To Start College of Nursing M.Sc., Nursing

1	The candidate should be a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife or equivalent with any State Nursing Registration Council.
2	The minimum education requirements shall be the passing of: B.Sc. Nursing / B.Sc. Hons. Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc.Nursing with minimum of 55% aggregate marks.
3	The candidate should have undergone the full time (regular stream not distance mode) course in B.Sc. Nursing /B.Sc. Hons. Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing in an institution which is recognized by Indian Nursing Council.
4	Minimum one year of work experience after Basic B.Sc. Nursing.
5	Minimum one year of work experience prior or after Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing (regular stream).
6	Candidate shall be medically fit.

ENTRANCE/SELECTION TEST:
Selection of the candidates should be based on the merit of the entrance examination held by University or competent authority.

II. FACULTY

BASIC B.Sc. NURSING, B.Sc. NURSING (POST BASIC) & M.Sc (N)
Annual Intake

B.Sc. Nursing (Basic)	50 or less
B.Sc. Nursing ( Post Basic)	30 or less
M.Sc. Nursing	10 or less
Professor-cum-Principal	1
Professor-cum- Vice-Principal	1
Reader/ Associate Professor	5
Lecturer	7
Tutor / Clinical Instructor	18
Total	32

Teacher Student Ratio : Basic &Post Basic B.Sc. NURSING : 1:10
M.Sc (NURSING) : 1:5
B.Sc.,(N) & M.Sc.,(N)
Annual intake of 60 students for B.Sc.,(N) and 25 students for M.Sc.,(N) Programme

	B.Sc.,(N)	M.Sc.,(N)
Professor-cum-Principal	1
Professor-cum-Vice-Principal	1
Reader/Associate Professor	1	2
Lecturer	2	3
Tutor/Clinical Instructor	19
Total	24	5

One in each speciailty and all the M.Sc.,(N) qualified teaching faculty will participate in both programmes.

Teacher Student Ratio : Basic &Post Basic B.Sc. NURSING : 1:10

M.Sc (NURSING) 1:5

Super-speciality hospital like cardio-thoracic hospital/cancer can start M.Sc.,(N) programme with annual intake of 10 M.Sc.,(N) in cardio-thoracic/cancer. The nursing faculty recruited should be as given below:

Professor-cum-co-ordinator	1
Reader/ Associate Professor	2
Lecturer	1

The above faculty shall perform dual role

OFFICE STAFF
One Steno and one Typist for Master of Nursing Programme.

III. PHYSICAL FACILITIES FOR COLLEGE:

In addition to the facilities available for the undergraduate programme, the following facilities need to be expanded.

1. TEACHING BLOCK :-

i)	A separate rooms for the HOD
ii)	Readers and Lecturers are accommodated in half cabin provision (space provision according to the post)
iii)	For Postgraduate students   I Year Class room - 1   II Year Class room - 1   Speciality Class rooms - number of rooms as Speciality offered and it should be attached To the department. (if five branch) Five branch class room -each 25 /student   Seminar Hall - 1 - 100 capacity   Conference Hall - 1 - 50 capacity
iv)	Additional separate office for the staff.

2. LIBRARY:-

1	Uptodate books in the different clinical specialities, Books on Nursing education, Nursing Administration/ management, Research, Statistics,(3000 titles) of nursing books specialitywise along with published / unpublished dissertations, projects, thesis, reports,
2	Internet facilities with online journals
3	Departmental Library for PG students.
4	Separate reading room facility for the PG students.
5	Each Department need to have computer with internet facility
6	Discussion room in the library for P.G.students
7	Library information system
8	Room for xerox/binding provision to be made.
	(i) JOURNALS IN THE AREA OF :- a Nursing Administration 5 Indian And Foreign b Nursing Education 5 c Nursing Research 5 d   Clinical Specialities in Nursing - 5 journals in each speciality ie., 5 branches offered by the institutions, 25 journals to be subscribed apart from General & Medical journals
	(ii) AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS: - Slide sound synchronizer - OHP - Slide Projector - LCD - Overhead Projector - TV, Tape Recorder/Radio.

HOSTEL:-

For Postgraduate students - preferably single accommodation living in campus residence is optional.

IV. CLINICAL FACILITIES :-

HOSPITALS:-

1.	The parent/affiliated hospital should provide for the clinical learning experiences required for the students in the areas of Medical, Surgical, Pediatric, OBG & Psychiatric Nursing.
2.	There should be a variety of patients of all age groups in all the clinical areas where the students are posted for obtaining the requisite learning experiences.

The break up of beds is given below:-

Parent / Affiliated Hospital: Specialitywise

1. Distribution of beds in different areas Medical 100 Surgical 100 Obst.& Gynecology 100 Pediatrics 100 Psychiatric 100 Note: Student patient ratio = 1:3 Community: Own community centre (urban & rural) to be established Govt. PHC affiliation to be produced (V.A.O / Panchayat President permission should be obtained for own Rural community. Permission to be obtained from Municipality/Corporation for urban community )
a)	Bed Occupancy 75%
b)	The size of the Hospital/ Nursing Home for affiliation should not be less than 50 beds.
c)	For Other Specialties & super specialities affiliation to be obtained. i. Major OT Permission to be obtained from Medical College attached hospitals. ii. Minor OT iii. Dental iv. Neonatology with Nursery v. Communicable disease vi. Cardiology vii. Oncology viii. Neurology/ Neuro-surgery ix. Nephrology etc. x. Other super specialities