Diploma in health assistant

1. DIPLOMA IN HEALTH ASSISTANT
Objectives: Diploma in Health Assistants it will be an intensive full time program, which will
include mainly practical training in candidate will be familiar with the nursing care. The will
acquire enough knowledge candidates shall abide by the stipulated timings discipline, rules and
regulations of the hospital to which they will be assigned for the entire course.
Programme Name: Diploma in Health Assistant Eligibility Criteria: 10th Pass *
Programme Code: HAD3003 Programme Credits: 66
Level of Prog: Diploma Category: 3
Duration: 2 years
* A Basic Foundation Course in Science has to be done by a 10th Pass or 10+2 Pass student
without Science.
Course Code Name of the Course Credits Credits Total A/E/F/I
(T) (P) Credits
Foundation 8 8 F
HAO4502AI Th/Prac Fundamentals of Nursing 3 3 6 E
HAO4502BI Th/Prac Basic Science 3 3 6 E
HAO4502CI Th/Prac Maternal and Child Health 5 5 10 A
HAO4502DI Th/Prac Community Health Nursing 5 5 10 A
HAO4502EL PD‐I (Life Coping Skills) ‐ 3 3 F
HAO4502FL PD‐II (Communication Skills) ‐ 3 3 F
HAO4502GL Internship ‐ 20 20 I
Total credits 24 42 66
A‐Application Oriented Course, E‐Elective (Core Courses), F‐Foundation, I‐Internship /
Projects etc.
Semester wise course Matrix
I Sem (15 credits) II Sem (18 credits) III Sem (15 Credits) IV Sem (18 Credits)
HAO4502CI HAO4502CI
Foundation (4 credits) Foundation (4 credits) Maternal and Child Health‐I Maternal and Child
(6 credits) Health‐II (4 credits)
HAO4502AI HAO4502AI HAO4502DI HAO4502DI
Fundamentals of Nursing‐I Fundamentals of Nursing‐II Community Health Nursing‐I Community Health
(4 credits) (2 credits) (6 credits) Nursing‐I (4 credits)
HAO4502FL
HAO4502BI HAO4502BI HAO4502GL
PD‐II (Communication Skills)
Basic Science‐I (4 credits) Basic Science‐II (2 credits) Internship‐II(10 credits
(3 credits )
HAO4502EL
HAO4502GL
PD‐I (Life Coping Skills) ‐ ‐
Internship‐I (10 credits )
(3 credits )

2. References Books and Source of Material:
1. Tamil Nadu Open University “DHA 1 Fundamental’s of Nursing I Edition, 2005
2. Chalkey A.M. “ATB for The Health Worker, Vol II Revised edition 1985 Re print 2004 Pub.
New Age International
3. L.C. Gupta, Abhitabh Gupta, “Manual of first Aid” Published by Jaypee Brothers
4. Sr. Nancy “Principles & Practical of Nursing Vol II Senior Nursing Procedures Published by
N.R. Publishing House
5. Sr. Nancy “ Principles & Practice of Nursing Vol I Reprinted 2000 Publisher by N.R. Publishing
house
6. James Moroney surgery for nurses, fifteenth edition published by The English language
book society Churchill Living Stone.
7. CP Thresyamma “fundamentals of Nursing Procedure Manual for General Nursing and
Midwifery Course” Published by Jaypee Brobhers
8. Bonita Marrow Cavanaugh, RN PhD, “Nurses Manual of Laboratory and diagnostic test, 3rd
edition published by F.A. Davis Company
9. David Verner “where there is no Doctor” Published by Kriya 268 Royapettah High Road.