National Health Mission Rajasthan Nursing Officer

NHM Rajasthan Nursing Officer recruitment fills contractual nursing posts under the National Health Mission, Rajasthan. In the official notification of the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), the post is called Contractual Nurse (NHM). Many students search for it as Nursing Officer or Staff Nurse, so this page uses the name Nursing Officer while following the Board's wording for every fact.

The latest cycle is Advertisement No. 01/2025, published on 28 January 2025 for 1,941 Contractual Nurse posts under NHM. The written exam was held in June 2025 and the final result with category-wise cut-offs came out in February 2026. As of 19 October 2026, the Board's advertisement page lists no new notification for this post, so this page covers the 2025 cycle in full and shows you what to prepare before the next one.

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NHM Rajasthan Nursing Officer at a Glance

Notification Overview

The Board published one combined advertisement for contractual posts in two bodies: 22 cadres under the National Health Mission (NHM) and 7 cadres under the Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RajMES). Contractual Nurse is one of the NHM cadres, and the RajMES list has a separate Contractual Nurse Grade-II post with 4,466 vacancies.

Both nursing posts share one exam and one syllabus. Candidates who wanted both had to fill the preference section of the online form, and the Board allotted posts by merit and by the order of preference. The Board later amended the advertisement several times, mainly for application dates and for the vacancy list of some other cadres. Nursing eligibility and the exam scheme did not change in the amendments we reviewed.

Important Dates

These dates belong to the completed 2025 cycle. The application window moved twice, from 18 February to 19 March 2025, then to 19 March to 17 April 2025, and finally to 2 April to 1 May 2025. For any future cycle, track the advertisement page on rssb.rajasthan.gov.in and your registered email, because dates can change.

Vacancy Details

The notification also gives category-wise and horizontal reservation tables for each area. In the Board's final order for this post, 1,839 candidates were selected against the 1,848 non-scheduled area posts and 93 against the 93 scheduled area posts, with one candidate kept provisional.

Eligibility Criteria

Educational qualification

Candidates need a Senior Secondary (class 12) certificate or equivalent, a GNM course or equivalent qualification from an institute recognised by the government, and registration with the Rajasthan Nursing Council (RNC).

Age limit

The age limit is 21 to 40 years as on 1 January 2026. Women candidates get 5 years of relaxation. Male candidates from SC, ST, OBC, MBC and EWS categories who are permanent residents of Rajasthan get 5 years, and women from these categories get 10 years. Ex-servicemen and persons with disabilities get relaxation as per Rajasthan rules. The full conditions are on the eligibility page.

Application Fee and How to Apply

The Board collected a One Time Registration (OTR) fee instead of a separate exam fee. It was paid online through an e-Mitra kiosk, Jan Suvidha Kendra or other online modes, and was not refundable.

SC, ST, OBC, MBC and EWS candidates from other states are treated as General for fee purposes. The application steps were:

1. Open the Recruitment Advertisement section on rssb.rajasthan.gov.in, or log in to the Rajasthan SSO portal.

2. Complete OTR with your category, disability status and home state, and pay the fee.

3. Fill the online form for the Contractual Nurse post, including the preference section if you want RajMES posts too.

4. Submit the form and save the application number and a printout.

Exam Pattern

The exam is a single objective paper with 150 questions of 3 marks each, so the total is 450 marks. You get 150 minutes. Each wrong answer costs 1 mark. Nearly three fifths of the paper tests professional nursing knowledge, which makes subject revision more valuable than general topics. The notification proposed computer-based, tablet-based or OMR-based testing. If the Board holds the exam in more than one shift, it applies normalisation to the scores.

Syllabus Summary

Selection Process

1. Written exam: the 450-mark MCQ paper decides your rank.

2. Merit list: the Board prepares a category-wise merit list with preferences and sends it for an eligibility check.

3. Eligibility check and document verification: the Rajasthan Medical Education Society verifies qualification, registration and category documents.

4. Final recommendation: the Board recommends the selected candidates to the department with category-wise cut-off marks.

The 2025 process did not include an interview. Appointment is confirmed only after the department finds the candidate eligible.

Salary and Contract Terms

The 2025 notification fixed the honorarium for Contractual Nurse (NHM) at Rs. 18,900 per month. The post is contractual, so the appointment runs for the contract period set by the government and ends on its own when that period ends. The notification describes the contract period as one year or an extended period. It gives no in-hand estimate, and allowances can differ by posting.

How to Prepare

Start with the 270-mark professional section, because it carries the largest share of the paper. Revise GNM topics in the order given in the syllabus, and keep one notebook of short notes for each subject.

• Weeks 1 to 8: Cover anatomy, nursing foundations, community health, child health, medical-surgical nursing and midwifery. Read for 30 minutes a day on NHM programmes.

• From week 4: Add current affairs and Rajasthan general knowledge for 30 minutes a day, and make monthly notes.

• From week 6: Practise English, Hindi and computer questions in short timed sets.

• Final phase: Attempt full-length tests in the 150-question format, review wrong answers the same day and revise your error log.

Cut-Off Reference

For the 2025 cycle, the final cut-off in the non-scheduled area was 265.2139 for General (open) candidates and 242.3476 for General women, as published by the Board. Cut-offs change with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants, so treat last year's figures as a benchmark only and aim for a clear margin above them.