Nursing
About this programme
The Nursing Programme seeks to develop professional nurses who will: Demonstrate knowledge in: Applied and human sciences Nursing science focusing on nursing process, holistic nursing, total patient care, community-oriented nursing and in-depth knowledge required for making clinical nursing judgment in common, simple and complex health situations of clients across the life-span and across health-illness continuum Nursing leadership and management National health care policy Emerging local and global health issues Research and evidence-based nursing Demonstrate skills in: using the nursing process with in-depth knowledge based on clinical skills and critical thinking skills in caring for patients with common, simple, and complex health problems across the life-span and across health-illness continuum in order to promote, maintain, and restore health providing patient-centred and holistic care with caring behaviours carrying out knowledge-based and community-oriented nursing practice with positive attitudes, ethical behaviours and accountability in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s rules, regulations and code of professional standards communicating effectively with clients and families, professional colleagues, doctors, and other health care providers working collaboratively in a health care team as a professional nurse leading and managing as a charge nurse guiding and fostering good clinical environment for nursing students and other support staff who work under nursing supervision thinking critically and committing to self-directed learning carrying out simple nursing research project or participating in health-related research providing evidence-based nursing practice
Entry requirements
WASSCE, SSCE, GBCE CANDIDATES The general requirements for admission of WASSCE, SSSCE and GBCE candidates to first degree programmes are three (3) credit passes in three core subjects and three (3) credit passes in three relevant elective subjects. SSSCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects. WASSCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A1-C6) in six (6) subjects comprising three core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects. GBCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three core subjects including English Language and Mathematics plus three (3) relevant elective subjects GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (GCE) ADVANCED LEVEL CANDIDATES Passes in three (3) subjects (at least, one of the passes should be Grade D or better). Also, the applicant must have had credit passes (Grade 6) in five GCE Ordinary Level subjects including English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject (for non-science students) and an Arts subject (for Science students). ADMISSION OF HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) CANDIDATES TO FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMMES Applicant must have graduated with a good HND certificate (i.e., at least 2nd Class Lower Division). In addition, the applicant must have acquired a 2-year post-HND qualification working experience. Other Diploma qualifications from elsewhere assessed to be equivalent to HND may be similarly considered. ADVANCED BUSINESS CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (ABCE) CANDIDATES Full Diploma Certificate in ABCE. Also, the applicant must have had credit passes in five (5) subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies in the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE) or Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) or West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). ABCE candidates may be considered for admission at level 200 of a degree programme. MATURE STUDENTS’ ENTRY Mature students’ entry avenues to tertiary education provide opportunities for people who could not do so earlier in their lives to further their education at the tertiary level after some years in the workplace. The applicant must be at least 25 years old and show proof of age with birth certificate or any legitimate documentary proof of date of birth which is at least 5 years old at the time of application. The applicant must pass Mature Students’ Entrance Examinations conducted by the institution itself (English Language, Mathematics); In lieu of such examinations, the applicant should show proof of credit passes in English Language and Mathematics in WASSCE or any other nationally recognised standard High School level examinations (for qualifications from countries outside WAEC’s aegis). PROFESSIONAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS All professional and foreign certificates and any other qualifications beyond the ones specified above must be referred to the National Accreditation Board for the establishment of their equivalencies, to determine their eligibility for admission.