List of Approved Nursing Training Institutions in Nigeria 2023
Nursing, as an essential component of the healthcare system, includes the promotion of health, sickness prevention, and care of physically ill, mentally ill, and disabled persons of all ages in all healthcare and other community settings. Nurses perform so many distinct duties that it is impossible to summarise them all in a single job title.
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Find below the list of Nursing Training Institutions in Nigeria approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).
List of Approved Nursing Training Institutions in Nigeria
The Council has approved Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, Post Basic Nursing, and Departments of Nursing with the Accreditation Status and Admission Quota On State Basis.
Nigeria now has four hundred (400) nursing training institutions. The following is a list of Nursing Training Institutions in Nigeria that the Council has approved as of August 2022.
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SUMMARY/STATISTICS OF APPROVED SCHOOL
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| S/N | KEY | DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOL | Total No |
| 1 | SON | School of Nursing (Basic) | 117 |
| 2 | SOMBP | Schools of Midwifery (Basic/ Post Basic) | 111 |
| 3 | SOPN | Schools of Post Basic Nursing Specialties | 72 |
| 4 | DON | Departments of Nursing Sciences | 43 |
| 5 | CMP | Community Midwifery Programme | 27 |
| 6 | CNP | Community Nursing Programme | 30 |
DEPARTMENTS OF NURSING UNDER ACCREDITATION PROCESS
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Medical Science, Lagos, Lagos State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Elizade University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Ekiti State University, Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, McPherson University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Rhema University Aba, Abia State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Enugu University of Science and Technology, Enugu
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Alhikma University, Ilorin, Kwara State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Atiba University, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Khadijat University, Majia, Jigawa State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Novena University, Delta State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Ave Maria University, Nasarawa State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Taraba State University, Taraba State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Yobe State University, Yobe State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Thomas Aderum University, Oko, Kwara
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ebonyi State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Well-Spring University, Edo State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Arthus Javis University, Cross River State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Clifford University, Owerrinta, Abia State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Tansia University, Anambra State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Joseph Ayo University, Ilesa, Osun State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Abundance Wisdom University, Akwa-Ibom State
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Al-Istiqama University, Kano
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Kebbi State University, State
NOTE:
- FULL ACCREDITATION STATUS LASTS FOR FIVE (5) YEARS
- PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION STATUS LASTS FOR TWO (2) YEARS
- EMBARGO ON STUDENTS’ INTAKE IS INDEFINITE UNTIL DEFICIENCIES ARE RECTIFIED & RESOURCE VERIFICATION VISIT CONDUCTED AND DECISION TAKEN TO LIFT THE EMBARGO BY THE BOARD
- DENIED/WITHDRAWN ACCREDITATION STATUS IS INDEFINITE UNTIL DEFICIENCIES ARE RECTIFIED & RE-ACCREDITATION VISIT CONDUCTED AND DECISION TAKEN BY THE BOARD
- THE ABOVE LIST IS SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEW.
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