SYLLABUS
There might be variations in the syllabus from college to college. The course is divided into set
of Core and Practical courses. The detailed syllabus is as follows:
Name of Discipline
Advance Nursing and
Allied Subjects
Nursing Education
Topics Description
 Nursing as a Profession
 Economic and Political aspects of
Health care delivery
 Genetics
 Epidemiology
 Bio-Psycho pathology
 Philosophy and Theories of Nursing
This course will help
 Scope of nursing practice students to understand
 Nursing process approach theoretical basis of
 Psychological aspects and Human nursing profession
relations
 Trends in nursing and the basis of
current nursing practices
 Computer applications for patient
care delivery system and nursing
practice
 Meaning of education
 Teaching – Learning Process
 Instructional media & A. V. Aids
 Development and trends in nursing
education
 Overview of nursing educational
programs in India
 Continuing education in Nursing This course deals with
 Curriculum development the issues related to
 Teacher education for nursing education and nursing
profession
 Guidance and counselling
 Administration of nursing
curriculum
 Development of standards and
accreditation in nursing education
programs
  Research Approaches
 Research Designs
 Sampling
 Theoretical Context
 Tools and methods of data collection
 Analysis and interpretation of data This course helps
Research and Statistics  Reporting and utilizing results students in conducting
 Organization and presentation of research study in
data nursing
 Measures of central tendency
 Measures of variability
 Use of statistical methods in
psychology and education

 Introduction to management
 Organization of nursing and health
delivery system
 Roles and functions of nurse
manager in planning
 Roles and functions of nurse
manager in personnel management
 Organizational behaviour
This course will help
 Roles and functions of nurse
students develop
Nursing Management manager in directing
expertise in field of
 Roles and functions of nurse nurse management
manager in controlling
 Roles and functions of nurse
manager in financial management
 Management information system
 Material management
 Legal & ethical issues in nursing
management

Clinical Nursing  Management of problems of This course is to

cardiorespiratory system understand in depth
 Problems of brain and neurological knowledge in field of
system medical-surgical
 Causes, pathophysiology, training
investigations, clinical features and
management of problems of uro-
genital system
 Management of problems of
endocrine system
 Causes, pathophysiology,
 investigations, clinical features and
management of problems of gastro
intestinal system
 Causes, pathophysiology,
investigations, clinical features and
management of problems of skin &
sensory organs
 Causes, pathophysiology,
investigations, clinical features and
management of problems
ofmusculo- skeletal system
 Blood and blood forming organs
 Clinical features and management of
problems ofinfectious conditions
and immune system compromising
conditions
 Geriatric nursing

 Advance nursing procedures

 Planning & organization of critical
care units
 Psychosocial issues in cardio
thoracic & vascular disorders
 Preventive & Control measures of
cardio thoracic & vascular disorder
 Review of anatomy and physiology
of cardiovascular system
 Assessment of normal and abnormal
cardiac function
 Management of patients with
vascular problems

Neurosciences Nursing  Neurological assessment This course is to

 Nutritional needs of neurological understand in-depth
patients knowledge of patient
 Craniocerebral& spinal trauma care with neurological
 Central nervous system disorders - sciences
etiology, types, clinical features,
pathophysiology
 Spinal cord disorders
 Movement disorders
 Seizures & Epilepsy
 Cerebro- vascular disorders
 Cranial nerve disorders
 Peripheral nerve disorders
  Degenerative diseases of nervous
system
 Drugs used in neurology

 Diagnostic evaluation of cancer

patients – indications, procedure, pre
and post procedure care of patients
 Prevention, control and
rehabilitation of cancer patients
 Psychological Dimensions of cancer
patients This course is to
 Skin cancer understand in-depth
Oncological Nursing knowledge of patient
 Head, Neck and oral cancers
care with Oncological
 Cancer lungs & cancer Breast
sciences
 Cancer of blood and blood forming
organs
 Cancer Therapies
 Advance nursing procedures
 Drugs in oncology

 Assessment of paediatric clients

 Hospitalized child
 Pre-natal Paediatrics Nursing
 Growth and Development of
children
This course is to
 Behavioural Paediatrics and
understand in-depth
Paediatric Nursing
Paediatric Nursing knowledge of patient
 Preventive paediatricand care with paediatric
paediatricNursing sciences
 Neonatal paediatricand Pediatric
Nursing
 Community Pediatrics and Pediatric
Nursing

Psychiatric Nursing  Epidemiology & psychopathology This course is to

of mental disorders understand in-depth
 Personality knowledge of patient
 Stress and Coping care with Psychiatric
 Therapeutic Communication and sciences
interpersonal relationship
 Assessment and Diagnosis of
Mental Disorders
 Nursing management of patients
with mental health problems using
nursing process approach