Educational: A large number of institutes in India offer diploma, graduate and postgraduate courses in nursing as well as midwifery courses. 

B.Sc Nursing

Eligibility: 10+2 with Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Duration: 3 to 4 years

B.Sc nursing course provide basic knowledge about nursing, first-aid and midwifery. They are trained in all the theoretical as well as practical aspects of nursing. 

M.Sc Nursing

Eligibility: B.Sc Nursing
Duration: 2 years

General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM) 

Eligibility: 10+2 with Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Duration: 3 1/2 years

GNM programme is to prepare general nurses who function as members of the health team, to hold first-level positions in both the hospitals and other such places. 

Auxiliary Nurse Midwife/ Health Worker (ANM)

Eligibility: 10th 
Duration: 18 months

ANM course provide training as to how to take care of health related needs of the people living in rural areas especially children, mothers and old persons. 

Personal attributes: The nursing profession calls for tremendous patience, responsibility and dedication. The job requires alertness of mind, team spirit, tact, compassion etc. One should also be physically fit, in peak health for the job involves a lot of hard work. They should have the instinct to help and serve the patient without getting sentimentally attached. Apart from all these one must have a pleasant smiling face whatever be the situation.