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Requirements for School of Nursing 2020/2021 General Nursing Programme General Nursing Programme is the basic nursing programme in Nigeria. If you get admitted into a school of nursing for the general nursing programme, you will become a registered nurse upon completion of your course in three years. The currently approved entry requirement is five (5) O’level credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology at not more than two (2) sittings from either the West African Examination Council (WAEC) or National Examination Council (NECO). Any student with a foreign examination board result(s) is expected to submit an evaluation report or equivalent grading from the Federal Ministry of Education along with the result. NABTEB is currently not acceptable. Note: Acceptable Age range for admission into Basic Nursing and Basic Midwifery Training programme is 18 - 35years as at the time of indexing. Post Basic Midwifery Programme Once you have become a Registered Nurse (RN), you may apply for a Post-Basic Midwifery to become a registered midwife. As a Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife, you can receive a practicing license to start a work-study program with a year of professional on-the-job training. Here, you will gain experience in a hospital and work towards a clinical specialization at the certificate level through professional programs. You could then specialize in any of these clinical programs: Medical-Surgical Nurse, Public Health and Policy Nurse, Critical Care Nurse, Medical-Surgical Nurse, Anesthetist, Orthopedic, Pediatric, etc. These specialization programs run for a full year except for the Nurse Anesthetist program which runs for 18 months. Requirements for School of Nursing in Nigeria 2020/2021 Bachelor of Nursing Sciences (BNSc) Alternatively, you could attend any of the universities offering Nursing in Nigeria to study for a five-year Bachelors's in Nursing Sciences Degree or RN, Registered Midwife (RM), or Registered Public Health Nurse (RPHN). As a prerequisite, you must have at least five (5) credit level passes at not more than two (2) sittings at the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE/NECO/GCE) examinations in the following subjects as listed below: English Language Biology or Health Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or any other science subject. Some universities accept any additional qualification from any health-related discipline such as listed below; Community Health Officer Training Certificate (CHO), NCE (Physical/Health Education, Science Education, Nutrition, Home Economics) Health Superintendent, Registered Nurse (RN), Physiology, Medical Laboratory Science, etc.