India is all set to unveil its first integrated Ayurveda nursing degree as an add-on to Allopathy or conventional nursing programme in an effort to offer the best of integrated medicine benefits to patients. Offered to nurses trained in Allopathy, the Ayurveda component will be a year-long add-on training capsule with specific subjects and hands-on training.
The proposal, which is in the last phase of its approval with the Nursing Council of India, is expected to become a reality by this year-end.
The syllabus has been created by the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), the apex tertiary care centre for Ayurveda in the country, said AIIA director Prof. Tanuja Nesari, who added that this will be “a first of its kind programme which will be a breakthrough in integrative health care.’’
