As per the Indian Nursing Council records, there are around 33.41 lakh nursing personnel registered in the country which gives Nurse to Population ratio as 1.96 nurses per 1000 population. Some of the proactive measures taken to increase nursing manpower in the country are as follows: -

1. The requirement of land to construct building for School/College of Nursing and Hostel has been relaxed.
2. The requirement of a 100 bedded parent hospital has been relaxed for hilly and tribal areas.
3. The student teacher ratio for M.Sc.(N) programme has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:10
4. Student patient ratio for Nursing Institutions has been relaxed from 1:5 to 1:3
5. Maximum number of 100 seats for Nursing College will be given to those having parent hospitals with 300 beds without insisting Medical College.
6. Distance from school to hospital has been relaxed from 15 km to 30 Km. However, for hilly and tribal areas the maximum distance is 50 Km.
7. Eligibility criteria to admission i.e. (Marks) for Diploma and Degree has been relaxed.
8. Relaxation for opening M.Sc. (N) programme. Super specialty Hospital can start M.Sc. (N) without having under graduate programme.

 

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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HFW/PQ/Measures to Increase Nursing Manpower/05^th April 2022/8

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