Female Multipurpose Health Worker - FMPHW

Courses

Introduction

FMPHW stands for Female Multipurpose Health Worker. This is the first and foremost step in nursing profession. Nursing just does not mean serving an individual patient, it has much role to play, for eg: Health training, teaching, supervision and administration of hospital and promotion of health programmes in community.

Aptitude for Nursing :

The most important quality one needs to possess, in order to go in for a Career in Nursing, is the ability to establish a rapport with patients and respect them. One should be able to understand situations and tackle them effectively.

As a Nurse, one helps patients to fight off diseases and illnesses. Hence, qualities like patience, perseverance, responsibility and punctuality are required for one who is inclined to follow the profession of Nursing.

Organizational Skills, adaptability and the ability to make observations and to arrive at decisions rapidly are qualities, which are needed to be cultivated in order to be successful in this profession.

Nursing also requires the qualities of team spirit and alertness of mind in order to tackle emergency situations. A high level of physical fitness is a must since the job involves a lot of hard work.

When great medical feats are performed, it is the factors who walk away with all the credit. When patients are cured of life - threatening diseases, it is the doctors who get all the limelight.

But But no great medical feat can be achieved, not can patients be cured of diseases without the services of a Nurse.

Nurses comprise that part of the medical community who rarely come to limelight for doing their work. But the contribution of Nurses to the sick and the infirm people is no less than that of doctors. It is It is the Nurses who render the caring hand and the warm beart to patients, in order to help them get rid of their illnesses. The profession is a noble one and one who becomes a Nurse gets into the footsteps of Florence Nightingale.

The prospect of good money is also assured as the demand for trained Nurses is on the rise. The profession of Nursing involves taking care of Nursing involves taking care of the sick and the infirm people.

A Nurse is one who apart from taking care of ill and convalescing people also assists and aids doctors, during examinations and operations on patients.

A Nurse is responsible for the post - operative care of a patient, in administering medicines and giving basic services.

A nurse also takes care of the hospital records and medical equipment. Nursing is one of the few careers that is dominated by women.

Nursing has a very few takers earlier, mostly because of a lack of proper appreciation of the career of Nursing and also due to reinforcement of the stereotyped image of the servile and inferior position of the Nurse in movies and television.

Though there is great disparity in the pay, position and benefits between the doctors and nurses, they are the cogs in the same medical wheel.

Initially, Nurses are given the task of the bedside care of patients. As one gains seniority, one specializes in the management of patients in a particular section like Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Cardiology, etc., One requires specialized skills to work in these sections.

Job Opportunities

FMPHW course is one of the best choices for a job oriented course. After successful completion of course, student can be exposed to wide variety of jobs. The following are some of the jobs where as FMPHW can comfortably apply & be placed as per the selection policy of Government.

• Primary Health Centres (P.H.Cs)
• Govt. Hospitals
• Multi-speciality and Super-Speciality hospitals
• Old age homes and Clinics

If an FMPHW. student wants to pursue higher education  , she can go for G.N.M. (General Nursing and Midwifery) , B.Sc. (Nsg) and M.Sc. (Nsg.)

Eligibility

Female candidates who have passed X class (S.S.E)/ N.O.S. are eligible. Candidates studying / discontinued 10 + 2 / Intermediate / equivalent are also eligible.

Age limit

Students should not be more than 35 years of age as on 1st JANUARY of year of admission.

Course programme

Duration of course is 1 ½ years (18 Months) Which includes 12 months-Class room study and internal practical during first year. The second year includes class room study, internal lab practical and hospital trainings.

Documents to be produced at the time of admission

• S.S.E (X class) Marks Memo
• Transfer Certificate
• Migration Certificate
• Date of birth proof certificate
• Caste certificate( for S.T, S.C & B.C. C students)
• Income certificate

Documents to be attached with the admission form:

• 07 xerox copies of each of the following testimonials
• 10 +2 marks sheet , Date of Birth certificate , state subject ,caste certificate if any , income certificate.
• Three self addressed postal envelopes worth ten rupees stamp affixed.
• Ten latest passport size photographs ,dully paste two on admission form & eight to be pinned with the form.

Fee Structure

• First Installment: Rs 20,000/ (At the time of Admission.)
• Second Installment: Rs 15,000/ 
• Third installment: Rs 15,000/ 
• Fourth installment: Rs 10,000/ 
• Clinic Charges: Rs 5000/
• Total Rs 60,000 /

Note: The delay in the payments should be charged by the late fee of 10% of the balance of that time if exceeded by one week and after that a stern action should be taken as per the norms of the college which may even expel the student from the on rolls.