AIIMS NORCET study plan
AIIMS NORCET · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Nursing Foundation and Basic Sciences
Map the Nursing Foundation syllabus into anatomy, physiology, microbiology, nutrition, and fundamentals-of-nursing blocks, then rank each block by your current confidence
Build a one-page recall sheet linking cell organelles, tissue types, and organ-system structure to the nursing assessments that detect their failure
Practice 40 fundamentals-of-nursing items on vital signs, asepsis, positioning, and documentation, and log every error with its cause
Draft a spaced-repetition deck of 100 cards covering anatomical terminology and normal physiological values used at the bedside
Your checkpoint
A dated 100-card deck plus an error log of 40 practised items, each error tagged to a syllabus block
Nursing Foundation and Basic Sciences
Explain the physiology of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance and apply it to reading arterial blood gas values step by step
Demonstrate the sequence of standard nursing procedures - hand hygiene, sterile gloving, wound dressing, urinary catheterisation, and oxygen administration - by writing each as an ordered checklist from memory
Solve 30 calculation items on drug dosage, intravenous drip rate, and intake-output recording within a timed 30-minute set
Summarise the chain of infection and the specific precautions for contact, droplet, and airborne transmission in a comparison table you can redraw
Your checkpoint
A timed 30-item calculation set scored at 80 percent or above, with worked corrections for every miss
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Organise Medical-Surgical content by body system and identify the three highest-yield presentations in each system for nursing action
Write prioritised nursing care plans for myocardial infarction, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and acute kidney injury using a standard three-column format
Interpret common diagnostic findings - electrocardiogram rhythms, chest radiograph descriptions, serum electrolytes, and liver function values - and state the nursing implication of each
Rehearse perioperative nursing responsibilities across pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative phases, including anaesthesia recovery monitoring
Your checkpoint
Four completed system-based care plans with prioritised interventions and rationales, self-marked against a standard nursing textbook
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Differentiate medical and surgical management of diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, and adrenal disorders, and list the monitoring each demands
Apply the nursing process to oncology care, covering chemotherapy safety, extravasation response, and neutropenic precautions
Practise 60 mixed Medical-Surgical items under exam timing and classify each error as knowledge gap, misreading, or reasoning error
Compile a rapid-revision sheet of emergency protocols for shock, burns, poisoning, and trauma triage
Your checkpoint
A 60-item mixed mock scored and fully reviewed, with an error-type breakdown showing fewer reasoning errors than knowledge gaps
Community Health Nursing
Break Community Health Nursing into epidemiology, national health programmes, maternal and child health services, and environmental health, then rank them by exam frequency
Compute incidence, prevalence, mortality, and morbidity rates from raw population figures and interpret each result in a community context
Compare national immunisation schedule, family welfare methods, and disease-control programmes in a single reference table with ages, doses, and eligibility
Explain the roles of sub-centre, primary health centre, and community health centre staff and the referral pathway between them
Your checkpoint
A one-page epidemiology formula sheet with five solved rate-calculation examples and a completed immunisation comparison table
Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing & Paediatric Nursing
Sequence antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal assessment steps and identify the deviation from normal at each stage
Chart the stages of labour with expected findings, then list the warning signs of obstructed labour, postpartum haemorrhage, and pre-eclampsia with immediate nursing actions
Compare normal growth and developmental milestones by age band and flag the red-flag delays that require referral
Apply paediatric nursing priorities to dehydration, respiratory distress, febrile illness, and neonatal jaundice, including weight-based fluid and drug calculations
Your checkpoint
A combined obstetric and paediatric revision chart covering 10 high-yield conditions with warning signs and first-line nursing actions
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing & Nursing Education, Administration, Research and Professional Trends
Classify major mental health conditions by defining features and match each to therapeutic communication approaches and safety precautions
Distinguish the nurse's legal and ethical duties under mental health legislation, including admission procedures, consent, and restraint standards
Outline the research process from problem statement to sampling and interpretation, and identify the design used in three published nursing studies
Summarise nursing administration essentials - staffing norms, quality indicators, and record-keeping - and the functions of nursing regulatory bodies and professional associations
Your checkpoint
A two-page summary of mental health nursing priorities and research and administration essentials, each point traceable to a source you read
Nursing Foundation and Basic Sciences & Medical-Surgical Nursing & Community Health Nursing & Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing & Paediatric Nursing & Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing & Nursing Education, Administration, Research and Professional Trends
Sit two full-length timed mock tests under exam conditions and record section-wise accuracy for all seven domains
Re-teach your 20 weakest concepts aloud or in writing without referring to notes, then correct from source material
Consolidate one-page recall sheets per domain into a single pre-exam revision pack ordered by personal error frequency
Plan the final 48 hours with sleep, light revision, and logistics, and rehearse the exam-day time-allocation strategy per section
Your checkpoint
Two completed full-length mocks with a section-wise accuracy table and a final revision pack of seven one-page sheets
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 75 percent on a 40-item Nursing Foundation and Basic Sciences set, and complete the timed calculation set at 80 percent or above
Week 4: Score at least 65 percent on a 60-item Medical-Surgical set, with error log showing reasoning errors reduced compared with week 3
Week 6: Score at least 70 percent on a 50-item combined Community Health, Obstetrics, and Paediatrics set, and produce the obstetric-paediatric chart from memory
Week 8: Achieve at least 70 percent overall on both full-length mocks, with no single domain below 60 percent accuracy