The Bihar government has granted permission to 17 nursing institutes to start Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery (ANM), General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and B.Sc Nursing courses as per the guidelines issued by the Indian Nursing Council (INC). A notification in this regard was issued by the State Health Department on February 16.
As per the notification, there will be a total of 1,020 seats (60 each) in all the 17 nursing institutes. The ANM is a two-year diploma and GNM is a three-year one (including a six-month internship). The Bachelor of Science in Nursing or (B.Sc Nursing) is a four-year undergraduate degree programme.
