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    AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage

    AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage

    Irshad AnwarUpdated on 16 Oct 2026, 10:08 AM IST

    AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage: AIIMS conducts the AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing exam. It does not publish a chapter-wise weightage for this exam, and it does not release the question paper. So no one can give you an official figure. If you are a GNM nurse planning to join the BSc Nursing (Post-Basic) course at AIIMS, your first question is probably, 'Which chapters should I study first?' The written test is short, with only 70 questions, but the syllabus is as wide as your whole GNM course. That makes choosing what to revise first the real challenge. What we have done is build our own estimate from the questions we could actually examine, and we explain exactly how. Continue reading to find out more.

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    1. AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage
    2. AIIMS Post-Basic BSc Nursing Chapter-wise Weightage: Our Estimate Out of 70 Marks
    3. Medical-Surgical Nursing: Where the Most Marks Sit
    4. Fundamentals, Obstetrics and Community Health: High-Yield Topics
    5. Paediatric, Psychiatric Nursing and Professional Trends
    6. How to Use This Estimate
    AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage
    AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage

    AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing 2027 Important Topics and Chapter-wise Weightage

    First, the paper itself. The Post-Basic entrance has two stages. Stage I is a written computer-based test, and Stage II is a 30-mark interview.

    Detail

    Stage I (written)

    Duration

    90 minutes

    Questions

    70 MCQs, 1 mark each

    Negative marking

    −⅓ per wrong answer; 0 if unanswered or marked for review

    Language

    English

    Subjects

    Fundamentals of Nursing; Medical-Surgical Nursing (with Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology); Obstetrics and Midwifery; Paediatric Nursing; Community Health Nursing; Psychiatric Nursing; Professional Trends

    How We Built the Chapter-wise Weightage Estimate

    We analysed AIIMS Post Basic Nursing 2026 question paper and sorted each question by subject. Then we adjusted for the fact that 15 questions cannot show every subject. Fifteen questions is about one-fifth of the paper, and recalled questions are not an official record. So the result is a range, not a single number.

    Subject (sample of 15)

    Questions in sample

    Topics seen

    Medical-Surgical (with A&P, pharmacology)

    6

    Hypokalemia ECG, Charcot's triad, myocardial infarction, Crohn's disease, universal donor, antidote for magnesium sulfate

    Fundamentals

    3

    Stoma care, abdominal examination sequence, local hot application

    Obstetrics

    3

    Puerperium, pathological retraction ring, signs of true labour

    Community Health

    3

    NUHM, endemic disease, JE vaccine schedule

    Paediatric, Psychiatric, Professional Trends

    0

    None recalled

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    AIIMS Post-Basic BSc Nursing Chapter-wise Weightage: Our Estimate Out of 70 Marks

    The sample was heavy on Medical-Surgical and light on the last three subjects. Because the syllabus lists all seven subjects, we kept a share for each.

    Subject

    Estimated marks (of 70)

    Priority

    Medical-Surgical (incl. A&P, pharmacology)

    22–28

    Very high

    Fundamentals of Nursing

    8–12

    High

    Obstetrics and Midwifery

    8–12

    High

    Community Health Nursing

    8–12

    High

    Paediatric Nursing

    5–8

    Medium

    Psychiatric Nursing

    4–6

    Medium

    Professional Trends

    3–5

    Lower, but easy marks

    Medical-Surgical alone can be about a third of the paper, and the three subjects after it (Fundamentals, Obstetrics and Community Health) can together match it.

    Medical-Surgical Nursing: Where the Most Marks Sit

    The recalled questions here were clinical, not definitions: what does this ECG change point to, which condition gives this triad of signs? Prepare by body system and learn each condition as a short pattern of cause, signs, tests, nursing care and complications.

    • Cardiovascular: myocardial infarction, heart failure, ECG changes in electrolyte disturbances.

    • Gastrointestinal and liver: inflammatory bowel disease, cholangitis and gallbladder disorders, stoma care.

    • Fluids, electrolytes and blood: potassium and sodium imbalances, blood groups and transfusion.

    • Pharmacology: antidotes (for example, calcium gluconate for magnesium sulfate toxicity), drug classes, routes and calculations.

    • Also revise: respiratory, renal, endocrine (diabetes) and neurological disorders, plus the related anatomy and physiology.

    Fundamentals, Obstetrics and Community Health: High-Yield Topics

    Subject

    Important topics to revise

    Fundamentals

    Vital signs, health assessment sequence, hot and cold applications, asepsis, nursing process, medication administration, positioning, ostomy and wound care

    Obstetrics and Midwifery

    Antenatal care, stages and signs of labour, abnormal labour, pre-eclampsia and magnesium sulfate, postpartum haemorrhage, puerperium, family planning, newborn care

    Community Health

    National health programmes (including NUHM, launched in 2013), national immunisation schedule, epidemiology terms (endemic, epidemic, pandemic), communicable diseases, vital statistics, health indicators

    A few of these are quick scorers. The recalled paper asked the immunisation timing of a vaccine and the meaning of "endemic". Both are one-line facts. If you know the national immunisation schedule dose by dose, you will not lose those marks.

    Paediatric, Psychiatric Nursing and Professional Trends

    None of these appeared in the 15 recalled questions, but they are in the official subject list, so do not skip them.

    • Paediatric Nursing: growth and development milestones, immunisation, nutrition problems, common childhood infections and newborn conditions.

    • Psychiatric Nursing: mental status examination, therapeutic communication, mood and psychotic disorders, defence mechanisms, commonly used drugs.

    • Professional Trends: nursing ethics and law, Indian Nursing Council basics, professional roles, and nursing management principles.

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    These three subjects are usually the cheapest to revise. A few days of focused reading can secure most of their share.

    How to Use This Estimate

    1. Start with Medical-Surgical, then Obstetrics, Fundamentals and Community Health.

    2. Give the last three subjects a short, fixed slot each week instead of leaving them for the end.

    3. Practise clinical-scenario MCQs. Reading a chapter once is not enough.

    4. Do not guess blindly. With −1/3 marking, guess only after removing two options.

    5. Re-check this plan when AIIMS releases the 2027 notification.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Does AIIMS publish chapter-wise weightage for Post Basic BSc Nursing?
    A:

    No. AIIMS does not publish weightage or the question paper. The figures in this article are our own estimate, built from the recalled 2026 questions and the official subject list.

    Q: Which subject is most important for AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing?
    A:

    Medical-Surgical Nursing, including Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology. It had the largest share in the recalled questions and has the broadest content.

    Q: Is there negative marking in AIIMS Post Basic BSc Nursing?
    A:

    Yes. Each correct answer gives +1, each wrong answer deducts ⅓ of a mark, and unanswered or marked-for-review questions score zero. 

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