About Us

Indian Center for Advance - ment of Research and Education, Haldia (ICARE) set up in 1995, is a non-profit making voluntary organization.

Address: ICARE Complex, HIT Campus, P.O.-Hatiberia, Haldia

Course Details

Diploma in General Nursing & Midwifery [GNM]

Diploma in General Nursing & Midwifery [GNM].

Duration : Three (3) years GNM training course including six month internship. This three year course will include:

  • Bio Sciences ( Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology)
  • Behavioral Sciences ( Psychology, Sociology)
  • Nursing Foundations ( Fundamentals of Nursing, First aid)
  • Community Health Nursing ( CHN-I, Environmental Hygiene, Health Education & Communication Skills, Nutrition)
  • English
  • Co-curricular activities
  • Medical Surgical Nursing-I
  • Medical Surgical Nursing – II
  • Mental Health Nursing
  • Child Health Nursing
  • Midwifery & Gynaecological Nursing
  • Community Health Nursing-II
  • Computer Education

Career in GNM Nursing

Trained Nurses help people in every walk of life. Mostly we see Nurses working in Hospital setting giving care to ill patients. However, from world wide experience, it is seen that in nursing, career can take many forms apart from working in a hospital that includes work in doctor's chambers, clinics, schools, prisons, corporate houses, insurance companies, home nursing and counselling amongst others. Nurses help individuals from before birth to the time of death, and even help family members cope with the loss of a loved one after death.

Nurses are there for almost every imaginable situation involving the health&r illness of a person. After completion of a Diploma level programme, a competent student may pursue graduate, post graduate and doctorate level courses in a variety of clinical and social disciplines.