SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

The School is the first and foremost School of Psychiatric Nursing in Nigeria and
Africa, South of the Sahara. It has trained and graduated qualified and licensed
Psychiatric Nursing experts not only for the entire regions, zones and states of the
federation on Federal Character Principles; it has equally done so for virtually all the
Anglophone States of West, Central as well as the East African States.
The School is a Federal Government Institution belonging to the Federal Ministry of
Health, while its training mandate is controlled and regulated by the Nursing and
Midwifery Council of Nigeria as stipulated by law. The established tutorial staff capacity
of the School stands at 24. However, the mental health nurses brain-drain to greener
pastures in foreign countries has attritionalized the figure to just 10 who are
academically and professionally qualified. Most of the Tutors possess Masters Degree
while some are pursuing Doctorate Degree Programmes. In addition to these high
qualification profiles, one of thę Tutors is a leading Fellow of the West African College
The annual output of the School stands between 60 and 70 Psychiatric Nurses out of
of Nursing in the Mental Health Faculty.
the 130 to 150 produced annually by the Country’s seven (7) Schools of Post-Basic
The training programme currently spans a period of 18 calendar months and candidates
Psychiatric Nursing
are required to possess the following pre-requisite qualifications:
5 credits at not more than 2 sittings including Mathematics, English Language,
Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
Post qualification registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria
lemic excellence, recording almost 100%
as a registered nurse.
s always at the yearly Nursing and Midwifery Council
The School is reputed for continuous acaden
for psychiatric nurses. The products of the
with distinctions and credits always at the
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of Nigeria.