The Indian Nursing Council (INC) on October 21, 2024, issued the Indian Nursing Council {Nurse Practitioner in Transplant Nursing (NPTN) - Postgraduate Residency Program} Regulations, 2023.
The following provisions have been stated:
• Aim:
The Nurse Practitioner in Transplant Nursing program prepares registered B.Sc. nurses for advanced practice roles as clinical experts, managers, educators and consultants leading to M.Sc. Nursing (NP in Transplant Nursing).
• Objectives:
o Assume responsibility and accountability to provide competent care to donors and recipients and family centered care in transplant care settings;
o Demonstrate clinical competence/expertise in providing transplant care which includes donor and recipient assessment, education, diagnostic reasoning, complex monitoring, and therapies of donors & recipients, and liaising with resource agencies;
o Apply theoretical, pathophysiological and pharmacological principles and evidence base in implementing therapies/interventions in transplant care;
This notification will come into force from October 21, 2024.
[Notification No 11-1/2024-INC (V)]
