Registered Nurse (NNLE) case studies
Registered Nurse (NNLE) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Nepal Nursing Council (NNC) is the regulatory body established under the Nepal Nursing Council Act 2052 (1996), which came into force on 2053-03-02 (16 June 1996). It sits at Bansbari, Kathmandu, and describes its services as "New Registration / Licensing Exam," "Licence Renewal," and "Institution Inspection." For a candidate, the credential that matters is entry on the NNC register and the licence that follows: the Council's published registration status shows 88,583 Registered Nurses, 37,625 ANMs, 264 BMS, 2,090 Specialists and 858 Foreign Nurse/Midwife registrants, a total of 129,420. The Registered Nurse (NNLE) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,395 words.
1The Pending Registration on a Surgical Ward
Sunita returned to Nepal eight months ago after completing a three-year BSc Nursing programme in Bengaluru. She submitted her documents to the Nepal Nursing Council (NNC) for equivalence and registration, but her file is still pending; she has a receipt letter and no registration number.
673 words, about 3 min2Postpartum Haemorrhage at a Road-Isolated Health Post
At a health post in Sindhupalchok, a 24-year-old woman delivered a live boy 90 minutes ago. The placenta is complete.
694 words, about 3 min3The Nursing Assistant Asked to Give Insulin
In a 150-bed hospital in Birgunj, the medical superintendent instructs that, because of a nursing shortage during a dengue surge, nursing assistants with three months' in-service training and no NNC registration will give IV ceftriaxone and subcutaneous insulin on the medical ward. The nursing in-charge, Pratima, objects.
655 words, about 3 min4MDR-TB, Confidentiality, and a Pregnant Wife
Bikash, 38, is diagnosed with sputum-positive multidrug-resistant TB at a DOTS centre in Morang. He works on the finishing floor of a crowded carpet factory and lives with his wife and two children in two rented rooms.
679 words, about 3 min5Seventy-Two Hours of Cover in Jumla
At a 15-bed birthing centre in Jumla, continuous rain has blocked the road. Two of the five nurses are stranded and a third has gone to the district hospital for supplies.
694 words, about 3 min