Nursing is a noble profession. It is a promising area offering diverse job opportunities to male and female aspirants. Nursing is an integral part of healthcare sector. Nurses play an important role in the smooth functioning of various healthcare setups.
Nursing is a discipline that focuses on care, rehabilitation or treatment of patients. The main objectives of the above mentioned actions are- prevention of diseases, rehabilitation and maintaining good health of patients and/or general public.
Nurses posses knowledge about patient care, medicines and rehabilitation. They are trained to take care of patients and assist Doctors in supervised or independent setups.
GNM is a job oriented course, using which, 12th standard passed students may enter the field of nursing. Let us check out the course details now.
CAREER PROSPECTS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
GNM is a Diploma course. It doesn’t offer diverse job profiles. Handful of job profiles available in front of GNM Nurses are-
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Staff Nurse
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Home Nurse
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Health Visitor
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Community Health Worker
Common places/areas where one may find a job include-
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Public Health Centres
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Government hospitals
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Nursing Homes
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NGOs
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Old age homes
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Government health schemes
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Private hospitals/clinics
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Government dispensaries
After G.N.M Nursing Student's can do Post B.Sc. Nursing (Post Basic), one may have access to diverse job profiles. Some such job profiles are-
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Chief Nursing Officer
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Assistant Nursing Officer
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Critical Care Nurse
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Paediatric Surgery Nurse
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Nurse Manager/Supervisor