| Frequently Asked Questions |
1. Is Wockhardt
Institute of Nursing recognized by competent authority?
|
Wockhardt Institute of Nursing is affiliated
to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Karnataka
(RGUHS). Indian Nursing Council (INC), Karnataka State Nursing
Council and Government of Karnataka have permitted this
Institute to take 50 admissions in B.Sc nursing course and
50 admissions in General Nursing and Midwifery course. |
|
| 2. What are the courses offered by
Wockhardt Institute of Nursing? |
At present Wockhardt Institute of Nursing
offers two premier nursing courses in the country. One is
B.Sc in Nursing and the other is diploma course in General
Nursing and Midwifery (GNM).
On successful completion of B.Sc nursing
course our students receive the nursing degree from Rajiv
Gandhi University of Health Science, Karnataka. Diploma
is awarded by Karnataka State Nursing Council.
In future, however, the Institute has plans
to offer a number of courses related to health care area.
|
|
| 3. How Chetna Nursing School at Bangalore
is related to Wockhardt? |
| Wockhardt group exclusively manages student admission, daily
course conduct, facilities (like library, transport, hostels,
building), and entire academic administration of Chetna Nursing
School. |
|
| 4. Is Chetna Nursing School recognized
by competent authority? |
Yes. INC, KNC and Govt. of Karnataka
have permitted 50 students to be admitted to General Nursing
and Midwifery (GNM) course. This institute is permitted
to offer only this course which is of Diploma level.
On this website you can see permission
document in pdf format. Also you can visit INC and KNC websites
to see the name of this institute listed there.
|
|
| 5. Will students of Chetna Nursing
School get same recognition as students of Wockhardt Institute
of Nursing? |
Yes. Students of both institutes are
treated equally by Wockhardt group. In fact if you are studying
at Chetna Nursing School, you can think yourself as the
student belonging to the same group but at a different campus.
Whatever you are reading on this site relating to admission
criteria, student scholarship, hostel facilities, library,
clinical facilities, transportation, teaching methodology,
teachers etc are equally applicable to Chetna Nursing School
and its students. |
|
| 6. How do I contact Wockhardt Institute
of Nursing? |
If you want to speak to the principal then use
the following telephone numbers given here.
080-41663756
080-41725104
Otherwise e-mail your queries at info@wockhardtnursingeducation.com
We will get back to you within 24 hours. |
|
| 7. What are the admission criteria
for B.Sc (nursing) at Wockhardt Institute of Nursing? |
You need to have a minimum of 50% marks
in PU/PDC/+2 Science in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and
English subjects. Due to heavy demand for this course the
seats are filled up on a first come first served basis.
However, the higher is your percentage the better is your
chance to get admission into Wockhardt Institute of Nursing.
Under certain circumstances Wockhardt Institute
of Nursing may conduct personal interview of candidates
before permitting admissions. |
|
| 8. Is there any scholarship for meritorious
students? |
Wockhardt Institute of Nursing encourages
merit and helps meritorious students with scholarship to
pursue their B.Sc nursing course. The scholarship is given
by way of concession in tuition fees. Amount of scholarship
depends upon the percentage of marks secured in qualifying
examination and the motivation to pursue the course. Exact
details on scholarship will be discussed by our expert course
advisor individually with the student during the admission.
|
|
| 9. Is there any seat reservation for
students? |
| Seat reservations are as per the government rules. Presently
20% of total seats ie 10 seats are reserved for candidates
selected by the government. |
|
| 10. Why choose Bangalore when many
nursing colleges are available in my town? |
First, unless your town
is comparable to Bangalore, it is difficult to say that
job opportunities in your town are at par with Bangalore.
This is a reason why you should spend time studying at Bangalore
and knowing the place and its health care providers.
Second, here you will get a chance to meet and interact
with people from different walks of life. This will help
you to broaden your outlook, improve your communication
skills and increase your confidence. All these traits will
be of great help to you in your nursing profession. Your
home town may not give you this environment or these advantages.
|
|
11. I am from
outside Bangalore. I want to take admission at your institute.
Do you help me in getting a hostel accommodation? What will
be the cost of food and staying in the hostel? |
Many students studying at Wockhardt
Institute of Nursing are from outside Bangalore. The institute
assists each of them in getting a suitable hostel accommodation
in a nearby area. Boys and girls stay in separate hostels.
Hostels are secured and hygienically maintained. Variety
of south Indian foods is served and one is likely to find
food of his/her choice. Cost of food is kept reasonable
by the hostel operators. For the academic session 2007-2008,
the cost of staying at a hostel was Rs.2,500/-. This figure
is likely to change every year as the cost of operation
is increasing. Please take this figure as an indication
of your likely expenses for staying in a hostel. |
|
12.
Do you cover the syllabus in time? |
Yes. At Wockhardt
Institute of Nursing academics are taken very seriously.
Teachers are advised to stick to the class schedules and
course plan. Students are encouraged to be regular at classes.
All these help us to complete the course in time for the
University Examination. |
|
| 13. Do you analyse
the performance of students? Do you help weaker students? |
Yes. At Wockhardt
Institute of Nursing we understand that some students are
sharp but others can be made sharp. This belief has lead
us to develop our mentoring system at the Institute. Our
students are permitted to meet their teacher to discuss
their doubts. Performance feedback to our students is given
periodically and in most encouraging manner. The results
are visible, students are enjoying their lectures, class
attendance is at peak and overall performances of the batches
have improved. |
|
| 14. In a field dominated
by females can male candidates make it a success in nursing? |
Nursing is no longer
the bastion of lady nurses. In last five years the scene
has changed and now more and more male candidates are opting
for a nursing career and are being successful at it also.
Female nurses are exclusively needed in labour room and
maternity ward. Except these areas perhaps male nurses are
needed everywhere else. Especially in psychiatry (where
there is a potential of facing a violent patient) and emergency
(where speed and a lot of physical stamina is needed) areas
health care industry needs male nurses. The male to female
ratio of nursing students has reached 1:3 in some schools/colleges
and steadily increasing as of now. |
|
| 15. I have not succeeded
in medical entrance tests. Can I opt for nursing? |
Perhaps the next best
alternative to opt for is nursing. Though both fields are
different they have some similarity and your background
in biology and chemistry subjects will be of immense help
to you. If you consider other facts you will see that nursing
has some advantages loaded in its favour. It takes only
four years to complete a degree course in nursing. Compare
this time duration with the duration to do a specialized
course in medicine which is at least twice as much. Secondly
to complete this course it does not cost you as much as
the medicine course. By joining a course in nursing therefore,
you can pursue a worthwhile career and start earning as
early as when you are only 21 years old. You save time and
money and enjoy a good career by opting for nursing. |
|
| 16. What does a nurse
do? Is the job profile really good? |
To give you an over
view nurses work to promote health, prevent disease, and
help patients cope with illness. They are advocates and
health educators for patients, families, and communities.
When providing direct patient care, they observe, assess,
and record symptoms, reactions, and progress; assist physicians
during treatments and examinations; administer medications;
and assist in convalescence and rehabilitation. Nurses also
develop and manage nursing care plans; instruct patients
and their families in proper care; and help individuals
and groups take steps to improve or maintain their health.
As you know now nursing is a very diverse
job. Not all nurses do all these works mentioned above at
a time. Job profile varies according to the place of work.
Also job profile changes with seniority. Senior nurses are
assigned jobs that demand more administrative or managerial
skills like recommending nurses for promotions or evaluating
success of a new training program. A junior nurse is usually
assigned with direct patient care.
If you have not understood how a work setting
(place) does affect the nature of job here is an example.
Nurses at hospitals (place of work) provide bedside nursing
care to patients like recording symptoms, reactions and
progress in treatments and help patient to recover from
illness. Public health nurses work in government and private
agencies, schools, retirement communities (noticed change
of work place?). They work with community leaders, teachers,
parents and physicians and instruct individuals, families
and communities in health education, disease prevention,
nutrition and child care. Instead of administering care
to the individual, their mission is to enhance the overall
health of the community at large. Here nurses play a role
more of an educator or “a change harbinger”
than a nurse as a care giver.
|
|
| 17. What characteristics
a nurse should have? |
A nurse needs discipline,
patience, responsibility, punctuality, commitment and dedication
to succeed in the profession. The job requires a lot of
hard work, stamina, alertness of mind, adaptability to follow
difficult time schedules, ability to think in crisis, good
team spirit etc. Apart from possessing these qualities,
the persons willing to take up this as profession, should
be calm, pleasant, compassionate, understanding and should
have the instinct to help and serve the needy people without
getting sentimentally attached. |
|
| 18. What are the
career opportunities for me in nursing? |
Do you know that more
than 60% of vacancies advertised in health care sector are
for nursing? By any count this is a large percentage and
indicates the number of opportunities available for nurses.
As per World Health Organisation norms there is a shortage
of 2.8 million qualified nurses in India. (TOI, March 17,
2008) There is a huge gap between number of nurses that
educational sectors can produce and what health care sector
demands.
Not only numbers of opportunities are high, the pay and
growth opportunities are also good. Several factors decide
the pay structure- qualification, specialization, experience
and the place of work. A graduate nurse with right attitude
and aptitude can start with a salary package between Rs.8,000
to Rs.12,000 per month. Trained Nurses’ Association
of India, a group protecting the interest of registered
nurses, is lobbying with the Government to provide a salary
structure to nurses at par with some other government officials.
With this happening you can expect further hike in salary.
Shortage of qualified nurses has lead to
competition among the employing institutions to attract
them. As a result nurses are not only getting better pay
packets. Employers are ensuring better working condition
and opportunity for on job advanced training to retain and
attract them. These facts have made nursing profession more
attractive.
A compassionate, willing to learn and hard working person
is best suited for this kind of job and if you have these
traits then you will enjoy and progress in this profession.
|
|
| 19. Is it true that
nursing candidates are in heavy demand abroad? Can I go abroad
after completing B.Sc(nursing) with Wockhardt Institute of
Nursing? |
It is true that nurses
from India are in demand abroad, especially in the US, the
UK, Canada and other European countries. With shortage of
nurses in these countries becoming acute over time this
demand is likely to increase further. Depending upon qualification
and work experience the salary for registered nurses ranges
between US$ 46,000- US$57,000 per annum. The best part is
that nurses from India are eligible for Green Card and enjoy
same perks as their counterparts.
Nurses are willing to migrate to these
countries because of the money, the quality of life and
for the training opportunities to stay ahead in their profession.
Health care industry of these countries prefer Indian nurses
over others for their English speaking ability, skills and
dedication to work and adaptability to new environment.
It is a win-win situation for both.
First you need to be a registered nurse
in India before you can go abroad. You also need to pass
other examinations like CGFNS, NCLEX-RN and IELTS. There
are several institutes who exclusively recruit nurses for
US hospitals. They assist and provide complete details to
nurses interested in migrating to US/abroad.
|
|
20.
Why should I select Wockhardt Institute of Nursing for my
study? Or How is Wockhard Institute of Nursing different
from (better than) several others? |
Every student wants to join the best institute
in the field. But very few institutes make conscious efforts
to emerge as students’ “preferred choice”.
You will find Wockhardt Institute of Nursing an exception
to this. It works constantly to provide the best services
to its students so that they are proud of their alma mater
while leading a successful professional career. As a student
of this Institute you can talk of following advantages which
your friends can only envy. Consider the few points mentioned
below:
- Students of this institute have a unique opportunity
to gain practical experience in Wockhardt’s very
own multi specialty hospitals at Bangalore. Not all nursing
institutes can provide you such facilities.
- Wockhardt hospitals need hundreds of well trained nurses
and they are looking at Wockhardt Institute of Nursing
as a reliable source to recruit from. Today you are a
nursing student in this institute, tomorrow you can be
a successful nurse at one of these world class hospitals.
- The Institute is professionally managed. Professionals
from different fields like hospitals, academics and management
are contributing their expertise to benefit students.
- The Institute has invested in creating excellent physical
facilities like class rooms, library, laboratories, separate
hostels for boys and girls, transportation and keeps investing
to improve them further.
- The Institute encourages presentation by students, seminar
participation, and soft skills training so that students
are not only technically qualified but also trained to
accept leadership positions in health care industry.
|