Bhopal: Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Center Bhopal Nursing College, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, at Raisen Bypass Road, Karond, Bhopal-462038, invited applications for admission to Year 2, Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Course for the 2017-18 academic year.

Seats: There are 50 places for the course, 24 of which are unreserved. There are 14 places for the OBC, 8 for the SC and 4 for the ST categories. A 3% reservation will be given to applicants with physical disabilities on a horizontal basis according to the government. of India’s guidelines. Five places in Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing course will be considered for sponsored applicants who are employed by hospitals / central / state government institutions or nursing college / nursing school and whose names are sponsored by their employer. The sponsored candidate, if selected, must submit a discharge letter confirming the sponsorship at the time of admission. If eligible sponsored applicants are not available, so will other applicants. The applicant must produce the sponsorship letter as well as the completed application form to be considered against these seats.

If the required number of suitable candidates is not available to fill the seats reserved for the listed castes, these will be filled by candidates belonging to the listed tribes and vice versa. In the event that suitable candidates are not available in the two reserved categories, the vacant seats will be filled by candidates in the OBC category. In the event that suitable candidates are not available in the OBC category either, these will be filled by the candidates in the unreserved category.

Eligibility: The candidate must have passed Upper Secondary or Upper Secondary or Intermediate or 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination recognized by the university. Those who did 10 + 1 in 1986 or before will also be eligible for admission. The candidate must have successfully completed and obtained a certificate in general nursing and midwifery and be registered as an RN / RM with the State Nurses Registration Council.

A nurse, trained before the implementation of the new integrated course in addition to being registered as a nurse with the State Nursing Registration Board, must produce proof of training approved by the Indian Board of Nurses for a similar duration instead of midwifery practice in one of the following areas: Occupational therapy, ophthalmic nursing, leprosy nursing, TB nursing, psychiatric nursing, neurological and neurosurgical nursing, nursing in community health, cancer nursing, orthopedic nursing. Applicants must be medically fit.

Application: The prospectus as well as the application form can be downloaded from http://www.bmhrc.org/

The documents listed in the application form must be attached to the completed application.

The application fee is Rs. 750 / – for the unqualified category and Rs 500 / – for OBC applicants. There is no entry fee for the SC / ST / Physically Challenged categories. The registration fee must be paid by means of a demand draft drawn on any bank, drawn in favor of the “Director, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Center”, payable to Bhopal.

The completed application, along with the listed documents and DD for fees, must reach “Bhopal Nursing College, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Center, Raisen By pass Road, Karond, Bhopal (MP) 462038” no later than 5:00 p.m. September 18, 2017. Sponsored applicants must also submit their application through the appropriate channel, by 5:00 pm on September 18, 2017.

Selection process: The selection will be based on an entrance test lasting 2 hours which will take place on September 25, 2017, with a maximum of 100 points. The entrance exam will be based on the GNM curriculum and will feature objective-type questions (MCQs) of six subjects, fundamentals of medico-surgical nursing including professional trends in nursing (25 questions), anatomy , physiology and pharmacology (15), midwife and gynecology Nursing (15), pediatric nursing (15), community health nursing (15), psychiatric nursing (15).

Admission cards for taking the entrance exam will be issued by Bhopal Nursing College, BMHRC on the day of the entrance exam to Bhopal Nursing College upon presentation of valid proof of photo identification.

The entrance exam will be conducted in English only. Each correct answer will get a score of one point. More than one answer will get a score of zero. The admissions of the candidate are made strictly on the basis of the merit of the entrance test. The results of the admission test will be posted on the BMHRC website on September 26, 2017.

Based on the result of the entrance examination, combined and separate merit lists will be prepared for the Unreserved, OBC, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories.

Details of the advisory process are given in the prospectus. The first counseling and admission will take place on September 27, 2017 and the second counseling and admission will take place on October 9, 2017.

Tuition fees per year are Rs. 250 / –

Residency at the institute hostel is mandatory for applicants admitted to Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Programs. The hostel is not available for male students.

For more details, visit http://www.bmhrc.org/