Post Graduate Nursing Education

Post Graduate Nursing Education abbreviated as PNE is a special nursing education degree for post graduate students of Nursing Faculty. It consists of MSc. Nursing, MPhil Nursing and Phd Nursing Category.The M.Sc. Nursing, which is also known as MN or even MNS, is usually done by the registered nurses to level-up their professional career. This course is generally regarded as an entry-level nursing degree for nurse educators and managers.The M.Sc. Nursing course prepares a better nurse for every aspect of future career by making them understand about the ethical conduct, treatment of illness, spreading of diseases, caring for patients and making an effective judgment. MPhil Nursing course is basically of one year for those who takes it as a full-time study and if a student wants to study the course as a part-time student then it exceeds for two years. There is also a provision for the M.Phil students to get transferred to the PhD degree course after certain time of enrollment. PhD in Nursing is a higher level degree of nursing education that is basically done after the completion of M.Phil. in Nursing or M.Sc. in Nursing. This course of study is fully based on research works. The PhD Degree students have to go through major research projects and submit the thesis papers. All the courses in this degree enhance the analytical skills of the students to solve the health problems in society, economic field and political field throughout the nation.

Available Degrees

Master Of Science In Nursing

Masters of Science in Nursing falls under the post graduate degree which is a higher and advanced level of education. Here the nurses choose a field of course over the five different specialization area offered by different nursing institutions. The M.Sc. Nursing course is of two years which is structured to provide deep knowledge of the specialized field the students have chosen. This course gives an intense understating of theories and clinical training that are required to be for a nurse to be an expert in their particular field. The nurses during the course are prepared for the leadership position to be specialized nurse practitioners, consultants, administrators, educators and investigators in various professional settings.

Master Of Philosophy In Nursing

This course is basically of one year for those who takes it as a full-time study and if a student wants to study the course as a part-time student then it exceeds for two years. There is also a provision for the M.Phil students to get transferred to the PhD degree course after certain time of enrollment. It is done when a student senses the sufficient development of knowledge and builds confidence to go higher. M.Phil is generally done after the completion of Masters Course. But there are many individuals who take the PhD course directly if their qualifications meet the requirements.

Ph.D In Nursing

PhD in Nursing is a higher level degree of nursing education that is basically done after the completion of M.Phil. in Nursing or M.Sc. in Nursing. This course of study is fully based on research works. There are different course duration for those who have completed M.Sc. in Nursing and M.Phil in Nursing. The Maters in Nursing graduates have to go through three to five years for the completion of PhD whereas for the M.Phil. in Nursing degree holders they only have to study for one and a half to three years. This Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing course helps the students to obtain and analyze their knowledge and skills from different approaches. Students who get enrolled in PhD in Nursing degree shape their intelligence to ascertain the health and nursing field through different methodologies than other people related to this field.

M.Sc. in Medical Surgical Nursing

Master of Science in Medical-Surgical Nursing is a postgraduate nursing course of 2 years. This course is one of the most ambitious specialties of masters in the nursing course. This course is arranged to abetment in developing expert and deep understanding of cardiovascular and thoracic nursing. The students will be benefited by this course in developing advanced skills for nursing mediation of various cardio medical and surgical situations. The students can also further go for being a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Nurse specialist. It has the largest nursing specialty around the world. The registered nurse in this faculty work on the hospital units and serve the adult patients suffering from acute illness with the variety of medical problems and diseases or those patients who are recovering from surgeries.

M.Sc. in Pediatric Nursing

This is a post-graduate course related to child health nursing. It is an area of medical practice with a focus on providing comprehensive care to the infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric Nurses are usually registered nurses who are responsible for providing health care treatments for the health issues of children and adolescents. This course helps the nurses to play a special role in supporting the young patients and their families by explaining the conditions, treatment options and also for providing the emotional support in relation to their intensive health issues. Pediatric nursing offers several career options that encompass a range of duties and responsibilities. This course is of about 2 years and is career oriented in nature that opens many job opportunities to the candidates after the course completion.

M.Sc. in Community Health Nursing

Masters in Community Health Nursing is a post-graduate degree of about 2 years after the completion of Bachelors degree in nursing that tutors the registered nurses in developing, implementing and promoting the nursing training programs to the needy communities. The candidates studying this course are trained to identify the infected population, develop and implement health policies and provide preventive measure to control and cure them. Candidates also get to experience hands-on training in the field visits through clinical and nursing practice paradigm. The candidate willing to study this course must hold a bachelor’s degree in nursing along with a nursing license. This course covers all the areas of theoretical foundations of Community Health in Nursing, research methods, health promotions and prevention of diseases. From this coursed the candidates will be able to obtain the medical training and public health expertise that they need to practice in the field.

M.Sc. in Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing

Masters in Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing is one of the post-graduate degrees with the duration of 2 years and is related to the two fields of nursing practices that deals with the reproductive health of women. The nurses of this category help the women during pregnancy, labor and child birth along with those women with the health issues with their reproductive system. As an Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse the candidates will advice the women and teenage girls about the physical and sexual health providing information on treatments from birth control to mammograms. This course covers the women’s reproductive health from when menstruation begins, through pregnancy, childbirth and menopause. These nurses are able to treat women who suffer from disorders or illnesses affecting their reproductive system like; cancer, endometriosis or sexually transmitted diseases.

M.Sc. in Psychiatric Nursing

Master in Psychiatric Nursing is the specialty of nursing course in post-graduate degree with duration of 2 years. Students studying this course deals with care of people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress like; schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis, depression or dementia. This course is focused on clinical practice in the areas where mental health service is provided. Candidates in this category get the opportunity to study issues and topics of particular interest such as binary diagnosis, psycho-social and psycho-educational interventions, mental health care for the most senior citizens, illness management and recovery and mental health in primary care.

M.Sc. in Maternity Nursing

The nursing care given to the women and their families during their pregnancy, parturition in the first days of the puerperium can be described as Maternity Nursing. Maters in Maternity Nursing is a 2 years course of post-graduate degree program where nurses help the women through the entire process of childbirth and are available at the time when mothers meet their new born child. Normally postpartum maternity nursing includes the supervision of the mothers, care of their newborns in rooming-in units and may also include care of normal newborns in a nursery when they are not with their mother. Suggestions and advices about the newborns conditions, perinea care, umbilical care, nutrition, dangers of puerperium are given by the maternity nurses.

MD Midwifery Doctor of Medicine in Midwifery

With duration of 2 years in post-graduate nursing degree program this course provides primary and gynecologic care to women as well as special care and support for expecting mothers and their newborns by preparing the nurses to meet the unique health care needs of women. In addition to the reproductive science candidates are instructed to examine the influences of culture and tradition along with the social, economic and political forces that influences the health of women. This program clashes to assemble compassionate, skilled clinicians who are interested in addressing the issues that affect the lives of women.