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General Nursing and Midwifery is a diploma course of three years and six months intended for candidates who need to seek after a profession in clinical nursing. The program enables candidates to learn and focus on people who are ill or injured to assist them to attain full recovery.
Although the educational plan of the course differs from one college to another, GNM courses are intended to prepare the candidates for the clinical approach of taking care of patients. The educational plan of certain colleges incorporates a six-months internship toward the end of the course and the diploma is granted after the candidates complete their internship.
The GNM course has been intended to allow qualified candidates to address the health needs of the nation, community, and people.
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Candidates can pursue this course after they have completed their class 12 exams with Biology, Chemistry, and Physics as compulsory subjects. Admissions in this course are done depending on the marks obtained by a candidate in class 12 exams. Colleges release a merit list based on candidates' performance in the 10+2 exam.
Some colleges conduct their entrance exams for these courses or take students based on their performance in state-level diploma entrance exams. candidates who qualify for the entrance exams are considered eligible for admissions to the GNM course.
A few of the entrance exams for the GNM course are as follows:
Nursing is a full-time occupation and aspirants who have gained the necessary skills and training in the field of care-taking and nursing can take up jobs at hospitals, clinics, health departments or can work as a private medical caretaker. GNM diploma holders can likewise take up community services and can work for NGOs that spread clinical awareness or help the sick. The compensations offered after the GNM courses can vary from Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 3 lakh. Some government jobs pay better packages to freshers who complete this course. A portion of the work profiles that a GNM holder can apply for are as follows :
Since GNM is a diploma program, a large portion of the applicants applies for advanced nursing courses after finishing the GNM course to upgrade their professional prospects. There are different courses that competitors can seek after this diploma course including the Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery (ANM), B.Sc. in Nursing, M.Sc. in Nursing, PG Certificate in Nursing, and Doctorate (Ph.D.). Occupation choices in the wake of seeking after these courses along with GNM are better than the vocation options and compensation offered after the GNM alone.
Salaries offered after seeking after GNM followed by PG diploma or master courses in nursing are rewarding. Nurses working in crime Forensic, ICU, and private home care, can procure up to Rs. 4.9 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh for each annum. Salaries likewise increment with the work profile of the nursing profession. Trained professionals, specialists, and professors in this field get packages varying from Rs. 5.5 lakh to Rs. 9.13 lakh per annum.