ANM or Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery is a two-year diploma program in the field of Nursing. ANM diploma is the most basic diploma course which can be opted as a starting step toward making a career in the Nursing field. Which focuses on the study of health care for various individuals. It also taught about how to take care of equipment, set up Operation Theater, provide medication timely to patients and maintain records.
The course provides knowledge about fields of medicine, healthcare, and providing medical assistance to families, individuals, society, and measures necessary for maintaining a good quality of life. ANM course trains the students & make them capable to work as basic health workers.
Eligibility Criteria for ANM
1. Minimum Qualification Required: 10+ 2 with any stream. Minimum Marks Required 50% basis of marks secured.
2. The candidate should have passed class 12 examination having Arts or Commerce stream (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, History, Geography, Business Studies, Accountancy, Home Science, and Philosophy) and English Core/English Elective or Science or Health care Science - Vocational stream from a recognized Board.
3. The minimum age requirement is 17 years. Only female students can apply for this course. Students' age should not exceed more than 35 years.
CAREER & Jobs OPPORTUNITIES
An auxiliary nurse midwife, commonly known as ANM, is a village-level female health worker in India who is known as the first contact person between the community and the health services. ANMs are regarded as the grass-roots workers in the health organization pyramid.
Students, those complete their ANM Degree can work as Community Health workers, Home Nurse, Health Visitor, Basic Health workers & Rural Health workers. Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery in Nursing diploma course offers the candidates diverse job profiles.
Application Specialist - Medical & Nursing
Education Nursing Tutor
Home Care Nurse
Certified Nursing Assistant
Staff Nurse Senior - Nurse Educator
ICU Nurse
Healthcare Nurse
Community Health Nurse
Infection Control Nurse
Teacher - Nursing School
Health Visitor
Basic Health Worker
Rural Health Worker etc.
Major Recruiters (Govt. & Private sector)
Some of the common employment areas where an ANM & GNM graduate can utilize their capabilities are given here-
Rural Health Centres
Government hospitals
NGOs
Old age homes
Government health schemes
Community Health Centres
Government dispensaries
Nursing Homes
Private hospitals/clinics
Nursing (ANM) Course details Highlights
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Course Level |
Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery |
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Duration |
Diploma (2 Years) |
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Eligibility |
10+2 level with minimum 50% aggregate score from any stream |
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Examination type |
Either by Entrance Exams or by Merit |
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Job Roles |
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Legal Nurse Consultant, Forensic Nursing, Madam, In-charge & Helper, Teacher & Junior Lecturer, Travelling Nurse, Receptionist & Entry Operator, Brand Representative & Hyper, Sale-purchase Assistant, Emergency Room Nurse & Midwife Nurse, among others. |
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Course Fee |
Up to INR 10,000 to INR 5,00,000 |
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Average Salary |
INR INR 3,00,000 to INR 8,00,000 lac p.a. |
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Top Recruiting Companies |
Govt and Privet sector |
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Course mode |
Full time |
Nursing (ANM) Course Subjects & Syllabus
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1st Year |
1. Community health nursing 2. Health Promotion, Nutrition Human Body & Hygiene Environmental Sanitation Mental Health 3. Primary Health care nursing Infection and immunization Communicable Diseases Community health problems Primary medical care First aid and referral 4. Child Health Nursing
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2nd Year |
5. Midwifery 6. Health Center Management 7. Midwifery Antenatal ward Intranatal/labour room Post-natal ward Neonatal care unit 8. Child Health 9. Community Health and Health center management
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