The Nursing Unit was
initially attached to the Department of Nutrition and Health
Sciences. Following a review in 2002, the Nursing Unit was
later placed under the Department of Community Health. It
has seven academic staff and an administrative assistant,
Unit
is responsible for offering the degree of Bachelor of Nursing.
The program focuses on developing professional clinical
nurse specialists in six areas, namely:
Ø
Community Health Nursing
Ø Mental Health Nursing
Ø Ophthalmic Nursing
Ø Pediatric Nursing
Ø Critical Care Nursing
Ø Medical Surgical Nursing
Further
addition of specialty areas such as midwifery, oncology,
and pre-operative nursing will subsequently be offered.
Besides clinical specialty areas, the program provides each
individual nurse with the opportunity to do research. This
is done so as to promote evidence-based nursing practice.