General Nursing Advanced Diploma

Qualification    :   G.C.E A/L – 3 Passes in any stream or G.C.E O/L with IIHS Foundation Program / Recognized Foundation Program

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Programme Audience

This course is especially designed for those who wish to pursue a career in Nursing. Those who enjoy working with people and care about promoting good health may be interested in pursuing such a career. The changing demand for nurses creates a variety of job openings in many places. The nurse can work in hospitals, schools, nursing homes, elderly care facilities, airlines, professional organizations, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), research organizations and many other healthcare facilities. Nurses can be involved in caring for the sick, rehabilitation, promoting health, preventing disease, teaching health classes, teaching in a school of nursing and a host of other activities.

In the hospital, a Nurse has the opportunity to practice in trauma/emergency, critical care, outpatient and inpatient surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, geriatrics, oncology, cardiology, rehabilitation, and psychiatry. In the community, a Nurse can practice in physicians' offices, clinics, schools, occupational and public health systems.