SHILLONG: At a time when educational institutes are mushrooming across the country offering students the luxury to choose any particular field of study, some from the medical fraternity have urged aspiring nurses to be careful when they select an institute outside the State.
Every year hundreds of students venture outside the State to pursue nursing courses for want of enough seats in the State.
Speaking to The Shillong Times, a source who did not wish to be named, said aspiring nurses from the State should ensure that the institute they join satisfies the guidelines laid down by Indian Nursing Council (INC).
Several instances of nurses passing out from institutes that do not conform to INC guidelines have come to fore in the State thus raising an alarm, the source said.
The source added that there are many requirements that students need to fulfil before becoming full-fledged nurses.
“Nursing institutes should be attached to parent hospital or affiliated to a hospital which is within 30km of the institute,” the source said and added that in case of hilly areas, the distance can be up to 50km.
As per the INC syllabus, nurses will have to study bio sciences, behavioral sciences, nursing foundation, community health nursing, medical surgical nursing, mental health nursing, child health nursing and midwifery, among others.
Currently, the State has 10 General Nursing and Midwifery Schools (GNM), three Auxiliary Nurses and Midwives (ANM) schools and two colleges.
