INDIRA GANDHI NATI Maidan Garhi, New Delhi
New Prospects • Certificate programme in Ayush Nursing in collaboration with Department of Ayush, Government of India, for Auxiliary Nurse Midwives • Certificate programme in Adolescent Health and Counselling in collaboration with IGNOU’s Educational Development of North Eastern Region (EDNERU) • Diploma programme in Critical Care Nursing, aims to enable nursing professionals to develop skills for quality nursing care to patients in intensive care settings • Courses will enable crucial skills’ development through specific knowledge impartment at very nominal fees • Short duration certificate courses, apt for practicing nurses and teachers
IGNOU launches a slew of programmes in health education The largest distance learning University continues to scale new milestones. IGNOU has launched a range of new certificate courses for nurses, teachers and parents.
IGNOU to boost Health Education The Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU’s) School of Health Sciences (SOHS) has launched two new certificate programmes and one diploma programme with the objective of augmenting education avenues for medical, nursing and teaching personnel through distance education mode. A certificate programme in Ayush Nursing has been launched in collaboration with the Department of Ayush, Government of India, for Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) which aims to provide quality care to the patients undergoing treatment under ayurvedic system of medicine. The programme is of minimum six months duration and maximum two years. In-service ANM’s are eligible to apply for the course for a nominal fee of `1500. Another certificate programme in Adolescent Health and Counselling has been launched in collaboration with IGNOU’s Educational Development of North Eastern Region (EDNERU) which aims to prepare teachers and parents to help adolescents to develop healthy life style and meet the stress of life. The six months programme will enable the learners to strengthen their knowledge in understanding needs and concern of adolescent; build knowledge on physical, cognitive, emotional and psychological changes in adolescent and develop skills in handling challenges related to them. A diploma programme in Critical Care Nursing has been launched which aims to enable nursing professionals to develop and apply advanced nursing care knowledge and skills for quality nursing care to critically ill patients in intensive care settings. This programme is of minimum one year duration and can be completed in maximum three years. In-service registered nursing professionals at all levels or B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Nursing are eligible to apply for this programme. Detailed handbook and prospectus cum admission form can be obtained from the regional centers of IGNOU and at its headquarters in Maidan Garhi on payment of Rs. 100 in cash or through post by sending an IPO/ Demand Draft of `100 in favour of IGNOU, payable at New Delhi.