| VILLAGE HEALTH NURSE |
| PAPER I – FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING, PHARMACOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY |
| Introduction & Fundamentals of Nursing |
| 1 | Definition of Nursing |
| 2 | Principles of Nursing |
| 3 | Development of Nursing |
| 4 | Etiquettes of Nursing |
| 5 | Duties & Responsibilities of a Nurse |
| 6 | Qualities of a Nurse |
| Pharmacology |
| 1 | Drug Definition |
| 2 | Route of Transmission |
| 3 | Common Drug |
| 4 | Various Types of Drug |
| 5 | Antibiotics, Penicillin, Tetracycline etc. |
| Microbiology |
| 1 | Infection |
| 2 | Sterilization – Definition |
| 3 | Method of Transmission of Diseases |
| 4 | Immunity – Definition type |
| 5 | Bacteria – Common Bacteria |
| 6 | Viruses – Definition, important viruses, small pox, chicken pox, measles, polio, AIDS |
| PAPER II – ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, FIRST AID |
| Anatomy & Physiology |
| 1 | General Anatomy of Human body |
| 2 | Systems of body |
| 3 | Function of Each System |
| 4 | Diseases caused to each System |
| 5 | Care if each System |
| 6 | Infection |
| Sociology |
| 1 | How illness affect society |
| 2 | Role of society in preventing epidemic diseases |
| Psychology |
| 1 | Psychology – Definition |
| 2 | Psychology of sick person |
| 3 | Need for psychological support of sick person |
| 4 | Mental adjustments of sick persons individuals |
| 5 | Care of mentally regarded & injured persons |
| First Aid |
| 1 | First Aid – Definition |
| 2 | First Aider – Duties & Responsibilities Definition |
| 3 | Artificial Respiration |
| 4 | Electric shock, burns, scalds, shock |
| 5 | Control of Bleeding, Unconsciousness |
| 6 | Bleeding from nose & ear, epileptic fits |
| 7 | Erectors & injuries, dislocation, high fever |
| 8 | Something get struck in the throat |
| 8 | Drowning |
| PAPER III – FAMILY PLANNING, NUTRITION ELEMENTS OF MIDWIFERY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES |
| Family Planning |
| 1 | Small Family |
| 2 | Various Methods of Family Planning |
| 3 | M.T.P. & Abortions |
| 4 | Method of Education of social groups |
| | A. Individual Teaching |
| | B. Group Teaching |
| | C. Family Guidance & Counseling |
| Nutrition |
| 1 | Definition |
| 2 | Function of food – balanced |
| 3 | Malnutrition under nutrition, over nutrition |
| 4 | Requirements of food for various age group |
| 5 | Deficiency diseases |
| 6 | Diet of the sick, aged, child pre-school, pregnant and lactating mothers |
| 7 | Nutrients and its functions and specific deficiency diseases |
| Elements of Midwifery |
| 1 | Structure of pelvis – difference between male and female pelvis – structure of uterus, ovulation, fertilization, pregnancy – signs & symptoms antenatal care, general physical examination of pregnant lady, high risk group of nutrition, health education after delivery, examination of new born infant |
| Communicable Diseases |
| 1 | Classification, droplet infections – measles chicken pox, small pox, mumps, influenza |
| 2 | Diseases affecting respiratory systems. TB, pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis |
| 3 | Diseases affecting GI System – Dysentery, diarrhea, typhoid, cholera |
| 4 | Skin diseases & venereal diseases Scabies, Psoriasis Fungal and Venereal diseases, leprosy |
| 5 | Urinary disorders, cardio vascular diseases |
| 6 | Nervous diseases infect borne diseases |