Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence".
Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians, therapists, patients, patients' families, and other team members that focuses on treating illness to improve quality of life.
A Candidate seeking Admission should have passed 10+2/PUC/PDC Examination or equivalent as recognised by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, with science subjects, Viz., Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English with aggregate of 45% of marks, 40% in case of SC/ST candidates.