🏥 RRB Staff Nurse Exam 2025

📅 Exam Year: 2025

📍 Conducted By: Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India

🎯 Purpose of the Exam:

To recruit qualified nurses for the post of Staff Nurse in Indian Railways Hospitals, Clinics, and Health Units across various zones.

✅ Eligibility Criteria (As per 2025 Notification)

Criteria	Details
Educational Qualification	GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery) or B.Sc. Nursing from a recognized university/institution
Registration	Must be a Registered Nurse and Midwife with State Nursing Council
Age Limit	20 to 40 years as on the notification date(Age relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/Ex-servicemen/PwD as per Govt. norms)
Nationality	Must be an Indian Citizen

🧾 RRB Staff Nurse 2025 – Exam Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Marks
Professional Ability (Nursing)	70	70
General Awareness	10	10
General Arithmetic, General Intelligence & Reasoning	10	10
General Science	10	10
Total	100	100
Duration	⏱️ 90 minutes
Negative Marking	❌ 1/3 mark deducted per wrong answer

📚 Syllabus – Subject-wise Breakdown

1. Professional Ability (70 Marks)

• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Child Health Nursing (Pediatrics)
• Midwifery and Obstetrical Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Anatomy & Physiology
• First Aid, Pharmacology, and Nutrition
• Infection Control & Biomedical Waste Management
• Nursing Management & Leadership
• Emergency Nursing and Disaster Management
• COVID-19 Guidelines and Current Practices (if applicable)

2. General Awareness (10 Marks)

• Current Affairs (National + International)
• Indian Polity, Constitution, Geography
• General Knowledge about Railways

3. General Arithmetic, Intelligence & Reasoning (10 Marks)

• Number Systems
• Time, Work & Distance
• Profit and Loss
• Simple/Compound Interest
• Ratio & Proportion
• Analogies, Coding-Decoding, Series
• Logical Reasoning, Syllogism

4. General Science (10 Marks)

• 10th Level Physics, Chemistry, Biology
• Basics of Human Anatomy
• Scientific Terminologies

📄 Selection Process:

1. Computer Based Test (CBT)
2. Document Verification
3. Medical Fitness Test

💼 Salary Structure (As per 7th CPC):

Component	Details
Pay Level	Level-7 (₹44,900 – ₹1,42,400)
Other Benefits	DA, HRA, TA, Medical Benefits, Pension, etc.