent nursing organizations include the following: Trained Nurses
Association of India, the Student Nurses Association of India and
Catholic Nursing Guild of India

4. INC
Indian Nursing council
• 8th Floor , NBCC Center, Plot No. 2, Community Center,
• Okhla Phase-I, Pocket A, Okhla Phase I,
• Okhla Industrial Area, New Delhi, Delhi 110020
• Phone : +91 - 011 - 26819157, 26819159, 26819160
• Fax : +91 - 011 - 26813763
• Email : secy.inc@gov.in , js.inc@gov.in

5. REGULATIONS
State & Central Governments Rules & Regulations
• Registration under Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947
• Nurses Registration & Tracking System (NRTS)
• Nurses and Midwives Act VII of 1934 and Act XXVI(26) of 1960
• Types of Registration
• Requirement for Registration - Diploma in Auxiliary Nurse Midwife /
Multipurpose Health Worker
• Good Standing Certification

6. DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES
• The internationally recognized standard ratio of Doctor to Nurse is 1: 2.5
(which means for every two Doctors a hospital needs 5 nurses).
• There is very good demand for trained Nurses not only within the Country but
also Overseas
• India faces an acute shortage of nursing staff with an estimated deficit of 2
million. In the public sector alone, an additional 140,000 staff nurse is
required. The nurse-population ratio is 1:2,500 compared with ratios of 1:150
to 1:200 in higher income nations. The nurse-doctor ratio is also poor – at 0.5
nurses per doctor compared with 3 or 5 per doctor in the USA and UK
respectively.
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