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Divisions & Units

Indexing Division

The indexing division is one of the key units of the Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria and all other activities of Council revolve around the unit. It is responsible for the indexing of Students for the various Basic and Post Basic Nursing Programmes throughout the Federation.

Indexing of students involves the profiling of Nursing or Midwifery students’ personal data into the Council’s database and ensuring that the students’ qualification for admission into the programme is based on the approved entry requirements.

Presently the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has nineteen (19) approved basic and post basic programmes in all accredited Nursing and Midwifery Training Institutions in Nigeria.

These programmes are:

  1. General Nursing
  2. Community Nursing 
  3. Midwifery (Basic and Post Basic)
  4. Community Midwifery
  5. Mental Health/Psychiatric Nursing 
  6. Perioperative Nursing
  7. Orthopedic Nursing
  8. Ophthalmic Nursing
  9. Nurse Anesthetist Programme
  10. Accident and Emergency Nursing
  11. Pediatric Nursing  
  12. Critical Care Nursing
  13. Nose and Throat Nursing 
  14. Occupational Health Nursing
  15. Burns and Plastic Nursing
  16. Cardio-thoracic Nursing
  17. Nephrology Nursing
  18. Oncology Nursing
  19. Public Health Nursing

Examination Division

This division is under Education Department headed, by a Deputy Director who co-ordinates all activities relating to the conduct of the Final Qualifying Examinations of the Council.

FUNCTIONS

For ease of function the unit is divided into three (3) sections viz:

  1. Nursing
  2. Midwifery
  3. Post Basic

The functions include:

  1. Host Examination Committee meeting of the Council
  2. Organizes Biennial examiners’ workshop, to update the knowledge and skills of current and prospective examiners in the assessment of students in CAOSEC exams
  3. Liaises with Indexing Division to ensure that only qualified candidates are presented for any of the Council’s Examinations.
  4. Recommends suitable Council Examiners to the Secretary General/Registrar.
  5. Ensures that there is adequate supply of questions in the Council’s question bank for all examinations and other related document,
  6. Liaises with all heads of Schools for, the maintenance and compilation of the continuous assessment records of all Candidates for the examination.
  7. Monitors new trends in tests and measurements and makes recommendation for the adoption of such measures as tools for assessment of Candidates.
  8. The division conducts four examinations in a year as follows;
  9. March – Professional Qualifying Examination for Midwives (2nd Tuesday)
  10. May – Professional Qualifying Examination for General Nurses (1st Tuesday)
  11. September – Professional Qualifying Examination for Midwives (2nd Tuesday)
  12. November – Professional Qualifying Examination for General and Post Basic Nurses (1st Tuesday)

Registration Division

INTRODUCTION.

The Registration Unit of the Council is charged with the responsibility of entering into the registers, names of qualified General Nurses, Midwives and seventeen (17) Post Basic Nursing Programmes. The Unit also handles the registration of Foreign Trained Nurses who have met the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria’s requirements for registration.

The Unit also processes and dispatches notifications of registration to schools/individuals, maintains current volumes of registers for the various categories of Nurses and also keeps statistical records of those registered. The Unit presently maintains nineteen registers for the under listed categories of nurses.

  • General Nurses
  • Midwives
  • Mental Health Nurses
  • Public Health Nurses
  • Public Health Nurse Educator
  • Nurse Educators
  • Midwife Educators
  • Nurse Administrators
  • Orthopedic Nurses
  • Nurse Anesthetists
  • Perioperative Nurses
  • Ophthalmic Nurses
  • Accident and Emergency Nurses
  • Pediatric Nurses
  • Cardio-thoracic Nurses
  • Burns and Plastic Nurses
  • Occupational Health Nurses
  • Ear, Nose and throat Nurses
  • Intensive Care Nurses.

Licensing/Updating Division

The Updating/Licencing Division of Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria is responsible for the updating and issuance of practicing licences to all categories of registered nurses within and outside the Country. It is also the Division responsibility to treat all correspondences and keeping statistics of all processed and dispatched licences.

The Division has been in existence since 1987 and its activities supported and enforced by section 5 of the amended decree 54 of 1988 which stipulates that “no nurse shall be allowed to practice or continue to practice in any year except such a nurse has paid the Licencing fee as prescribed by the Council”.

FUNCTIONS

The Updating/Licensing/Verification Division of the Council is charged with the following responsibilities:

  • Updating and issuance of practicing licenses to all cadres of Registered Nurses in Nigeria.
  • Verification/Authentication of certificates to various boards/organizations within and outside the Country.
  • Change of name for married females in Council’s records.
  • Treating all correspondences and keeping statistics of all processed and dispatched licenses.
  • Liaising with Foreign Nursing Boards through correspondence on issues relating to verification of registration with the Council.

Finance Division

Division is supervised by a Deputy Director who:

  • Advises the Secretary-General on all matters relating to the finances of the Council.
  • Advises the Secretary-General on all matters relating to human and material resources of the Council.
  • Prepares annual budget in accordance with prescribed formats, and participates in budget defense.

Graphics Division

  • The Unit is primarily charged with the following responsibilities:
    • Writing and issuance of Certificates to all the Nineteen (19) cadres of Registered Nurses and Midwives
    • Processing of Certificates and dispatching of all signed Certificates to the various schools and individuals.
    • Keeping records and statistics of all processed and dispatched Certificates.
    • Ensuring the safety of processed, returned, unclaimed or blank certificates.
    • Issuance of “To Whom It May Concern” in lieu of lost Certificate.
    • Visualizing and Originating ideas for all artistic work of Council.
    • Performing other Administrative duties as directed.
    CERTIFICATE POLICY.
    • Certificates are issued once and cannot be reissued if lost.
    • Certificates are not posted.
    • Certificates are dispatched directly to schools for Nigerian Trained Nurses. However, for Overseas Trained Nurses/Midwives and all other Post Basic Programmes not conducted by the Council, their Certificates are dispatched directly to them.