I.

CURRICULUM
Curricular Framework
The B.Sc. Nursing program is a four-year program comprising of eight semesters that is credit and semester based. It is
choice based only for elective courses. Competency based curriculum is the main approach that is based on ten core
competencies. The courses are categorized into foundational courses, core courses and elective courses. The curricular
framework shown in Figure 2 depicts the entire course of curriculum, which is further outlined in the program structure.

B.Sc. NURSING PROGRAM – Four years (8 semesters)

CREDIT SYSTEM & SEMESTER SYSTEM
COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM

TEN CORE COMPETENCIES (Figure 1)

1. PROGRAM STRUCTURE

B.Sc. Nursing Program Structure

I Semester III Semester V Semester VII Semester

1. Communicative English 1. Applied Microbiology 1. *Child Health 1. Community Health
and Infection Control Nursing I Nursing II
2. Applied Anatomy
including Safety
2. Mental Health 2. Nursing Research &
3. Applied Physiology 2. Pharmacology I Nursing I Statistics
4. Applied Sociology 3. Community Health
3. Pathology I 3. Midwifery/Obstetrics
5. Applied Psychology Nursing I (including and Gynecology (OBG)
4. *Adult Health (Medical
Environmental Science Nursing II
6. *Nursing Surgical) Nursing I with
& Epidemiology)
Foundations I integrated
pathophysiology 4. Educational
Technology/Nursing
Education
5. Introduction to Forensic
Nursing and Indian
Laws

Mandatory Modules
Mandatory Module
*Essential Newborn Care
*BCLS as part of Adult (ENBC), Facility Based
Mandatory Module Health Nursing I Mandatory Modules
Newborn Care (FBNBC),
*First Aid as part of IMNCI and PLS as part of *Safe delivery app under
Nursing Foundation I Child Health Nursing OBG Nursing I/II
Course (VI/VII Semester)

II Semester IV Semester VI Semester VIII Semester

1. Applied Biochemistry 1. *Pharmacology II 1. Child Health Internship (Intensive
Nursing II Practicum/Residency
2. Applied Nutrition and 2. Pathology II & Genetics
Posting)
Dietetics 2. Mental Health
3. Adult Health Nursing II
Nursing II
3. *Nursing with integrated
Foundations II pathophysiology 3. Nursing Management &
including Geriatric Leadership
4. Health/Nursing
Nursing
Informatics & 4. *Midwifery/Obstetrics
Technology 4. Professionalism, and Gynecology (OBG)
Professional Values & Nursing I
Ethics including
Bioethics

Mandatory Module
*Fundamentals of
Prescribing under Mandatory Module
Mandatory Module Pharmacology II
* SBA Module under OBG
*Health Assessment as part *Palliative care module Nursing I/II
of Nursing Foundation II under Adult Health Nursing (VI/VII Semester)
Course II

Note: No institute/University will modify the curriculum. However they can add units/subject in the syllabus as deemed
necessary.

#Modules both mandatory and elective shall be certified by the institution/external agency.
MANDATORY MODULES
The prepared modules/modules outlined by the Council such as Health Assessment & Fundamentals of Prescribing and
available modules as National Guidelines (First Aid – NDMA, IMNCI, ENBC, FBNBC), Palliative Care, Safe Delivery App
and SBA module will be provided in separate learning resource package.
For BCLS, PLS – Standard national/international modules can be used.

ELECTIVE MODULES
Number of electives to be completed: 3 (Every module = 1 credit = 20 hours)
III & IV Semesters: To complete any one elective by end of 4th semester across 1st to 4th semesters
 Human values
 Diabetes care
 Soft skills
V & VI Semesters: To complete any one of the following before end of 6th semester
 CBT
 Personality development
 Addiction psychiatry
 Adolescent health
 Sports health
 Accreditation and practice standards
 Developmental psychology
 Menopausal health
 Health Economics
VII & VIII Semesters: To complete any one of the following before end of 8th semester
 Scientific writing skills
 Lactation management
 Sexuality & Health
 Stress management
 Job readiness and employability in health care setting
2. CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION: OVERALL PLAN
Duration of the program: 8 semesters
1-7 Semesters
One Semester Plan for the first 7 Semesters
Total Weeks per Semester: 26 weeks per semester
Number of Weeks per Semester for instruction: 20 weeks (40 hours per week × 20 weeks = 800 hours)
Number of Working Days: Minimum of 100 working days (5 days per week × 20 weeks)
Vacation, Holidays, Examination and Preparatory Holidays: 6 weeks
Vacation: 3 weeks
Holidays: 1 week
Examination and Preparatory Holidays: 2 weeks
8th Semester
One semester: 22 weeks
Vacation: 1 week
Holidays: 1 week
Examination and Preparatory Holidays: 2 weeks
3. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION WITH CREDIT STRUCTURE
S.No Semester Course Code Course/Subject Title Theor Theor Lab/ Lab/ Clinical Clinic Total Total
. y y Skill Skill al (hours)
Lab Lab credits credits
credits Conta Conta
credits
ct Conta ct
hours ct hours
hours
1 First ENGL 101 Communicative English 2 40 40
ANAT 105 Applied Anatomy 3 60 60
PHYS 110 Applied Physiology 3 60 60
SOCI 115 Applied Sociology 3 60 60
PSYC 120 Applied Psychology 3 60 60
N-NF (I) 125 Nursing Foundation I 6 120 2 80 2 160 10 360
including First Aid module
SSCC (I) 130 Self-study/Co-curricular 40+40

TOTAL 20 400 2 80 2 160 20+2+ 640+80

2= 24 = 720
2 Second BIOC 135 Applied Biochemistry 2 40 40
NUTR 140 Applied Nutrition and 3 60 60
Dietetics
N-NF (II) 125 Nursing Foundation II 6 120 3 120 4 320 560
including Health Assessment
module
HNIT 145 Health/Nursing Informatics 2 40 1 40 80
& Technology
SSCC(II) 130 Self-study/Co-curricular 40+20
TOTAL 13 260 4 160 4 320 13+4+ 740+60
4=21 = 800
3 Third MICR 201 Applied Microbiology and 2 40 1 40 80
Infection Control including
Safety
PHAR (I) 205 Pharmacology I 1 20 20
PATH (I) 210 Pathology I 1 20 20
N-AHN (I) Adult Health Nursing I with 7 140 1 40 6 480 660
215 integrated pathophysiology
including BCLS module
SSCC (I) 220 Self-study/Co-curricular 20
TOTAL 11 220 2 80 6 480 11+2+ 780+20
6=19 =800
4 Fourth PHAR (II) 205 Pharmacology II including 3 60 60
Fundamentals of prescribing
module
PATH (II) 210 Pathology II and Genetics 1 20 20
N-AHN (II) Adult Health Nursing II with 7 140 1 40 6 480 660
225 integrated pathophysiology
including Geriatric Nursing +
Palliative care module
S.No Semester Course Code Course/Subject Title Theor Theor Lab/ Lab/ Clinical Clinic Total Total
. y y Skill Skill al (hours)
Lab Lab credits credits
credits Conta Conta
credits
ct Conta ct
hours ct hours
hours
PROF 230 Professionalism, Professional 1 20 20
Values and Ethics including
bioethics
SSCC(II) 220 Self-study/Co-curricular 40
TOTAL 12 240 1 40 6 480 12+1+ 760+40
6=19 =800
5 Fifth N-CHN(I) 301 Child Health Nursing I 3 60 1 40 2 160 260
including Essential Newborn
Care (ENBC), FBNC,
IMNCI and PLS, modules
N-MHN(I) 305 Mental Health Nursing I 3 60 1 80 140
N-COMH(I) Community Health Nursing I 5 100 2 160 260
310 including Environmental
Science & Epidemiology
EDUC 315 Educational 2 40 1 40 80
Technology/Nursing
Education
N-FORN 320 Introduction to Forensic 1 20 20
Nursing and Indian laws
SSCC(I) 325 Self-study/Co-curricular 20+20
TOTAL 14 280 2 80 5 400 14+2+ 760+40
5=21 =800
6 Sixth N-CHN(II) Child Health Nursing II 2 40 1 80 120
301
N-MHN(II) Mental Health Nursing II 2 40 2 160 200
305
NMLE 330 Nursing Management & 3 60 1 80 140
Leadership
N-MIDW(I) / Midwifery/Obstetrics and 3 60 1 40 3 240 340
OBGN 335 Gynaecology (OBG) Nursing
I including SBA module
SSCC(II) 325 Self-study/Co-curricular -
TOTAL 10 200 1 40 7 560 10+1+ 800
7=18

7 Seventh N-COMH(II) Community Health Nursing 5 100 2 160 260

401 II
NRST 405 Nursing Research & 2 40 2 80 120
Statistics
(Projec
t- 40)
N-MIDW(II)/ Midwifery/Obstetrics and 3 60 1 40 4 320 420
OBGN 410 Gynaecology (OBG) Nursing
II including Safe delivery
app module
S.No Semester Course Code Course/Subject Title Theor Theor Lab/ Lab/ Clinical Clinic Total Total
. y y Skill Skill al (hours)
Lab Lab credits credits
credits Conta Conta
credits
ct Conta ct
hours ct hours
hours
Self-study/Co-curricular -
TOTAL 10 200 3 120 6 480 10+3+ 800
6=19
8 Eight INTE 415 Community Health Nursing
(Internshi – 4 weeks
p)
INTE 420 Adult Health Nursing – 6
weeks
INTE 425 Child Health Nursing – 4
weeks
INTE 430 Mental Health Nursing – 4
weeks
INTE 435 Midwifery – 4 weeks
TOTAL = 22 weeks 12 1056
(1 credit {4
=4 hours ×
hours 22
per weeks =
week 88
per hours ×
semester 12
) credits
=
1056
hours}
(48
hours
per
week
× 22
weeks)
1 credit theory – 1 hour per week per semester
1 credit practical/lab/skill lab/simulation lab – 2 hours per week per semester
1 credit clinical – 4 hours per week per semester
1 credit elective course – 1 hour per week per semester
Total Semesters = 8
(Seven semesters: One semester = 20 weeks × 40 hours per week = 800 hours)
(Eighth semester – Internship: One semester = 22 weeks × 48 hours per week = 1056 hours)
Total number of course credits including internship and electives – 156 (141+12+3)
Distribution of credits and hours by courses, internship and electives
S.No. Credits Theory (Cr/Hrs) Lab Clinical Total Hours
(Cr/Hrs) credits
(Cr/Hrs)
1 Course credits 90 credit per 1800 hours 15/600 36/2880 141 5280
2 Internship 12 1056
 3 Electives 3 60

TOTAL 156 6396

4 Self-study and Saturdays (one semester = 5 hours per week × 12 240
Co-curricular 20 weeks × 7 semesters = 700 hours)
35 700
47 940
Distribution of credits, hours and percentage for theory and practicum (Skill Lab & Clinical) across eight semesters
S.No. Theory & Practicum (Skill Lab & Clinical) Credits Hours Percentage
1 Theory 90 1800 28
2 Lab/Skill Lab 15 600 10
3 Clinical 36 3936 62
Total 141 6336 hours 100

Practicum (7 semesters) excluding internship

Lab/skill lab/simulation lab – 600 (17%)
Clinical – 2880 (83%)
Total – 3480
Lab/skill lab/simulation lab = 17% of the total practicum planned
Note: Besides the stipulated lab and clinical hours, a maximum of 13% (400-450 hours) from the clinical hours can be used
in simulation lab/skill lab for skill lab/simulation learning and not to exceed 30% of total hours.

4. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
The distribution of marks in internal assessment, End Semester College Exam, and End Semester University Exam for each
course is shown below.
I SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College Exam Marks
University Exam
Theory
1 Communicative English 25 25 2 50
2 Applied Anatomy & Applied Physiology 25 75 3 100
3 Applied Sociology & Applied 25 75 3 100
Psychology
4 Nursing Foundations I *25

Practical
5 Nursing Foundations I *25
*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.
II SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College Exam University Exam Marks
Theory
1 Applied Biochemistry and Applied 25 75 3 100
Nutrition & Dietetics
2 Nursing Foundations (I & II) 25 75 3 100
I Sem-25
&
II Sem-25
(with
average of
both)
3 Health/Nursing Informatics & 25 25 2 50
Technology

Practical
4 Nursing Foundations (I & II) 50 50 100
I Sem-25
&
II Sem-25

III SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College exam University Exam marks
Theory
1 Applied Microbiology and Infection 25 75 3 100
Control including Safety
2 Pharmacology I and Pathology I *25
3 Adult Health Nursing I 25 75 3 100
Practical
4 Adult Health Nursing I 50 50 100
*Will be added to the internal marks of Pharmacology II and Pathology II & Genetics in the next semester (Total
weightage remains the same).

IV SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College exam University Exam marks
Theory
1 Pharmacology & Pathology (I & II) and 25 75 3 100
Genetics
III Sem-25
&
IV Sem-25
(with
average of
 both)
2 Adult Health Nursing II 25 75 3 100
3 Professionalism, Ethics and Professional 25 25 2 50
Values

Practical
4 Adult Health Nursing II 50 50 100
V SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College exam University Exam marks
Theory
1 Child Health Nursing I *25
2 Mental Health Nursing I *25
3 Community Health Nursing I including 25 75 3 100
Environmental Science & Epidemiology
4 Educational Technology/Nursing 25 75 3 100
Education
5 Introduction to Forensic Nursing and 25 25 2 50
Indian Laws

Practical
6 Child Health Nursing I *25
7 Mental Health Nursing I *25
8 Community Health Nursing I 50 50 100
*Will be added to the internal marks of Child Health Nursing II and Mental Health Nursing II in both theory and
practical respectively in the next semester (Total weightage remains same).

VI SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College exam marks
University Exam
Theory
1 Child Health Nursing (I & II) 25 75 3 100
Sem V-25
&
Sem VI-25
(with
average of
both)
2 Mental Health Nursing (I & II) 25 75 3 100
Sem V-25
&
Sem VI-25
(with
average of
both)
 3 Nursing Management & Leadership 25 75 3 100
4 Midwifery/Obstetrics & Gynecology I *25
Practical
5 Child Health Nursing (I & II) 50 50 100
(Sem V-25
&
Sem VI-25)
6 Mental Health Nursing (I & II) 50 50 100
(Sem V-25
&
Sem VI-25)
7 Midwifery/Obstetrics & Gynecology I *25
*Will be added to Internal marks of Midwifery II theory and practical respectively in the next semester (Total
weightage remains the same)

VII SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College Exam University Exam marks
Theory
1 Community Health Nursing II 25 75 3 100
2 Nursing Research & Statistics 25 75 3 100
2 Midwifery/Obstetrics and Gynecology 25 75 3 100
(OBG) Nursing (I & II)
Sem VI-25
&
Sem VII-25
(with
average of
both)
Practical
3 Community Health Nursing II 50 50 100

4 Midwifery/Obstetrics and Gynecology 50 50 100

(OBG) Nursing (I & II)
(Sem VI-25
&
Sem VII-25)

VIII SEMESTER
S.No. Course Assessment (Marks)
Internal End Semester End Semester Hours Total
College Exam University Exam marks
Practical
1 Competency Assessment 100 100 200
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