Rajiv Gandhi University Post BSC Nursing Syllabus

Can you provide me the syllabus of Post Basic B.Sc. in Nursing Program offered by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka?

[Arvind Kumar]

The syllabus of Post Basic B.Sc. in Nursing Program offered by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka is as follows:


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Nursing Foundation

COURSE CONTENTS

UNIT I :
Development of nursing as a profession
- its philosophy
- objectives and responsibilities of a graduate nurse
Trends influencing nursing practice
Expanded role of the nurse
Development of nursing education in India and trends in nursing education .
Professional organizations, career planning
Code of ethics & professional conduct for nurses.

UNIT II :
Ethical, legal and other ,issues in nursing
Concepts of health and illness, effects on the person .
Stress and adaptation.
Health care concept and nursing care concept
Developmental concept, needs, roles and problems of the developmental stages of individual - newborn, infant, toddler, pre-adolescent, adolescent, adulthood, middle-age, old age

UNIT III :
Theory of nursing practice
Meta paradigm of nursing - characterized by four central concepts i.e. nurse, person
(client/patient), health and environment.

UNIT IV :
Nursing process.
Assessment: Tools for assessment, methods, recording.
Planning: Techniques for planning care, types of care plans.
Implementation: Different approaches to care, organizations and implementation of care,
recording.
Evaluation: Tools for evaluation, process of evaluation.

UNIT V :
Quality assurance: nursing standards, nursing audit, total quality management
Role of council and professional bodies in maintenance of standards.

UNIT VI :
Primary health care concept:
- community oriented nursing
- holistic nursing
- primary nursing
Family oriented nursing concept:
- problem oriented nursing
- progressive patient care
- team nursing

UNIT VII
Biomedical Waste Management
- Waste sharps, Solid wastes, Discarded Medicines, Cytotoxic drugs.
(Please see Annexure -I)



Syllabus Post Basic B.Sc. in Nursing Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences