Schools of Nursing & Schools of Midwifery In Kwara, Ilorin
This article will provide an update on accredited and government approved schools of nursing and schools of midwifery in Kwara state.
This is part of our series on schools of nursing in Nigerian states.
There are several nursing schools across Nigerian states.
This includes both ones owned by federal government, states and private institutions.
From time to time, these schools of nursing are reaccredited by Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).
This is the government agency that regulates nursing and midwifery education in Nigeria.
They approve, accredit and reaccredited schools of nursing and midwifery across Nigeria irrespective of ownership status.
In this post we will be bring to our audience, schools of nursing in Kwara state.
This also includes departments of nursing in universities in Kwara state and schools of Post basic nursing across the state.
This write up will help curtail enrollment into unapproved and unaccredited nursing schools in Nigeria.
This will also serve as guide to prospective students who intend to enroll into schools of nursing in Kwara state.
There is no doubt that Nigeria is still self insufficient in health care workers.
So, it is always imperative that governments at all level continues to establish and maintain health care training colleges.
In Kwara state currently, the only school of midwifery in Kwara which is School of Post Basic Midwifery, Ilorin has its accreditation withdrawn for the moment.
This has left the state with only schools of nursing and post basic nursing.
List of Schools of Nursing in Kwara State
Below is the roll call of schools o nursing in Kwara state.
Nursing schools in Kwara state includes degree and diploma certificate awarding schools of nursing.
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Clinical & Health Sciences UNILORIN
This is degree certificate awarding schools of nursing owned by university of Ilorin, a federal university in Kwara state.
DON UNILORIN is college under faculty of clinical and health sciences of University of Ilorin.
School of Nursing, Ilorin
School of Nursing Ilorin is a diploma degree awarding nursing school established and owned by Kwara state government.
School of Nursing, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin
This another diploma in nursing school owned by the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
It is different from Department of Nursing, UNILORIN.
College of Nursing, Oke-Ode
This is one of the accredited schools of nursing in Kwara state by Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
The health care training institution is owned by Kwara state.
School of Post Basic A&E Nursing, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin
This is another nursing school owned by University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital that is fully accredited.
School of Post Basic Paediatric Nursing, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin
Another P. BSc nursing school in Kwara is School of Post Basic Paediatric Nursing.
It is also a school of nursing within University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.
School of Post Basic Nursing Nephrology Nursing, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin
P. BSc nursing programs that are done at UITH are several and Nephrology nursing is one of them.
This post basic nursing degree college is also owned by UNILORIN teaching hospital.
