Nursing education

Nursing education aims at imparting scientific and up-to-date knowledge in the area of biological behavioral, social and medical science which prepares nurses to participate in decision making and policy making with respect to health matters. In respect to the goal of nursing education, the department will impart students with knowledge on curriculum development and practice at the macro, meso, micro and nano levels as well delivering lessons as an integral part in the teaching process by ensuring that the domains of learning Cognitive (thinking); affective (emotional or feeling); and psychomotor (physical or kinesthetic) are achieved. Broadly, nursing educations is tailored to equip the learner with concepts and principles of education to nursing; methods of instruction and the process applied to nursing; application of instructional media and selection methods as used in nursing; principles of education planning and Management and curriculum development process.