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| NURSING ASSISTANT - (ONE YEAR) |
| PAPER 1 | FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING, PHARMACOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY |
| PAPER 2 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND FIRST AID |
| PAPER 3 | NUTRITION, FAMILY PLANNING, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND ELEMENTS OF MIDWIFERY |
| PAPER 4-6 | Practical for Paper 1, II & III – Three Practical |
| PAPER 1 - FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING, PHARMACOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY |
| A | DEFINITION OF NURSING |
| B | PRINCIPLES OF NURSING |
| C | DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING |
| D | ETIQUETTE’S OF NURSING PROFESSION |
| E | ETHICS OF NURSING |
| F | DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NURSE |
| G | QUALITIES OF A NURSE |
| H | THE NURSE AND LEGISLATION |
| I | INTRODUCTION OF NURSING |
| | A GENERAL VIEW |
| | ORGIN OF NURSING |
| | GOALS AND SCOPE OF NURSING |
| | INTER PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS |
| | BASIC NURSING PRINCIPLES |
| | NURSING PROCEDURES & NURSING TECHNIQUES |
| | IMPORTANT FACTORS OF A PROCEDURE |
| | NEEDED STEPS OR STAGES OF A PROCEDURE |
| J | HOSPITAL |
| | FUNCTIONS OF HOSPITAL |
| | TYPES OF HOSPITALS |
| | HOSPITAL HOUSE KEEPING |
| | PRINCIPLES OF HOUSE KEEPING |
| | CARE OF CLOTHES, PILLOWS, MATTRESS |
| | CARE OF FUNITURE |
| | CARE OF SANITARY UNITS |
| | PLACE OF PATIENT IN THA HOSPITAL |
| | ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE |
| | PERSONAL HYGIENE-ORAL HYGIENE, SKIN CARE, HAIR BATH,BODY BATH, HAIR CARE, CARE OF EYE, EAR PERENIAL CARE
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| | MICRO ORGANISMS AND DISEASE TRANAMISSION |
| | IMPORTANT OF CLEANLINESS AND CLEANING AGENTS |
| K | BASIC NURSING CARE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT |
| | PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL & SPIRITUAL NEEDS |
| | PHYSICAL COMFORT |
| | HYGIENIC NEEDS |
| | NUTIRITIONAL NEEDS |
| | ELEMINATION NEEDS |
| | OBSERVATION |
| | MEDICATION NEEDS |
| | GIVING AND TAKING OF BED PAN |
| | GIVING AND REMOVING URINAL |
| | CONSTIPATION - DEFINITION |
| | CAUSES OF CONSTIPATION |
| L | HOT AND COLD APPLICATIONS-HOT WATER BAG, FORMENTATION, DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOMENTATION, ICE BAG, COLD COMPRESS, COLD SPONGE |
| M | ENEMA-DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENEMA, PURPOSE OF ENEMA |
| | EVACUANT ENEMA |
| | SIMPLE ENEMA |
| | MEDICATED MEDICATED |
| | PURGATIVE |
| | ANTHEL MENTIC |
| | OIL ENEMA |
| | ENEMA |
| | ASTRINGENT |
| | CARMINATIVE ENEMA |
| | RETAINED ENEMA |
| | NUTRIENT |
| | EMOLEUENT |
| | STIMULANT |
| | SEDATIVE |
| | ENEMA |
| | ANAESTHETIC ENEMA |
| PHARMACOLOGY |
| A | DEFINITION |
| B | DRUGS |
| C | PHARMACY – SOURCE OF DRUGS-FORMS OF DRUGS |
| D | ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION |
| E | VARIOUS TYPES OF DRUGS-CLASSIFICATION-ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DRUG |
| F | DOSE-DEFINITION |
| G | MINIMUM DOSE |
| H | MAXIMUM DOSE – OVER DOSE |
| I | ORAL ADMINISTRATION |
| J | PURPOSE OF ADMINISTRATION |
| K | METHODS OF ADMINISTARTION |
| L | CALCULATING DOSAGE |
| M | DOMESTIC MEASUREMENT |
| N | METRIC SYSTEM |
| O | TABLE MEASURE |
| P | INJECTION-DEFINITION |
| Q | PURPOSE OF INJECTION |
| R | COMMON DANGERS OF INJECTION |
| S | DIFFERENT ROUTES |
| T | INFUSION |
| U | SPECIAL POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED |
| MICROBIOLOGY |
| A | INFECTION – DEFINITION |
| B | STERILIZATION – DISINFECTION |
| C | METHODS OF TRANSMISSION OF DISEASES |
| D | IMMUNITY-DEFINITION –TYPES |
| E | BACTERIA-COMMON BACTERIA |
| F | VIRUSES-DEFINITION SMALL POX VIRUS, CHICKEN POX VIRUS, MEASLES, POLIO, AIDS VIRUSES |
| PAPER 2 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND FIRST AID |
| A | GENERAL ANATOMY OF HUMAN BODY |
| B | SYSTEMS OF BODY |
| C | FUNCTIONS OF EACH SYSTEM |
| D | DISEASES CAUSED TO EACH SYSTEM |
| E | CARE OF EACH SYSTEM |
| PHYSIOLOGY |
| A | HUMAN BODY |
| B | FUNCTION OF EACH ORGAN |
| C | DISORDERS OF ORGAN |
| SOCIOLOGY |
| A | DEFINITION OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS |
| B | HOW ILLNESS AFFECT SOCIETY |
| C | ROLE OF SOCIETY IN PREVENTING EPIDERMIC DISEASES |
| PSYCHOLOGY |
| A | PSYCHOLOGY – DEFINITION |
| B | PSYCHOLOGY OF SICK PERSON |
| C | NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO SICK PERSON |
| D | MENTAL ADJUSTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS |
| E | CARE OF MENTALLY RETARDED & INSANE PERSONS |
| FIRST AID |
| 1 | FIRST AID – DEFINITION |
| 2 | FIRST AIDER-DEFINITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES |
| 3 | ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION |
| 4 | ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURNS, SCALDS,SHOCK |
| 5 | CONTROL OF BLEEDING,UNCONSCIOUSNESS |
| 6 | BLEEDING FROM NOSE & EAR,EPILEPTIC FITS |
| 7 | FRACTURES & INJURIES, DISLOCATION, HIGH FEVER |
| 8 | SOMETHING GET STRUCK IN THE THROAT |
| 9 | DROWING |
| 10 | INSECT BITE |
| 11 | DOG BITE |
| 12 | SNAKE BITE |
| 13 | FOOD POISONING |
| 14 | CHEMICAL POISONING |
| PAPER 3 - NUTRITION, FAMILY PLANNING,COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND ELEMENTS OF MIDWIFERY |
| NUTRITION |
| A | DEFINITION |
| B | FUNCTIONS OF BALANCED DIET |
| C | MAL NUTRITION, UNDER NUTRITION, OVER NUTRITION |
| D | REQUREMENTS OF FOOD FOR THE VARIOUS AGE GROUPS |
| E | DEFICIENCY DISEASES |
| F | DIET OF THE SICK,AGED CHILD,PRE-SCHOOL, PREGNANT & LACTATING MOTHERS |
| G | NUTRIENTS AND ITS FUNCTIONS AND SPECIFIC DEFICIENCY DISEASES |
| FAMILY PLANNING |
| A | SMALL FAMILY & NUCLEAR FAMILY |
| B | VARIOUS METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING |
| C | MTP & ABORTIONS |
| D | METHODS OF EDUCATION TO SOCIAL GROUPS |
| | 1. INDIVIDUAL TEACHEING |
| | 2. GROUP TEACHING |
| | 3. FAMILY GUIDANCE AND COUNCELLING |
| COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND COMMON DISEASES |
| A | CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES |
| B | DROPLET INFECTION.MEASELES,CHICKEN POX,SMALL POX,MUMPS, INFLUENZA |
| C | DISEASES AFFECTING RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:TUBERCULOSIS, PNEUMONIA, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS |
| D | DISEASES AFFECTING GASTRO INTESTINAL SYSTEM: DYSENTERY, DIORRHEA,TYPHOID, CHOLERA,PEPTIC ULCER, LIVER DISEASES (JAUNDICE,HEPATITIS,CIRRHOSIS,GASTRITIS,APPENDICIITIS) |
| E | SKIN DISEASES & VENEREAL DISEASES, SCABIES, SORIASIS,FUNGAL INFECTION, VENEREAL DISEASES,LEPROSY. |
| F | BLOOD ANAEMIA, LEUKEMIA,BLEEDING DISORDERS |
| G | URINARY DISEASES: GLOMERULO NEPHRITIS, PYELO NEPHRITIS |
| H | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: ANGINA PECTORIS, HYPERTENSION, VALVULAR DISEASES |
| I | NERVOUS SYSTEM- POLIO, MENINGITIS |
| J | VIRAL DISEASES : AIDS, RABIES |
| K | INSCT-BORN DISEASES: MALARIA, FILARIASIS |
| ELEMENTS OF MIDWIFERY |
| A | NORMAL LABOUR-ANTENATAL CARE-ANTEPARTUM HAEMORRAGE (APH)-POST PARTEM HAEMORRAGE (PPH) |
| B | ABNORMAL LABOUR-ABNORMAL PREGENENCY |
| C | BABY BATH-NEW BORN CARE & PERMATURE BABY CARE |
| D | PUREPERIUM & POST CARTUM CARE-IMMUNIZATION |
| E | HEALTH EDUCATION AFTER DELIVERY |
| REPORTS & RECORD KEEPING |
| REFERENCE BOOK |
| 1 | BASIC NURSING PROCEDURE,MANUAL AND ESSENTIAL-THRESIAMMA C.P |
| 2 | FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING VOL-I,II-Sr.NANCY |