BNS Child Health Nursing at Birgunj Nursing Campus is a three-year post-basic bachelor-level nursing pathway under Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine. It forms part of the Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNS) program and is intended for nurses who have completed qualifying nursing education and hold Nepal Nursing Council registration.
The program builds on prior nursing preparation through health sciences, nursing concepts, adult and child health nursing, community health nursing, midwifery, psychiatric nursing, teaching, health economics, leadership, management, and research. Child Health Nursing is included as a theory and practical subject within the BNS curriculum, while the current academic portfolio of Birgunj Nursing Campus identifies Child Health Nursing as one of its BNS streams.
Admission follows the MECEE-BL entrance and matching system administered by the Medical Education Commission.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Course | BNS Child Health Nursing |
| Degree | Bachelor of Nursing Science |
| Level | Bachelor |
| Program Type | Post-basic nursing |
| Duration | Three years |
| Campus | Birgunj Nursing Campus |
| University | Tribhuvan University |
| Institute | Institute of Medicine |
| Entrance | MECEE-BL |
| Admission Framework | Medical Education Commission |
| Professional Regulator | Nepal Nursing Council |
| Nursing Stream | Child Health Nursing |
| Location | Birta-4, Birgunj Metropolitan City, Parsa, Madhesh Province |
Bachelor of Nursing Science is a post-basic nursing degree for nurses progressing from previous professional preparation to bachelor-level study.
At Birgunj Nursing Campus, Child Health Nursing is identified alongside Adult Health Nursing and Community Health Nursing within the current BNS stream structure. The program operates under Tribhuvan University through the Institute of Medicine.
BNS is different from a pre-service nursing degree. Students enter with qualifying nursing education and professional registration, then study a wider range of bachelor-level nursing subjects.
Child Health Nursing contributes to this structure through academic and practical study concerned with nursing care for children. The overall BNS program also develops competence in communication, clinical decision-making, teaching, supervision, leadership, management, and research.
The BNS program is intended to prepare nurses for responsibilities as care providers, managers, supervisors, educators, and participants in nursing research.
Its learning outcomes include the ability to:
Communicate with individuals and different groups in varied settings.
Apply physical, biological, social, and health-science knowledge in nursing care.
Apply the nursing process when making professional decisions.
Respond to changing situations in nursing practice.
Apply primary health-care principles.
Teach individuals and groups in formal and non-formal settings.
Use management principles in leadership and supervisory roles.
Participate in need-based nursing research.
Continue personal and professional development.
For students following Child Health Nursing, these broader outcomes provide a foundation for nursing care involving children and their families while retaining the wider responsibilities expected from BNS graduates.
BNS is a post-basic program, so previous nursing education is required.
The applicable eligibility framework includes:
Nursing Proficiency Certificate Level or Diploma Level.
At least 50 percent marks or 2.4 CGPA in the qualifying nursing program.
Registration with the Nepal Nursing Council.
Applicants therefore enter BNS after an earlier nursing qualification rather than directly from a general Grade 12 background.
Eligibility, equivalence, documentation, and admission conditions are governed by the prevailing bachelor-level medical education rules for the relevant intake.
Admission to BNS Child Health Nursing operates through the Medical Education Common Entrance Examination for Bachelor Level, known as MECEE-BL.
The Medical Education Commission administers the national entrance, merit, matching, and seat-allocation framework.
The admission process includes:
Meeting the BNS academic and professional eligibility requirements.
Applying for the applicable MECEE-BL examination.
Appearing in the entrance examination.
Meeting the required entrance standard.
Participating in the MEC merit and matching process.
Receiving placement according to merit, category, priority, and allocated seats.
Completing institutional enrollment after selection.
The BNS entrance framework specifies a minimum 50 percentile requirement in the integrated admission process.
The marking arrangement awards one mark for each correct answer and deducts 0.25 mark for each incorrect answer.
The BNS entrance examination contains 200 single-best-response multiple-choice questions for a total of 200 marks. The examination duration is three hours.
| Examination Area | Questions |
|---|---|
| Core Nursing Subjects | 150 |
| Basic and Integrated Health Science Applied to Nursing | 30 |
| Mental Agility Test | 20 |
| Total | 200 |
Core nursing subjects include:
Community Health Nursing
Adult Health Nursing
Child Health Nursing
Midwifery and Gynaecological Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
Leadership and Management
Behaviour Science and Mental Health
Child Health Nursing carries 25 questions within the stated entrance examination structure.
The Mental Agility Test covers verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, logical sequencing, and abstract or spatial reasoning.
The Bachelor of Nursing Science curriculum is organized across three academic years. Students begin with health sciences and major nursing foundations before progressing into community health, midwifery, psychiatric nursing, teaching, management, and research.
The first year includes:
Integrated Basic Health Sciences I
Integrated Basic Health Sciences II
Integrated Basic Health Sciences Practical
Nursing Concepts and Principles
Adult Health Nursing I Theory
Adult Health Nursing I Practical
Child Health Nursing I Theory
Child Health Nursing I Practical
Geriatric Nursing Theory
Geriatric Nursing Practical
Comprehensive English
Computer Application
Child Health Nursing is therefore part of the program from the first year through both theory and practical study.
The first-year combination of health sciences, nursing concepts, adult nursing, child nursing, and geriatric nursing provides students with a broad clinical nursing base before later professional subjects are introduced.
The second year includes:
Social Science Applied to Nursing
Community Health Nursing I Theory
Community Health Nursing I Practical
Midwifery I Theory
Midwifery I Practical
Psychiatric Nursing I Theory
Psychiatric Nursing I Practical
Teaching and Learning Theory
Teaching and Learning Practical
Health Economics and Nursing
These subjects broaden the student's preparation beyond one clinical field. Social science, community health, midwifery, mental health, teaching, and health economics contribute to the wider professional responsibilities expected of a bachelor-level nurse.
The third year develops the leadership, management, and research dimensions of BNS through:
Leadership and Management
Management Practical
Research Applied to Nursing
Research Practical
Major or elective nursing study
Birgunj Nursing Campus identifies Child Health Nursing as part of its current BNS stream structure. The program therefore combines specialty-oriented nursing study with the common BNS preparation in leadership, management, and research.
Child Health Nursing I includes both theoretical and practical components.
Within the broader BNS framework, students learn to apply nursing knowledge and the nursing process to patient care while communicating with individuals, families, and health teams.
Child Health Nursing study is connected with:
Assessment of children
Nursing care planning
Application of nursing procedures
Communication with children and families
Observation and monitoring
Health education
Clinical decision-making
Practical nursing care
Coordination with the wider health team
These areas are developed through the nursing curriculum and practical learning rather than through classroom theory alone.
BNS includes practical and clinical education as a core part of academic study.
At Birgunj Nursing Campus, students use nursing skills and academic facilities to prepare for supervised practice. Clinical learning is connected with hospitals and other health-service settings used by the campus for different nursing subjects.
Narayani Hospital in Birgunj has served as a major hospital for student clinical learning. Other health institutions have also been used for selected placements or observational learning within the wider nursing curriculum.
Clinical arrangements depend on academic planning and institutional coordination. The exact site and rotation structure may therefore vary between academic periods.
Practical learning allows students to connect nursing concepts with assessment, care planning, procedures, communication, observation, case presentation, and supervised patient care.
BNS is designed to prepare nurses not only for clinical responsibilities but also for teaching roles.
The second-year curriculum includes Teaching and Learning in both theory and practical forms. The broader learning outcomes expect graduates to demonstrate teaching skills in formal and non-formal settings.
This component is relevant to Child Health Nursing because nursing work can involve communicating health information to children, parents, families, junior learners, and other groups.
Teaching ability is developed alongside clinical nursing rather than treated as a separate professional pathway.
Leadership and management are included in the third year of the BNS program.
Students study Leadership and Management and complete related practical work. These subjects support preparation for supervisory and organizational responsibilities in nursing settings.
The BNS learning outcomes expect graduates to apply management principles while working in leadership and supervisory positions in hospital and community environments.
For Child Health Nursing students, this broadens the academic focus beyond direct nursing care to include coordination, supervision, communication, and service management.
Research is part of the third-year BNS curriculum through Research Applied to Nursing and Research Practical.
The program expects graduates to participate in need-based research concerning problems identified in hospital or community settings.
Research study introduces students to structured academic inquiry and supports development in areas such as:
Identification of nursing problems
Research planning
Collection and handling of information
Academic reporting
Presentation of findings
Application of research to nursing study
The research component is part of the wider BNS degree and supports students across the different nursing streams.
BNS is a full-time three-year academic program.
Students must meet the stated attendance and examination requirements, including:
At least 70 percent attendance in each theory course before sitting for internal assessment.
At least 90 percent attendance in practicum.
Passing the internal assessment before appearing in the annual final examination for the respective course.
Students must secure at least 50 percent marks in theory courses and 50 percent in practicum courses under the stated examination policy.
Final examinations are conducted for theory and practical courses. Certain practical subjects may also include oral examination.
These requirements reflect the importance of both academic knowledge and practical performance in nursing education.
BNS seat allocation is determined through the Medical Education Commission and is subject to the applicable admission cycle.
Birgunj Nursing Campus has historically recorded Child Health Nursing within its BNS seat distribution. However, stream-wise seat numbers are intake-sensitive and should not be treated as permanent.
Scholarships operate under the national medical education framework. Public teaching institutions are subject to statutory bachelor-level scholarship provisions, while actual scholarship seats, categories, and matching depend on the applicable MEC allocation.
The same intake-specific principle applies to fees.
Students should follow the prevailing MEC rules, fee decisions, seat determination, scholarship provisions, code of conduct, matching system, admission procedures, and official academic calendar for their admission cycle.
BNS applicants are already registered nurses when entering the program under the applicable admission framework.
The Nepal Nursing Council regulates nursing and midwifery education, registration, and professional licensing.
BNS is therefore different from the pre-service B.Sc. Nursing pathway. The available regulatory information does not establish that every BNS graduate must repeat the entry-level licensing examination required of new pre-service nursing graduates.
Professional registration or status after completion of BNS follows the applicable Nepal Nursing Council procedures for the relevant nursing category.
The BNS curriculum can develop skills connected with:
Nursing assessment
Child-health nursing care
Nursing care planning
Clinical decision-making
Communication with patients and families
Health education
Teaching
Leadership
Supervision
Management
Research
Professional communication
These abilities arise from the full three-year curriculum rather than from Child Health Nursing study alone.
The program provides academic preparation relevant to nursing work involving children as well as broader nursing responsibilities.
Graduates may explore roles connected with:
Child-health nursing
Hospital nursing
Nursing education
Clinical teaching
Nursing supervision
Nursing management
Health-program nursing
Research-related nursing work
Employment depends on professional registration, experience, recruitment criteria, available positions, and employer requirements. Completion of the BNS degree does not guarantee appointment to a specific role.
BNS Child Health Nursing at Birgunj Nursing Campus is a three-year post-basic bachelor nursing pathway within the Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine system.
Students enter after qualifying nursing education and Nepal Nursing Council registration. Child Health Nursing appears in the first-year curriculum through theory and practical study, while the current BNS portfolio at Birgunj Nursing Campus identifies Child Health Nursing as one of its nursing streams.
The wider BNS curriculum includes health sciences, adult and geriatric nursing, community health nursing, midwifery, psychiatric nursing, teaching, health economics, leadership, management, and research.
Admission operates through MECEE-BL and the Medical Education Commission matching system. Seats, scholarships, fees, and admission procedures are subject to the prevailing MEC framework for the relevant academic intake.
BNS Child Health Nursing is a Child Health Nursing pathway within the three-year Bachelor of Nursing Science program at Birgunj Nursing Campus.
The BNS program has a duration of three academic years.
It operates under Tribhuvan University through the Institute of Medicine.
No. BNS is a post-basic bachelor program for applicants who have already completed qualifying nursing education and hold Nepal Nursing Council registration.
Applicants need a Nursing Proficiency Certificate Level or Diploma Level qualification with at least 50 percent marks or 2.4 CGPA and Nepal Nursing Council registration.
Yes. Admission follows the MECEE-BL entrance and Medical Education Commission merit and matching framework.
Yes. Child Health Nursing I includes both theory and practical components in the first year.
The curriculum includes integrated health sciences, adult health nursing, geriatric nursing, community health nursing, midwifery, psychiatric nursing, teaching and learning, health economics, leadership, management, and research.
No permanent stream-wise seat number should be assumed. Seat allocation is determined for the applicable admission cycle.
The course provides preparation relevant to child-health nursing, hospital nursing, nursing education, supervision, management, health-program work, and research-related nursing roles, subject to professional and recruitment requirements.
