PGIMER Nursing Officer Syllabus 2026: Subject-wise Guide
The PGIMER Nursing Officer syllabus decides how you split your study hours across a very wide nursing curriculum. The Group B recruitment at PGIMER, Chandigarh (Advertisement No. PGI/RC/055/2026/2276) has a single 100-mark computer based test, so every subject you skip is a risk you cannot recover in a later stage.
PGIMER names the test format in its notification but does not publish a topic-wise syllabus. The notification only says the questions relate to the qualification prescribed in the recruitment rules. The subject and topic lists below are built from the standard B.Sc and GNM nursing curriculum and the way nursing officer papers are usually framed. Use them as a working checklist, not as an official list, and confirm anything new on the official PGIMER website.
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Syllabus at a glance
Item | Detail |
|---|---|
Stage | One computer based test |
Questions and marks | 100 MCQs, 100 marks |
Duration | 100 minutes |
Language | English |
Official topic list | Not published; based on the nursing qualification |
Section-wise split | Not announced |
Marking and timing are covered in detail on the PGIMER Nursing Officer exam pattern page.
Key points to know before you start
No fixed sections: the notification does not say how many questions each subject carries. Prepare all subjects rather than betting on a few.
Professional content dominates: this is a nursing test, not a general studies test. Third-party pages that list reasoning or general knowledge as official subjects are not backed by the notification.
Registered-nurse level depth: questions are expected at the level of a B.Sc or GNM graduate preparing for clinical practice, so understanding procedures and rationale matters more than memorising definitions.
Older pages may differ: syllabus lists from earlier recruitment drives or other institutes can differ, so follow the current notification.
Subject-wise syllabus
Clinical nursing subjects
Subject | Topics to cover | Start with |
|---|---|---|
Fundamentals of nursing | Nursing process, vital signs, hygiene, infection control, positioning, medication administration, communication, patient safety | Nursing process and infection control |
Medical-surgical nursing | Cardiac, respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal, renal and endocrine disorders; perioperative care; fluid and electrolyte balance; burns; oncology nursing | Cardiac and respiratory disorders |
Critical care and emergency | Triage, CPR and basic life support, shock, poisoning, fractures, bleeding control, disaster nursing, ICU monitoring | CPR and shock management |
Child health nursing | Growth and development, immunisation schedule, neonatal care, paediatric infections and emergencies, nutrition disorders | Growth milestones and immunisation |
Obstetrics, gynaecology and midwifery | Antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care, labour stages, complications of pregnancy, newborn care, family planning | Normal labour and antenatal care |
Mental health nursing | Common psychiatric disorders, therapeutic communication, treatment modalities, psychotropic drugs, nursing roles | Schizophrenia, mood disorders and drug groups |
Community and public health
Community health nursing: primary health care, health indicators, family health, school and occupational health, role of the community health nurse.
Epidemiology and national programmes: disease prevention levels, immunisation and national health programmes, vital statistics.
Environmental health: water, sanitation, waste management and biomedical waste handling.
Basic sciences
Subject | Topics to cover | Start with |
|---|---|---|
Anatomy and physiology | Body systems, functions, normal values, hormones and homeostasis | Cardiovascular and respiratory systems |
Microbiology | Bacteria, viruses, sterilisation, disinfection, immunity, vaccines, hospital-acquired infections | Sterilisation and immunity |
Pharmacology | Drug classes, routes, dose calculation, side effects, drug interactions, emergency drugs | Dose calculation and common drug groups |
Nutrition and dietetics | Nutrients, balanced diet, therapeutic diets, deficiency disorders, nutrition across life stages | Therapeutic diets and deficiencies |
Professional and applied nursing
Nursing management and administration: hospital organisation, staffing, supervision, delegation, record keeping and quality assurance.
Nursing education: teaching methods, learning principles and evaluation.
Research and statistics: research process, sampling, data collection, basic statistical measures.
Professional trends and ethics: nursing ethics, legal responsibilities, patient rights, nursing councils and professional bodies.
Computer basics for health records: basic computer use and digital documentation. Treat this as low priority unless your practice tests show such questions.
Topics to cover first
The notification gives no weightage, so this ordering is guidance, not an official ranking. The large clinical subjects (medical-surgical, fundamentals, community health, child health, obstetrics and mental health) give you the widest coverage of what a Nursing Officer actually does, so start there. Pharmacology and microbiology are often fact-based, which makes them quick marks once your notes are ready. Keep management, education and research for the later weeks, after the clinical base is stable.
Is there a syllabus for the document stage?
No. After the CBT there is no interview or second written paper for this post. The next steps are shortlisting, scrutiny, document verification and a medical fitness check, so your syllabus preparation ends with the CBT.
How to cover the syllabus in phases
Weeks 1 to 4: finish the clinical subjects from standard textbooks and make one-page summaries for each topic.
Weeks 5 to 6: cover community health, basic sciences and nutrition, and start a running error log.
Weeks 7 to 8: cover management, education, research and ethics, then take subject-wise tests. You can use PGIMER Nursing Officer topic-wise tests on Testkart to find weak subjects early.
Final phase: attempt full-length timed papers, review each one the same day and revise the error log. Compact study notes and previous year questions help in this phase.
If your exam is only a few weeks away, compress phases 1 to 3 by reading summaries first and spending the saved time on mocks.
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