Recently WEST BENGAL Nursing Council published latest Circular/Notification regarding CHANGE OF RECIPROCAL REGISTRATION VERIFICATION DATE DUE TO UNAVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES ON 25.05.2023

 Vision
West Bengal Nursing Council is dedicated to Safe-guard the health of the society at large by public interest by regulating the nursing profession by registration ,providing highest standard of Nursing and Midwifery and practice in the state of West Bengal.

 Mission

  1. Our Mission is to prepare safe, competent, compassionate nursing professionals for Life time
  2. Learning, evidence based practice, autonomous administration and social commitment .The council aims for the advancement of nursing education as well as nursing profession.
  3. To improve standards of health care in the state of West Bengal.

 Aims

  1. Primarily aimed at protecting the public from unskilled and unsafe hand.
  2. To give legal recognition to various categories of Nursing Personel.

 Objectives

  1. To import a type of education which will produce a nurse who is confidently conversant with the demands that may be made for her by the patient in the hospital and community at large.
  2. To provide safe nursing service to the public.
  3. to provide a sound, uniform system of education based on scientific knowledge.

 Philosophy
The West Bengal Nursing Council believes.

  1. Professional nurse will maintain desirable standards of health.
  2. Council has a responsibility in helping the students to develop pride in their profession besides keeping the abreast with current knowledge & professional trends for a successful career ahead.
  3. Skills in all aspects of communication are also essential for learning and for the practice of nursing.

 Infrastructure
Governed by the Three Committees as per Bengal Nurses Act, 1934.

  1. General Body Committee consists of 20 members. Among them13(EX-Officio members),.3 Elected representative of Nurses Midwives, PHNS-,(1 from Medical Faculty & 1 from Medical Council). President-Director of Health Services -.Government of West Bengal, Ex-Officio Vice – President elected from the G.B. Committee member.
  2. The Committee have to meet (3) three times annually.
  3. Education and Examination Committee consisting of 6 members to be elected from General Body of the Council
  4. General Purpose committee- consists of 6 members to be elected from General body of the council.

 Finance
The West Bengal Nursing Council functions with its own resources alognwith an annual grant from the State Govt.

 Functions
Some of the important activities of the Nursing Council:

  1. To conduct examination.
  2. To issue various types of certificates viz , Qualifying Certificates , Registration , Reciprocal Registration & Additional Qualifications
  3. To maintain register of nurses
  4. To renew all the registration certificates every 5 years interval.
  5. Issuance of duplicate of all categories records and certificates of qualifying nurses.
Act/Rules of WEST BENGAL Nursing Council:-

Bengal Nurses Act, 1934

Contact :-Address of the WEST BENGAL Nursing Council:-

  • Purta Bhawan, Room No. 302, 3rd Floor D.F. Block, Sector – I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700091

Email: wbnc_22302059@ymail.com

Nursing Councils of India:-

1Indian Nursing Council .2Rajasthan Nursing Council .
3Gujarat Nursing Council .4West Bengal Nursing Council .
5ODISHA Nursing COUNCIL .6Tamilnadu Nursing Council .
7Maharashtra Nursing Council .8Kerala Nursing Council .
9Hariyana Nursing Council .10Karnataka Nursing Council .
11AndhraPradesh Nursing Council .12Tripura Nursing Council .
13Sikkim Nursing Council .14Arunachal Pradesh Nursing Council .
15Jharkhand Nursing Council .16Telangana Nursing Council .
17Punjab Nursing Council .18Himachal Pradesh Nursing Council .
19Bihar Nursing Council .20Nagaland Nursing Council .
21MadhyaPradesh Nursing Council .22Delhi Nursing Council .
23Mizoram Nursing Council .24Chhattisgarh Nursing Council .
25Assam Nursing Council .26Goa Nursing Council .
27Manipur Nursing Council .28Meghalaya Nursing Council .
29UttarPradesh Nursing Council .30Jammu-Kashmir Nursing Council .