BRMS or NURSE PRACTIONER

Hi friends,
Government of India (GOI) is planning to start Bachelor of rural medicine and surgery, a 4 years course to serve in the rural india. they will be working at primary health centres and villages to meet the mismatch between population and doctors/professional distribution in a view to strengthen the rural health delivery system.
Its nice to hear that GOI is more concern towards the rural population which covers the 75% of total population. the strategy which they are planning is like "TRAINING THE SWAN TO CLIMB". There are already 9.9 lack registered in India. In present scenario there are huge number of nursing graduates and post graduates prepared for the 4 year and 2 years respectively. Why cant they utilize them instead of wasting national resources (money,man and time) by starting a new brand of health professional course.

NURSES COMPETENCIES

• 4 years of syllabus with maximum clinical hours with humanities (sociology, psychology), science (anatomy, physiology,medicine, surgery, pharmacology, microbiology...)
• 1st years with basic fundamentals of nursing
• 2nd years practicals in medicine, surgery,OT... with community postings
• 3 year B.Sc are having OBG practicals even psychiatry practical
• 4th years have community and OBG practicals
• a clinical research project is also mandatory
  
• well trained enthusiastic unemployed youth
• postgraduates with different specialty :- Community health, OBG, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Oncology, neurology... where maximum hours are allotted for practicals.

DRAWBACKS OF BRMS

1. Will the Rural Dr without experience be competent enough to serve the rural people ???
   
2. Wastage of national resource (money, material and time): To start the course need to have a curriculum, faculty, infrastructure...
3. What about their future: Do they get any promotion if so how....

Impact of BRMS on NURSING

• Loss of nurses identity (as B.Sc nursing course period is equivalent to the course period of BRMS).
• What will be the future of the post graduate course and their course preparation as independent practitioner.
• Threat to the job placements of the rural nurses.
• A challenge to the nurses competency.
  

Nurses u need to stimulate/initiate this event to all ur colleagues and fight for our empowerment.

Planned strategy to show our readiness:- "LETTER CAMPAIGN" EACH REGISTERED NURSE WILL WRITE A LETTER ON THE SAME DAY WITH SAME MATTER TO INC, TNAI, NURSING ADVISOR TO GOI AND HEALTH MINISTER OF STATE AND CENTRAL.

BRMS- DANGEROUS TREATMENT FOR A AILING RURAL HEALTH

"let us stand up to sustain"

JAI HIND
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