Section 5 in Indian Nursing Council (Diploma in Public Health Nursing) Regulations, 2020
5. CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK
The Diploma in Public Health Nursing (DPHN ) is a one year training program and its curriculum is conceptualized encompassing foundational short courses and major specialty courses for public health nursing and management.The foundations to public health nursing such as applied microbiology and pathology, Nutrition and food safety, Information, Education and Communication including individual and family education and counselling and the major specialty courses are organized under Community Health Nursing -I & Community Health Nursing -II.Community Health Nursing -1 comprises of introduction to community health nursing , organization of public health care delivery system , Comprehensive primary health care services , Epidemiology , Health Information Management System (HIMS ) and National Health programs.Community Health Nursing -II comprises of Reproductive Child Health including Adolescent health (RMNCH + A ), Population dynamics and control , Specialized role of public health nurses : Geriatric Health care, Palliative care , Oncology nursing , Rehabilitation nursing , School health nursing , Occupational health nursing ,Quality Assurance in Community health nursing practice , Emergency and disaster management , Community health nursing administration : Management and supervision , leadership and resource management are the short courses that aim to provide the trainees with the knowledge , attitude and competencies essential to function as accountable , safe and competent public health nurses .
