Practical/Field Training

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Students are attached to the Government Teaching General Hospital, located near our College. This Multi Super Specialty Hospital is fully equipped with modern facilities and serves as a training ground for clinical/practical learning. For field training, students are associated with Guduru and Pedana Primary Health Centers.

Nursing Laboratories

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Nursing students are provided with state-of-the-art facilities in the following laboratories

• Fundamental Lab: This lab forms the center for training new nursing students to acquire and practice the art of nursing.
• Community Health Lab: Provides resources for students to learn about community health practices.
• Anatomy & Physiology Lab: Well-equipped with specimens and models of the human body, enabling hands-on experience.
• Nutrition Lab: Equipped with LPG connections, storage, refrigerator, and cooking areas for demonstrations and learning dining etiquette and dietetics.

Library

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The library is well-equipped with the latest editions of books, reference materials, national and international journals, and magazines. Facilities such as photocopying and internet access are available for students. Parents and students can access performance, attendance, and marks via the internet.

Seminar Hall

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The seminar hall is equipped with modern gadgets like LCD projectors, multimedia systems, and overhead projectors. Additionally, nursing students are provided with elite transport facilities to attend clinical and community health services.

Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER I

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Will be added to the internal marks of Nursing Foundations II Theory and Practical respectively in the next semester (Total weightage remains the same). Example: Nursing Foundations Theory: Nursing Foundations I Theory Internal marks in 1st semester will be added to Nursing Foundations II Theory Internal in the 2nd semester and average of the two semesters will be taken.

Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER II

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Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER III

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Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER IV

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Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER V

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Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER VI

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Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER VII

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Scheme Of Examination SEMESTER VIII

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Examination Regulation

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Note.

1. Applied Anatomy and Applied Physiology: Question paper will consist of Section-A Applied Anatomy of 37 marks and Section-B Applied Physiology of 38 marks.
2. Applied Sociology and Applied Psychology: Question paper will consist of Section-A Applied Sociology of 37 marks and Section-B Applied Psychology of 38 marks.
3. Applied Microbiology and Infection Control including Safety: Question paper will consist of Section-A Applied Microbiology of 37 marks and Section-B Infection Control including Safety of 38 marks.
4. Applied Nutrition and Dietetics and Applied Biochemistry: Question paper will consist of Section-A Applied Nutrition and Dietetics of 50 marks and Section-B Biochemistry of 25 marks.
5. Pharmacology, Genetics and Pathology: Question paper will consist of Section-A of Pharmacology with 38 marks, Section-B of Pathology with 25 marks and Genetics with 12 marks.
6. Nursing Research and Statistics: Nursing Research should be of 55 marks and Statistics of 20 marks.
7. A candidate must have minimum of 80% attendance (irrespective of the kind of absence) in theory and practical in each course/subject for appearing for examination.
8. A candidate must have 100% attendance in each of the practical areas before award of degree.
9. Following exams shall be conducted as College exam and minimum pass is 50% (C Grade) and to be sent to the University for Inclusion in the marks sheet and shall be considered for calculating aggregate.
• Communicative English
• Health/Nursing Informatics and Technology
• Professionalism, Professional Values and Ethics including Bioethics
• Introduction to Forensic Nursing & Indian Laws
10. Minimum pass marks shall be 40% (P grade/4 point) for English only and elective modules.
11. Minimum pass marks shall be 50% in each of the Theory and practical papers separately except in English.
12. The student has to pass in all mandatory modules placed within courses and the pass mark for each module is 50% (C Grade). The allotted percentage of marks will be included in the internal assessment of College/University Examination (Refer Appendix 2).
13. A candidate has to pass in theory and practical exam separately in each of the paper.
14. If a candidate fails in either theory or practical, he/she has to re-appear for both the papers (Theory and Practical).
15. If the student has failed in only one subject and has passed in all the other subjects of a particular semester and Grace marks of up to 5 marks to theory marks can be added for one course/subject only, provided that by such an addition the student passes the semester examination.
16. The candidate shall appear for exams in each semester:
• The candidate shall have cleared all the previous examinations before appearing for fifth semester examination. However, the candidates shall be permitted to attend the consecutive semesters.
• The candidate shall have cleared all the previous examinations before appearing for seventh semester examination. However, the candidates shall be permitted to attend the consecutive semesters.
• The candidate shall have cleared all the previous examination before appearing for final year examination.
• The maximum period to complete the course successfully should not exceed 8 years.
17. The candidate has to pass separately in internal and external examination (shall be reflected in the marks sheet). No institution shall submit average internal marks of the students not more than 75% (i.e. if 40 students are admitted in a course the average score of the 40 students shall not exceed 75% of total internal marks).
18. At least 50% of the Non-nursing subjects like Applied Anatomy & Physiology, Applied Biochemistry, Applied Psychology & Sociology, Applied Microbiology, Pharmacology, Genetics, Nutrition & Dietetics, Communicative English and Health/Nursing Informatics & Technology should be taught by the Nursing teachers. Teachers who are involved in teaching non-nursing subjects can be the examiners for the program.
19. Maximum number of candidates for practical examination should not exceed 20 per day. Particular year and of same institution batch shall be examined by the same set of examiners.
20. All practical examinations must be held in the respective clinical areas.
21. One internal and one external examiner should jointly conduct practical examination for each student.
22. An examiner for theory and practical/OSCE examination should be an Assistant Professor or above in a College of Nursing with M.Sc. (Nursing) in concerned subject and minimum 3 years of teaching experience. To be an examiner for Nursing Foundations course, the faculty having M.Sc. (Nursing) with any specialty shall be considered.

Assessment Guidelines

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Grading of Performance

Based on the performance, each student shall be awarded a final grade at the end of the semester for each course. Absolute grading is used by converting the marks to grade, based on predetermined class intervals. UGC 10 point grading system is used with pass grade modified.

For Nursing Courses and all other courses – Pass is at C Grade (5 grade point) 50% and above

For English and electives – Pass is at P Grade (4 grade point) 40% and above Declaration of Pass

First Class with Distinction – CGPA of 7.5 and above

First Class – CGPA of 6.00-7.49

Second Class – CGPA of 5.00-5.99

Curriculam & Award Of Pass Certificate

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B.Sc(Nursing):

• The Curriculum of the course shall include the clinical experience and minimum subject content and time allotment required by the Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences and Indian Nursing Council as prescribed in the syllabus.
• Successful students will be awarded pass certificates by the Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences and the A.P. Nursing Council, Vijayawada through the Head of the Institution.

Hostel

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A neat &clean hostel rooms are available for nursing students. Hygienic atmosphere is provided. Exclusive rooms like common rooms, visitor’s room and recreation room are bestowed. A hygienic kitchen and dining hall to accommodate 60 students at one time is available, with mineral water plant.