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“I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?” – Mother Teresa Nursing is the essential part of our medical system. Nursing is the practice to take care of the sick people suffering from all sorts of physical and psychological problems. Besides this, a nurse dispenses the medicine, keeps the patient’s records, assist medical specialists and operates the medical equipment along with the routine duties. Other opportunities for qualified nurses include teaching, administration and research jobs.Career Path
Colleges
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi
- Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai, Chennai
- Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Pune
- Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar, Jalandhar
- B.M. Birla College of Nursing, Kolkata, Kolkata
- Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, Pune
- Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Vellore
- Government College of Nursing, Kozhikode, Kerala, Kozhikode, Kerala
- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, Delhi
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry
- King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Lucknow
- Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, Karnataka
- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Bengaluru
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, Chandigarh
- Pt. B.D. Sharma, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Rohtak
- RAK College of Nursing, Delhi, Delhi
- Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, Chennai
- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Mumbai
- The Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, Puducherry, Puducherry
Top Colleges
Key Skills
Career Prospect
- Staff Nurse/Ward Sister
- General Nurse
- Teaching and Administrative Positions
- School Nurse
- Community Health Nurse
- Military Nurse
- Midwives
- Health Workers
- Private Duty Nurse
- Psychiatric Nurse
- Nurse Researcher
Scope
- Government Hospitals
- Private Hospitals
- Nursing Homes
- Orphanages
- Old Age Homes
- Sanatoriums
- Armed Forces
- Indian Red Cross Society
- Indian Nursing Council
- State Nursing Council
- Nursing Institutions
- Schools
- Rural and Community Health Centers
- NGOs
Pay Package
- Like any other field the remuneration in this field also depends on qualification, experience and area in which one works. One could get an initial pay of 8,000 to 15,000 per month.
Role Models
Aruna Shanbaug
Aruna Shanbaug was an Indian nurse who was at the centre of attention in a court case on euthanasia after spending 42 years. Medical superintendent at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa, Bharat Ratna Awardee. In 1950 Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation which had over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's- and family-counselling programmes; orphanages, and schools.
Usha Banerjee
Usha Banerjee has been functioning as the Group Medical Director, Nursing, Apollo Hospitals since the last eight years. Prior to joining Apollo Hospitals, she has served at Max Healthcare and Manipal Hospitals in a similar role. Having over a decade of experience in Healthcare nursing, Capt Usha has delivered lectures at several National and International meets as a keynote speaker. She specializes in healthcare delivery from the nursing aspects, Industrial relations and labour management. Usha earned her B.Sc Nursing from Armed Force Medical College(AFMC) and a MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies. She has a advance training in Labour Education & Management.
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager of nurses trained by her during the Crimean War, where she organised the tending to wounded soldiers. She gave nursing a highly favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night. While recent commentators have asserted Nightingale's achievements in the Crimean War were exaggerated by the media at the time, critics agree on the decisive importance of her follow-up achievements in professionalising nursing roles for women. In 1860, Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London. It was the first secular nursing school in the world, now part of King's College London. In recognition of her pioneering work in nursing, the Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses, and the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve, were named in her honour, and the annual International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on her birthday.