History of the College
Bishop Shanahan Nursing and Midwifery Schools, Nsukka were established in 1952. The Midwifery Section was allowed to train Grade II midwives after due inspection by the then Midwifery Board of Nigeria. The Institution was opened with the first batch of twenty students in March 1952. She continued on this status until 1964 when it was inspected by the same body, upgraded and approved to train Grade one midwives. The war broke and the school was temporally closed. It was immediately opened after the war in 1970.
The Midwifery Institution over the years had been admitting students for a one-year midwifery programme until 2007 when the programme was changed to eighteen months. At a point in history, the number of nurses coming for Post Basic Midwifery training dwindled. Management applied for a change of programme which was acknowledged and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. In February 2021, the institution started the Basic Midwifery programme with the first batch.
Academically, the institution had maintained excellence, scoring between 97 and 100% in the professional examinations for Midwives by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. In March 2011, the school had the most outstanding result in the Federation and produced the overall best student that year. The performance was honored with the presentation of plaques carrying congratulatory inscriptions of outstanding performance.
The Nursing Institution was established in 1964 for the training of General Nurses. In 2018, with the approval of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, the Post Basic training for General Nurses commenced with 30 intakes. Progressively, the admission quota was moved from 30 to 50 and then 100 in the year 2023. The School has equally been upgraded to a College of Nursing Sciences and our Admission will now be through Jamb and the duration of training will now be four years. Academically, the institution had measured up to expectations performing well in the professional exams. She had won so many trophies in the inter-school Florence Nightingale’s competitions as well as various sports games.
Motto of the College
Optimum Health of the Human race
Vision of the College
To be a globally acclaimed institution committed to producing professionally competent Health workers with polyvalent skills that meet the health care needs of the human race in any clime and setting at all time.
Mission Statement
To provide mankind with well educated, qualified, polyvalent and competent nurses and midwives capable of rendering person centered holistic, qualitative, comprehensive and evidence-based care to individual clients, families and communities as appropriate in all settings.
Director, College of Nursing Sciences and School of Medical Laboratory Technician , Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE COLLEGE
The College Philosophy is founded on the concept of the Golden rule: “Do unto others what good thing you would like to be done unto you”
Physical, psychological, social and spiritual wellbeing of all that consume its services.
Respect, rights, dignity and worth of every patient/client irrespective of race, creed, age or socio-economic status.
Seeing the individual client as a whole with a comprehensive view of expectant mother and family as part of the community.
Operates in accordance with the regulation of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria in maintaining excellence in Nursing Education and Practice in Nigeria.
College of Nursing Sciences, Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka
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