University in Nigeria
Gboko, Benue
University profile
NKST College of Nursing Sciences, Mkar is a Christian nursing and midwifery training institution owned by the NKST Church and based at NKST Hospital Mkar, PMB 190, Gboko, Benue State. It describes itself as the pioneer nursing training institution in Northern Nigeria and was formerly known as the NKST School of Nursing and Midwifery. More than 5,000 nurses and midwives have graduated from it, and its graduates serve across Nigeria and abroad.
The college offers the National Diploma (ND) in Nursing, the Higher National Diploma (HND) in Nursing, Community Nursing and Community Midwifery (Basic Midwifery). Teaching is organised in three departments: General Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health Nursing. Training combines moral values, ethics, professional skills and spiritual grounding, with the motto of service in love and humility.
The vision is to produce knowledgeable and competent polyvalent nurses who work as members and leaders of the health team, and the mission is to transform the student nurse into a professionally functional nurse who can provide quality nursing care anywhere, using the nursing process approach. The college is an equal opportunity institution that admits without discrimination on grounds of sex, political affiliation, ethnicity, race, creed or religion.
The college is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) for the award of professional certificates and is accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for academic awards. In May 2023 the NMCN approved its elevation from school to college status. The management team includes a Provost, Deputy Provost, Registrar, Bursar and Librarian.
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View scholarships for NKST COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES, MKAR →Applicants must have completed the National Diploma in Nursing and hold at least five credit passes in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Language and Mathematics in WAEC/NECO/NABTEB in not more than two sittings.
A minimum of four credits including English Language, Biology and any two other subjects. The community programmes are for indigenes only; non-indigenes are not eligible to apply.
Post-UTME forms are sold for admission into ND 100L, 200L (basic midwives) and Community Nursing, and applications are made online through the college admission portal.
The college is located at NKST Hospital Mkar, PMB 190, Gboko, Benue State, and is attached to the NKST Hospital Mkar (Christian Hospital) which supports clinical training.
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