DEVELOPMENT AND

MAINTENANCE OF
STANDARDS AND
ACCREDITATION OF
NURSING PROGRAMS
Srimalathi.R
1st yr MSc Nursing
PSG College of NUrsing
 STANDRARDS

• Standards is board statement of quality.

• Types:
• End standards

• Mean standards
 SOURCES OF NURSING
CARE STANDARDS
• Some major association that provides
standards are:
• ICN
• INC
• TNAI
• ANA
• TNNMC
• MOFHW
 ACCREDITATION
• Educational accreditation is a type of quality
assurance process under which services and
operations of educational institutions or
programs are evaluated by an external body to
determine if applicable standards are met. If
standards are met,accredited status is granted
by the appropriate agency.
DEFINITION:
“Accreditation is the process whereby an
organization or agency recognizes a college of
university of programme of study as having met
certain predetermined qualifications of standards”

- Selden, 1962
DEFINITION:
“A p r o c e s s of r e v i e w a n d approval b y
which an institution, programme or
sp ecifi c s e r v i c e is g r a n t e d a time -limited
recognition of having met certain
e s t a b l i s h ed s t an d a r d s b e y o n d t h o s e t h a t
a r e mi n i mal l y acceptable” .

-ICN
PURPOSES OF
ACCREDITATION:
 For the maintenance of adequate administration
requirement.
 Maintaining a uniform standard for nursing
education and nursing service.
 Stimulation of institutional self-
improvement by evaluation and inspection.
PURPOSES OF
ACCREDITATION:
 It safeguards the institution from social
education and political pressures.

 It helps in the registration ofnurses.

 It prescribes the syllabus.

 It grants recognition to school and

colleges.
PURPOSES OF
ACCREDITATION:
 It guides the school/college of nursing,
according to recommendation and criteria.
 It also services to prepare the competent to serve
the public.
ACCREDITATION
AGENCIES
UNIVERSITY GRANT
COMMISSION
• Abbreviation: UGC

• Formed in the year 1945

• Headquarters: Delhi

• UGC act, 1956

• Consists of 15 autonomous statutory

bodies.
Cont.,
• Affiliated with MHRD and NCERT.

• UGC conducts NET (National

Eligibility Test) for appointments of
teachers in colleges and universities along
with CSIR. Since 2009 NET qualification
is mandatory for teaching at Graduation
and Post-Graduation level.
MINISTRY OF HUMAN
RESOURCE AND
DEVELOPMENT
• MHRD formerly called ministry of
education until 25th sep 1985.

• Since 26th sep 1986 in function under 2

divisions:
• Department of school education

• Department of higher education

Objectives of MHRD:

• Formulating the national policies for

education.

• Improving quality of the educational

institutions.
NATIONAL
INSTITUITIONAL
RANKING FRAMEWORK

• National Institutional Ranking Framework

(NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the
Ministry of Human Resource development
(MHRD), Government of India, to rank all
institutions of higher education in India.
COMMITTEES:
• Category- A: These are the institutions of
national importance, state universities,
private universities and other autonomous
institutions.
• Category- B: These are the institution
affiliated and do not enjoy full academic
autonomy.
METHODOLOGY USED
FOR RANKING ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA:

• TLR (Teaching Learning and Resources)

• Research and professional practice
• Graduation outcome
• Outreach and inclusity
• Perception
ALL INDIA SURVEY
ON HIGHER
EDUCATON:
Objectives

• Identify and capture all the institutions of

higher education on various aspects of
higher education.

• Details are collected by survey

PROFESSIONAL AGENCIES
• Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
• Medical Council of India (MCI)
• Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
• Indian Nursing Council (INC)
• Dental Council of India (DCI)
• Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)
• Central Council of Indian
Medicine (CCIM)
INC:
• The Indian Nursing Council is a national
regulatory body for nurses and nurse
education in India formed by the Central
Government under section 3(1) of the
Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 of the
Indian parliament.
AIMS:
 To esta blish u n iform stand ard of training
throughout the state.

 Prohibit training Centre, which are

inadequate

 P rohib it practic e of n u r s in g by n o n –
qualified nurses.
FUNCTIONS OF INC:
• To establish and monitor a uniform
standard of nursing education for nurse
midwife.

• To promote research in nursing and to

improve the quality of nursing education.
NCHRH:
• National Council for Human Resource in
Health (NCHRH).
• The National Commission for Human Resources
for Health Bill, 2011 was introduced in the Rajya
Sabha on December 22, 2011 by the Minister of
Health and Family Welfare.
• The Bill seeks to establish a mechanism to
determine and regulate the standard of
health education in the country. It shall
repeal the Indian Nursing Council Act,
1947; the Pharmacy Act, 1948; the Dentists
Act, 1948 and the Indian Medical Council
Act, 1956 on such date as decided by the
central government.
ACCREDITATION OF
NURSING INSTITUTIONS:
• Indian Nursing council is the official
accrediting agency for all programes of
nursing which include,
• GNM
• BSc NURSING
• MSc NURSING
• Mphil/ Ph.D IN NURSING
 POLICES FOR
ACCREDITATION
Board approval of the initial
development of nursing programs

Board approval for admission of

students
Process of recognition:
• Trial basis

• Permanent basis
Expectation from schools and
colleges for accreditation:
• General • Administration
information and physical setup
• Philosophy • Finance
• Organization and • Committees
administration
• Teaching staff
• Teaching staff
Expectation from schools and
colleges for accreditation:
• Construction and • Health facilities
institutional for students and
facilities. staffs

• Clinical setup
 PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE/
REGISTRATION
A document issued by a body charged with the
exclusive right to determine eligibility for practice in a
specified profession, or field in the profession. It is
generally used within a regulatory system that prohibits
practice without a license.
-ICN
PURPOSES:
 Licensure offers protection to the
public

 It ensure minimum competency

among professional.
 It ensures minimum standard
among the professionals.

 It help to prevent malpractice.

PROCESS OF
REGISTRATION:
 It is the process by w hich individuals
are assessed and given status on a
registry attesting to individual’s ability
and current competency. Its purpose
is to keep a continuous record of the
past and current achievements of an
individual.
TAMILNADU
CANDIDATES (PRIMARY)
 Register t h e Qualificatio n in th e co n cern
State. Primary Registration m e a n s t h e
candidates who obtain Reco gnized
Qualification wi th in Tamil Na d u a n d
Registering t h e s a m e Qualification in
Tamil Na d u Nurses and Midwives
Council as per t h e Act.
T AMILNADU C ANDIDATE ’ S
(P RIMARY ) A DDITIONAL
Q UALIFICATION:
 Registration of Additio nal
Qualification done by this Council for
the Candidates w h o has Obtained
Nursing Qualification after
Registering their Basic Qualification
in TamilNadu Nursing Council.
 RENEWAL OF
LICENSURE
 The process for periodic reissuing of
the legal authority to practice.
 Renewal system in a proper way it
will help to improve the
professional competencies in
nursing.
 RENEWAL OF
LICENSURE
• In TNMC instructed that all the
nurses renew their registration
every 5 years for that they need a
specific(150) credit hours.