Kavitha demands end to TG nurses’ 150-credit rule

Hyderabad:  Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha has strongly condemned the continued harassment of nursing staff under the pretext of credit points and demanded an immediate end to this unjust practice. 

In a statement on Wednesday, Kavitha asserted that the mandatory requirement of securing 150 credit points within five years for renewal of nurses’ registrations is irrational, impractical, and deeply insensitive to the realities of the nursing profession.

She stated that after the Indian Nursing Council introduced these regulations, the Telangana Nursing Council utterly failed to create even basic awareness among nurses. As a direct result of this administrative negligence, nearly 80,000 nursing professionals in Telangana are now struggling to renew their registrations, putting their livelihoods at risk, she pointed out.

Kavitha said it is unacceptable that many qualified nurses are still unaware of the requirement to complete 150 hours of Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) within five years. Nurses who met her expressed anguish that the Telangana Nursing Council never adequately informed them about these new rules. Issuing unilateral orders insisting on 150 credit points for renewal is arbitrary, authoritarian, and shows complete disregard for the nursing community, she pointed out. 

Kavitha emphasised that nursing is not just a job but a selfless service. Nurses work relentlessly—day and night, often under extreme pressure—to protect human lives. Subjecting such dedicated professionals to harsh, impractical, and poorly communicated conditions for registration renewal is nothing short of injustice, she said.

Kavitha pointed out that for nurses who are already overburdened with long shifts, attending two conferences every month just to earn credit points is simply impossible.