M.Sc Nursing (Syllabus)

COURSE INFORMATION

This course is aimed at imparting knowledge on nursing and applied sciences so that the nurse would act as a consultant in clinical practice.
The course delivery method for this course includes seminars, lectures,extensive lab and practical work and on-field training. In last semester, students also has to submit a research thesis, which forms an integral part of the syllabus of the course.
For final evaluation, class assignments, end-semester exams and research project are taken into account.

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
Topics
Description
Advance Nursing and Allied Subjects
  • Nursing as a Profession
  • Economic and Political aspects of Health care delivery
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Bio-Psycho pathology
  • Philosophy and Theories of Nursing
  • Scope of nursing practice
  • Nursing process approach
  • Psychological aspects and Human relations
  • Trends in nursing and the basis of current nursing practices
  • Computer applications for patient care delivery system and nursing practice
This course will help students to understand theoretical basis of nursing profession
Nursing Education
  • 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
  • Curriculum development
  • Teacher education for nursing profession
  • Guidance and counselling
  • Administration of nursing curriculum
  • Development of standards and accreditation in nursing education programs
This course deals with the issues related to education and nursing
Research and Statistics
  • Research Approaches
  • Research Designs
  • Sampling
  • Theoretical Context
  • Tools and methods of data collection
  • Analysis and interpretation of data
  • Reporting and utilizing results
  • Organization and presentation of data
  • Measures of central tendency
  • Measures of variability
  • Use of statistical methods in psychology and education
This course helps students in conducting research study in nursing
Nursing Management
  • 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
  • Roles and functions of nurse manager in directing
  • Roles and functions of nurse manager in controlling
  • Roles and functions of nurse manager in financial management
  • Management information system
  • Material management
  • Legal & ethical issues in nursing management
This course will help students develop expertise in field of nurse management
Clinical Nursing
  • Management of problems of cardiorespiratory system
  • Problems of brain and neurological system
  • Causes, pathophysiology, 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
This course is to understand in depth knowledge in field of medical-surgical training
Neurosciences Nursing
  • Neurological assessment
  • Nutritional needs of neurological patients
  • Craniocerebral& spinal trauma
  • Central nervous system disorders - 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
This course is to understand in-depth knowledge of patient care with neurological sciences
Oncological Nursing
  • 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
  • Skin cancer
  • Head, Neck and oral cancers
  • Cancer lungs & cancer Breast
  • Cancer of blood and blood forming organs
  • Cancer Therapies
  • Advance nursing procedures
  • Drugs in oncology
This course is to understand in-depth knowledge of patient care with Oncological sciences
Paediatric Nursing
  • Assessment of paediatric clients
  • Hospitalized child
  • Pre-natal Paediatrics Nursing
  • Growth and Development of children
  • Behavioural Paediatrics and Paediatric Nursing
  • Preventive paediatricand paediatricNursing
  • Neonatal paediatricand Pediatric Nursing
  • Community Pediatrics and Pediatric Nursing
This course is to understand in-depth knowledge of patient care with paediatric sciences
Psychiatric Nursing
  • Epidemiology & psychopathology of mental disorders
  • Personality
  • Stress and Coping
  • Therapeutic Communication and interpersonal relationship
  • Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Disorders
  • Nursing management of patients with mental health problems using nursing process approach
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This course is to understand in-depth knowledge of patient care with Psychiatric sciences



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