Accredited by NAAC with A++ Grade & Graded by UGC as Category I University
Constituent Colleges
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Technology
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Physiotherapy
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Management Sciences
Sri Ramachandra Faculty Of Public Health
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Sports & Exercise Sciences
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Clinical Research
Sri Ramachandra Faculty Of Occupational Therapy
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology
School of Nursing
Academics
Name of the course: Diploma in General nursing and midwifery (DGNM)
Duration of course: Three years and six months (inclusive of Internship period)
Admission criteria:
1. Candidate shall be 17- 35 years at the time of admission.
2. The minimum educational requirements shall be +2 passed with any subject, with minimum of 40% aggregate marks. 5% relaxation is permitted to sc/students.
3. Admission of students shall be once in a year
4. Candidates shall be medically fit
5. Only females are eligible
6. Married girls are also eligible (Subject to the condition that they should produce medical fitness certificate).
Syllabus:
To establish uniform standard of nursing education for nursing in the country, the INC prescribes the syllabus and regulations for the Diploma in General nursing and midwifery training programme.
This program is governed by the Chairman, Board of Examination for General Nursing and Midwives
| Course level | Course name | Year of training | Theory hours | Practical hours |
| Diploma | Diploma in General Nursing and midwifery (DGNM) | I year II year III year Internship Total |
575
360 290 190 1415 |
900 1116 1260 924 4200 |
Award (Students)
From 200 onwards “Mother Theresa’s Gold Medal has been awarded for the best outgoing student and top scorer in the board examination every year.
Clinical Posting:
As per the norms of the INC syllabus the clinical postings to the students are given on rotation inclusive of all the fields of Nursing.
All the faculty leave the School of Nursing at 8.30a.m to the clinical area to guide, teaching and to supervise the students and stay with them till 12.00noon.
To bring in a better performance in all the core/subjects of first year DGNM students, a special quiz is conducted, a fortnight before appearing for board examination.
Parent teacher meet is conducted as and when needed.
Faculty
The faculty student ratio is 1:10 is accordance to the Indian Nursing Council norms.Faculty development, Faculty meeting, Journal club, Staff development programme are conducted every month.
Two of our faculty attended faculty development programme on 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September 2013 which was conducted by Education Unit of Health Science College of Sri Ramachandra.
