BSc NURSING • THIRD YEAR • SEMESTER V & VI

Your guide to third-year nursing subjects and clinical learning

BSc Nursing 3rd year covers Semester 5 and Semester 6. Plan your preparation for child health, mental health, community nursing, nursing education, management and midwifery with the semester-wise guide below.

V + VI

Third-year semesters

5

Semester 5 courses

4

Semester 6 courses

960 h

Clinical allocation

Looking for the BSc Nursing 3rd year syllabus 2026, fifth-semester subjects or sixth-semester notes? This guide brings together course names, teaching hours, assessment details and study resources so you can organise theory and practical preparation.

Reviewed: 28 September 2026. This guide follows the INC revised curriculum notified in 2021, read with the 2022 corrigendum. Check your university regulations for the scheme applicable to your admission batch. The year 2026 identifies this study guide’s review year.

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BSc Nursing Third Year: Semester Structure

The revised Basic BSc Nursing programme places five teaching courses in Semester V and four in Semester VI, apart from elective and other scheduled activities. Teaching courses and university examination papers are counted differently because some subjects extend across semesters. The Sharda University programme structure also shows these semester groupings.

This guide covers Basic BSc Nursing. Students following an older annual system should use their university’s batch-specific syllabus when choosing notes, books and PYQs. Keep the official subject titles next to any informal names used in your study material.

BSc Nursing 5th Semester Syllabus and Teaching Hours

Subject Theory Lab / practical Clinical
Child Health Nursing I, with ENBC, FBNC, IMNCI and PLS modules 60 h 40 h 160 h
Mental Health Nursing I 60 h — 80 h
Community Health Nursing I, including Environmental Science and Epidemiology 100 h — 160 h
Educational Technology / Nursing Education 40 h 40 h —
Introduction to Forensic Nursing and Indian Laws 20 h — —

Semester V total: 280 theory hours, 80 lab/practical hours and 400 clinical hours, plus 40 self-study/co-curricular hours. Total allocation: 800 hours. Source: VINS teaching-hour table, cross-checked against the notified INC curriculum.

BSc Nursing 6th Semester Syllabus and Teaching Hours

Subject Theory Skill lab Clinical
Child Health Nursing II 40 h — 80 h
Mental Health Nursing II 40 h — 160 h
Nursing Management and Leadership 60 h — 80 h
Midwifery / Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing I, including SBA module 60 h 40 h 240 h

Semester VI total: 200 theory hours, 40 skill-lab hours and 560 clinical hours; total 800 hours. These are teaching allocations, not examination marks. The university course table corroborates the individual allocations.

Subject-wise Syllabus Overview and Revision Focus

The following is a concise orientation to the subjects. Use the full curriculum PDF for prescribed units, competencies and clinical requirements.

  • Child Health Nursing I and II: child assessment, growth and development, newborn care and nursing care for childhood health problems. Keep Part I notes for the combined assessment.
  • Mental Health Nursing I and II: mental-health assessment, therapeutic communication, psychiatric nursing care and rehabilitation. Practise explaining concepts using respectful, clear language.
  • Community Health Nursing I: community nursing, environmental health and epidemiology. Connect classroom topics with your assigned community work.
  • Nursing Education: teaching and learning, lesson planning, teaching aids and assessment. Turn a familiar topic into a short teaching plan for revision.
  • Forensic Nursing: the introductory forensic role, documentation and related legal responsibilities. Study the current material prescribed by your faculty.
  • Nursing Management: organisation of nursing services, planning, leadership and supervision. Use examples from supervised postings to understand the concepts.
  • Midwifery/OBG Nursing I: the beginning of the midwifery sequence, with the SBA module. Maintain theory notes and clinical records for continuation in the next semester.

Course scope reference: INC curriculum copy hosted by Swaminarayan University.

Module checklist: Complete the child-health modules scheduled with Semester V and the SBA component scheduled with Midwifery I. The curriculum also provides for an elective by the end of Semester VI. Confirm the offered elective, timetable and assessment with your college.

BSc Nursing 3rd Year Exam Scheme and Marks

The notified INC scheme distinguishes university papers, college examinations and internal assessments carried into a later semester. Read the table with your university’s latest examination instructions.

Semester / assessment Marks and timing
V: Community Health Nursing I — theory 25 internal + 75 university = 100
V: Community Health Nursing I — practical 50 internal + 50 university = 100
V: Nursing Education — theory 25 internal + 75 university = 100
V: Forensic Nursing and Indian Laws 25 internal + 25 college = 50
V: Child Health I and Mental Health I Internal theory and practical marks carry into Semester VI
VI: Child Health Nursing I & II — theory 25 internal + 75 university = 100
VI: Mental Health Nursing I & II — theory 25 internal + 75 university = 100
VI: Nursing Management and Leadership — theory 25 internal + 75 university = 100
VI: Child Health I & II — practical 50 internal + 50 university = 100
VI: Mental Health I & II — practical 50 internal + 50 university = 100
VI: Midwifery/OBG I Internal theory and practical marks carry into Semester VII

For Child Health and Mental Health, the Semester V and VI theory internals are averaged to 25 marks; practical internals contribute 25 marks from each semester, totalling 50. The listed 75-mark university theory examinations are three hours in the scheme. Source: INC examination tables, printed pages 240–241.

Planning tip: Do not put away your fifth-semester Child Health and Mental Health notes after semester-end assessments. Build a single revision folder for each subject, with separate Part I and Part II sections. Check the university notice for your paper code, date and question-paper format.

Clinical Postings, Practical Records and Viva Preparation

The third-year teaching plan allocates 400 clinical hours in Semester V and 560 in Semester VI. Your college determines the posting schedule and supervises competency completion. Online study can support preparation, while practical training remains part of the institutional programme.

Keep a weekly record of assigned activities, faculty feedback and topics needing revision. Before a case presentation, prepare an organised explanation of the assessment, care-plan goals and rationale discussed in class. For community and teaching assignments, review the purpose, target audience, findings and evaluation method.

For viva practice, ask a study partner to question you on one assigned case or activity. Answer aloud, notice gaps and check them with the prescribed material. Use your college’s approved logbook to track completion; a generic internet checklist may not match your assessment requirements.

BSc Nursing 3rd Year Syllabus PDF and Official Sources

In the university-hosted copy, printed page 236 shows third-year teaching hours and pages 240–241 show examination allocations. Printed page numbers differ from the PDF viewer counter. Read amendments alongside the original document.

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A Simple Study Plan for Semester 5 and 6

  1. Start with the syllabus: create a unit checklist for each subject and mark topics as studied, revised and practised.
  2. Use short daily sessions: pair one theory topic with a written answer or a practical-viva question.
  3. Review feedback weekly: reserve time for corrections to assignments and practical records.
  4. Keep continuing subjects together: maintain combined Child Health and Mental Health folders, and preserve Midwifery I material for the next semester.
  5. Practise matching PYQs: write timed answers, check missing points and return to the syllabus for units not represented in the papers.

This routine is a suggested study approach. Adjust it around lectures and clinical postings. Repeated questions are useful for practice, but they do not guarantee what will appear in your examination.