As the names suggest this is a two year post graduation course involving a master degree of nursing profession which is required for certain specific jobs of sustaining the overall health of each individual & residents of any locality. Their services are crucial for humanity as a whole as they are in numerous divisions in health care industry namely in hospitals, clinics, medical colleges, government state health department, child care centres, nursing homes, Old age homes, military hospitals, etc..
This course is also governed in India under Indian Nursing Council like other various nursing related courses as B.Sc.Nursing, ANM, GNM, P.B. Nursing etc. The pre requirements for this course if a bachelor degree in nursing and candidates only with that degree can apply for this degree in India where the INC approved colleges selects few meritorious students to take up this course upon proper conduction of various exams which varies accordingly with state and university guidelines.
Eligibility to apply of M. Sc. Nursing with INC regulations is B.Sc.Nursing/B.Sc.Hons. Nursing and post basic Nursing (PB Nursing) with minimum 55%.
Candidates,trainees and experienced professionals who has their B.Sc.Nursing/B.Sc. Honors Nursing or PB Nursing degree in hand with 1 year experiencein Nursing after B.Sc. Nursing or 1 year experience prioror anterior P. B. Nursing can apply in entrance exams conducted in various states and universities throughout India.
PROCESS
Candidates who apply to universities and colleges of various states and boards according to their choices should fill up the application form correctly as any incorrect information can lead to cancelation of admission in any point of time when verification starts by board or university. While giving the best in exams is up to themselves but post exams by the merit of ranks they are called for counseling where they choose the college of their liking.
Upon that they have to report to the institute on a set date and time with all necessary documents asked by board and university to follow, along with a DD (demand draft) in the name of institute.The fees which by the way differs from college to college should be properly checked while making the DD.
Candidates have to decide whether they want hostels provided by college or not during the admission process as some institute it’s mandatory while other there is a choice given again here too the seat accommodation and fees of hostel is subjected to college authorities. If candidates do choose to stay in hostel which can be in or out campus they have to make a separate DD for that too.
From here on candidates have to manage on their own the necessities and requirements of classes and hostel, which asks candidates to their part timely and honestly every year.
Additional cost to the course is mostly arises from this managerial position where the limits are not on the authorities but the students themselves. During the term the institute mandates proper code of conduct from students as serious issues can rise upon not following the rules of institute during the course which can sometimes end with student being expelled from the college.
Prospects
Subsequently on completing this degree many offers are made to students from the same institute and hospitals where they trained and practiced their masters. While if the student have some other reservation about working in some other places they can easily apply in reputed hospitals private or government or any other vacancy that they seem fits their lifestyle or fancying.
Some of their job titles are like Public Health Nurse, Nurse manager, Nurse consultant, clinical nurse educator, director of nursing, clinical nurse specialists, clinical research nurse, nurse practitioner, chief nurse officer, long term acute care nurse, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, certified registered nurse anesthetist.
The salaries varies according to experience and job sector and from hospitals to clinics, the bandwidth of it is somewhere from 4 to 16 lacs per annum. Some agencies hire in India for abroad locations where the salaries increases exponentially in terms of rupees. Some of the lookup term for upcoming job sectors can be Googled as nursing executive, nursing ward in charge, nursing superintendent, paramedic nurse, occupational health nurse, nursing professor, etc..