Gopabandhu Institute of Medical Science and Research - Cuttack

“Scope of Nursing” 

“Nursing” is directly meant of curing. Nursing is one of the most sought careers by the women in India. Nursing is very challenging, hardworking, popular, respectful and merciful occupation. It very much suits to the women. In India, Kerala and Karnataka have produced the most numbers of nurses for our society.

“Nursing is the medical profession for administration and taking care of the patient with the help of health care science”.

Nursing is one of the civilized jobs in the world. It is the field of women’s first choice. In the past, the work of nursing was done by the male nurses. After the modernization in this field and by the popularity of Florence Nightingale, the field is sought by the women.

The one and the best part of this field is that nurses never remain unemployed. They easily get the job in health care organizations and hospital. This is the field where you may get the government job easily.

At present, the nursing homes and private hospitals are mushrooming across the country. By the growing numbers of health care centres the nursing professional are not sufficient in numbers. Every year the government hires 22000 nurses in India and even after that we are lacking with 4 lakh nurses.

After the completion of this course, you may get the respectful position and good platform to boost career in nursing care.

The top job profiles in the field of nursing are as the following:

• Staff Nurse
• Assistant Nursing Superintendent
• Department Supervisor
• Deputy Nursing Superintendent
• Nursing Supervisor or Ward Sister
• Director of Nursing
• Nursing Superintendent
• Teacher of Nursing
• Community Health Nurse (CHN)
• Military Nurse
• Industrial Nurse
• Nursing Service Administrators
• Nursing Service overseas

Employment Area

The employment areas where nurses can work are as the following:

• Government run hospitals
• Super speciality hospital
• Nursing homes
• Orphanages
• Old age homes
• Industries
• Sanatoriums
• Armed forces
• Indian Red Cross Society
• Indian Nursing Council
• State Nursing Council
• Educational institutions