End Semester College Exam End

semester University exam for each

course.

Evaluation
Internal assessment for theory and
practical is based on
CIA = Continuous assessment
and sessional exams 1
First year -2
semesters

Mandatory Modules
1st Sem: *First Aid as part of Nursing Foundation I Cours
2nd Sem: *Health Assessment as part of Nursing Foundation II Cours
 Evaluation- Internals
Internal theory Internal Internal practical Sessional exam Total internal
Continuous Sessional exam theory Continuous assessment Practical (15) practical
assessment (10) theory(15) total (25) (10)

Attendance MCQ Attendance OSCE

Assignment Essay Assignment DOP

Presentation Short Clinical performance

Group activity Very short OSCE

Clinical requirement
 I. CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT (10marks) THEORY

Items Marks Percentage Remarks

Attendance 2 95- 100 – 2marks -

90 – 94 – 1.5marks
Internal 85 – 89 – 1.0 marks
Assessment 80 – 84 – 0.5 marks
Guidelines <80 – 0

- Theory Assignment 10 Written- 2 / subject

Presentation 12 Seminar,
microteaching,
individual
presentation 2 /
subject

Group activity 6 Project report

Total 30 30/3 = 10
Mandatory module – 10 marks, added to 30 totaling 40 Total = 40/4 = 10 marks 4
 II.SESSIONAL EXAMINATION - Theory (15 marks)

Two sessional examination per course –

Examination Pattern For one hour

Type of question No of question Marks

MCQ 4 4 x1 = 4
Essay 1 1x10 = 10
Short Notes 2 2x5 = 10

Very short Answer 3 3x2 = 6

Total 30 (30x2 = 60/4 = 15)

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 Internal Assessment Guidelines - Practical
I. CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT (10 marks)
S.No Items Marks Percentage Remarks
1. Attendance 2 95- 100 – 2marks -
90 – 94 – 1.5marks
85 – 89 – 1.0 marks
80 – 84 – 0.5 marks
<80 – 0
2. Assignment 10 Clinical presentation– 3, Written
drug presentation report
– 2, case study report – 5
3. Clinical 10 Continuous evaluation of
performance clinical performance
4. OSCE 5 End of the posting
5. Clinical 3 Completion of procedures
requirements and clinical requirements

Total 30 INC syllabus

Revised 30/3 =for
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 Assignment (10)

• Clinical presentation– 3
• History collection presentation =2

• drug presentation report – 2 ( OPD Report , CSSD report , Blood bank ,

drugs dosages calculations )

• case study report – 5

 Continuous clinical performance evaluation(10)

• Daily dairy by Faculty

• Anecdotal Notes

• Critical Incident record

• Clinical performance evaluation proformas ( 5 point or

7 point scales )
• Performance assessment check list
Example : 5 point scale ---- 25 items of observation = 125 marks ;
Student obtained score
• 5 observations X 5=25 Score
• 4 X18 observations =72 score
• 3X 2 observations =6 score 2X 1 observation ;there fore total obtained
score = 25+72+6+2=105/125, i.e 84% , 8.4/10 marks
Clinical requirements (3)
NURSING FOUNDATION I & II
• History Taking – 2
• Physical Examination –2
• Fall risk assessment – 2 ( Morse risk fall asseeement scale)
• Pressure Sore Assessment –2 ( Braden scale/ Norton Scale )
• Nursing Process –2
• Completion of first aid module
• Completion of Health assessment module
Log book =clinical competencies accomplishment

• Maximum of 30% of all skills/procedures can be performed by

students in skill lab/simulation lab for all clinical nursing Courses

• Community Health Nursing and Mental Health Nursing in which the

percentage allowed is only 10% *

• Students are expected to perform the listed skills/competencies many

times until they reach level 3 competency, after which the preceptor
signs against each competency.
Three levels of competency

• Level 3 competency : competency without supervision

• Level 2 Competency : competency with supervision

• Level 1 competency : not able to perform that competency/skill even

with supervision
 II.SESSIONAL EXAMINATION -
Practical (15 marks)
Exam pattern Duration Marks
OSCE 2 – 3 hrs 10

DOP (Directly observed practical 4 – 5 hrs 20

examination in the clinical setting)

Total 30 /2 = 15

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Semester Plan --
FIRST 7 SEMESTERS
• Total Weeks per Semester: 26 weeks per semester
• Number of Weeks per Semester for instruction: 20 weeks (40 hours per
week × 20 weeks = 800 hours)
• Number of Working Days: Minimum of 100 working days (5 days per week
× 20 weeks)
• Vacation, Holidays, Examination and Preparatory Holidays: 6 weeks
Vacation: 3 weeks Holidays: 1 week
• Examination and Preparatory Holidays: 2 weeks
Scheme of Examinations I Year- 1stsemester
End Semester Grand
Examination Total
Cours College University a+b/
Course CIA (a)
e No. Exam a+c/a+ d
Titles Theory Practi
(b) (c) cal (d)
CIA (T) CIA (P) ESC EST ESP
1 Communicative 25 25 *50
English
2 Applied Anatomy & 25 75 100
Applied Physiology
3 Applied Sociology 25 75 100
& Applied
Psychology
Year – I Semester - 1 75 25 150 0 250

Nursing Foundation Theory IA in 1st semester will be added to Nursing Foundation II

Theory IA in the 2nd semester and average of the two semesters will be taken. 15
Scheme of Examinations I Year- 2 nd Semester
End Semester Grand
Examination Total
Cours College University a+b/
Course Titles CIA Internal
e No. Exam a+c/a+ d
Theory Practi
(b) (c) cal (d)
CIA (T) CIA (P) ESC EST ESP
1 Applied Biochemistry and 25 - 75 100
Applied Nutrition &
Dietetics
2 Nursing Foundation (I & 25 50 - 50 100
II) I Sem-25 I Sem-25
& II Sem- & II Sem-
25 (with 25
average of
both)
3 Health/Nursing 25 25 50
Informatics & Technology
16

Year – I Semester - 1 75 25 150 0 250

Exam rules
• Applied Anatomy and Applied Physiology:

• Section-A Applied Anatomy of 37 marks

• Section-B Applied Physiology of 38 marks.

• Applied Sociology and Applied Psychology:

• Section-A Applied Sociology of 37 marks

• Section-B Applied Psychology of 38 marks.

•
Applied Microbiology and Infection Control including Safety:
• Section-A Applied Microbiology of 37 marks

• Section-B Infection Control including Safety of 38 marks.

Applied Biochemistry & Applied Nutrition and Dietetics and :

• Section-A Applied Nutrition and Dietetics of 50 marks

• Section-B Biochemistry of 25 marks.

PASS PERCENTAGE

• Minimum pass marks shall be 50% in each of the Theory and practical
papers separately except in English(40%)….12.5/25 for 50%, 10/25for 40%

• The student has to pass in all mandatory modules placed within courses
and the pass mark for each module is 50% (C Grade).

• The allotted percentage of marks will be included in the internal

assessment of College/University Examination
College level exam (50% pass percentage)

• Health/Nursing Informatics and Technology- college level ( 50% pass)

• Professionalism, professional values and Ethic including Ethics

• Introduction to Forensic Nursing & Indian Laws

• Communicative English (40%)

Subjects with 40 % Pass Percentage

• Communicative English and each elective

• All electives are to be completed on the same semester

• Marks are to be sent to the university

• A candidate has to pass in theory and practical exam separately in each of
the paper.

• If a candidate fails in either theory or practical, he/she has to re-appear for

both the papers (Theory and Practical)

• If the student has failed in only one subject and has passed in all the other
subjects of a particular semester , Grace marks of up to 5 marks to theory
marks can be added for one course/subject only, provided that by such an
addition the student passes the semester examination
The candidate shall appear for exams in each semester:

• i. The candidate shall have cleared all the previous examinations before
appearing for fifth semester examination. However, the candidates shall be
permitted to attend the consecutive semesters.

• ii. The candidate shall have cleared all the previous examinations before
appearing for seventh semester examination. However, the candidates shall be
permitted to attend the consecutive semesters.

• iii. The candidate shall have cleared all the previous examination before
appearing for final year examination.

• iv. The maximum period to complete the course successfully should not exceed 8
years
• The candidate has to pass separately in internal and external examination
(shall be reflected in the marks sheet).
• No institution shall submit average internal marks of the students not more
than 75% (i.e. if 40 students are admitted in a course the average score of
the 40 students shall not exceed 75% of total internal marks).if 5 subjects ,
total students 50 , total max marks =6250 and for 75 =4687.5
• Maximum number of candidates for practical examination should not
exceed 20 per day. Particular year and of same institution batch shall be
examined by the same set of examiners.
• All practical examinations must be held in the respective clinical areas
• One internal and one external examiner should jointly conduct
practical examination for each student.

• An examiner for theory and practical/OSCE examination should be an

Assistant Professor or above in a College of Nursing with M.Sc.
(Nursing) in concerned subject and minimum 3 years of teaching
experience.

• To be an examiner for Nursing Foundations course, the faculty having

M.Sc. (Nursing) with any specialty shall be considered
• Communicative English and Elective modules marks are not included
for SGPA

• Student has to pass in all mandatory modules placed within the

course and the pass mark for each module is 50 %
 Scheme of Examinations
Schema for type of elective course Assessment
Pattern Marks
Test paper 30
(objective test, short answers, case scenario and questions)
Assignments 10
Assessment of skills and Attendance 10
Total 50
Theory Question Paper Pattern for University Examination
Pattern I II III IV V
Marks 75 37+38=75 25+50=75 38+25+12=75 55+20=75
Subjects All  Applied Anatomy & Applied Pharmacology, Research
subjects Applied Physiology Biochemistry & Pathology and and
(EXCEPT  Applied Sociology & Nutrition & Genetics Statistics
Dietetics
those Applied Psychology
subjects in  Applied Microbiology &
Pattern II Infection Control
– V) including Safety

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UNIVERSITY THEORY QUESTION PAPER PATTERN (For 75
marks)
Section A (37 marks)
• MCQ – 6 × 1 = 6
• Essay – 1 × 10 = 10
• Short – 3 × 5 = 15
• Very Short – 3 × 2 = 6
Section B (38 marks)
• MCQ – 7 × 1 = 7
• Essay – 1 × 10 = 10
• Short – 3 × 5 = 15
• Very Short – 3 × 2 = 6
Applied Biochemistry & Nutrition & Dietetics: Applied Biochemistry –
Section A and Applied Nutrition & Dietetics – Section B
Section A (25 marks)
• MCQ – 4 × 1 = 4

• Short – 3 × 5 = 15

• Very Short – 3 × 2 = 6

Section B (50 marks)

• MCQ – 8 × 1 = 8

• Essay/situation type – 1 × 10 = 10

• Short – 4 × 5 = 20

• Very Short – 6 × 2 = 12
Marks 75 (For all other university exams with 75 marks)
• MCQ – 12 × 1 = 12
• Essay/situation type – 2 × 15 = 30
• Short – 5 × 5 = 25
• Very Short – 4 × 2 = 8
College Exam (End of Semester) – 50 marks

• MCQ – 8 × 1 = 8

• Essay/situation type – 1 × 10 = 10

• Short – 4 × 5 = 20

• Very Short – 6 × 2 = 12
UNIVERSITY PRACTICAL EXAMINATION – 50 marks

• OSCE – 15 marks
• DOP – 35 marks
Continuous evaluation

• English- writing skills

• Other subjects of Sem 1 and 2 =exam based

• Sociology-field Visit Report

• Microbiology-quiz, OSCE, written assignment –Recent AMR

(Antimicrobial resistance) guidelines, Experiential learning

DOP (35 marks )
• student-centered evaluation
• DOPS provides the opportunity to learn, monitor, and respond
• normally evaluates learners' performance as they encounter
patients for 15–20 min.
• 5–10 min is also allocated to giving feedback to learners
• Assessment of clinical skills using Proformas
• Clinical based exam