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Approved Hospitals for Nursing Internship in Nigeria (2025 Updated List

1. Teaching Hospitals
48th Armed Forces Hospital, Lagos
68th Armed Forces Hospital, Lagos
Abia State University Teaching Hospital
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano
Anambra State University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka
Babcock University Teaching Hospital
Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi
Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos
Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara
Alex-Ekwueme University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki
Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu
Jos University Teaching Hospital
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba
LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo/Ogbomoso
Madonna University Teaching Hospital
Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu
University College Hospital, Ibadan
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto
2. Federal Medical Centres (FMCs)
FMC Abeokuta
FMC Abuja
FMC Asaba
FMC Bida
FMC Ebute-Metta
FMC Keffi
FMC Lokoja
FMC Makurdi
FMC Owerri
FMC Owo
FMC Yenagoa
FMC Umuahia
FMC Yola
FMC Katsina
FMC Azare, Bauchi
FMC Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi
FMC Birnin-Kudu, Jigawa
FMC Nguru, Yobe
FMC Gusau, Zamfara
FMC Jalingo, Taraba
Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti
Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe
3. General, Military, and Specialist Hospitals
Armed Forces Hospital and all military hospitals in Nigeria
Aso Rock Clinic, Abuja
Baptist Medical Centre, Saki
Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna
Braithewaite Memorial Hospital, Port Harcourt
Central Hospital, Agbor
Central Hospital, Benin City
Central Hospital, Sapele
Central Hospital, Ughelli
Central Hospital, Warri
Dalhatu Araf Hospital, Lafia
Dental Centre Complex, Dugbe, Ibadan
Duro Soleye Hospital, Ikeja
Eko Hospital Plc, Ikeja
First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalande
Garki Hospital, Abuja
General Hospital, Onitsha
General Hospital, Ikot-Ekpene
General Hospital, Minna
General Hospital/Island Maternity/Massey Children’s Hospital, Lagos
Havanah Specialist Hospital Ltd, Surulere
Holy Rosary Hospital, Emekuku
Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Okada
Immanuel General Hospital, Eket
Lily Hospital, Warri (Warri and Benin branches)
Memphys Hospital for Neurosurgery, Enugu
Military Base Hospital, Benin
Motayo Hospital, Ikeja
NAF Hospital, Ikeja
National Hospital, Abuja
Naval Hospital, Ojo
Oriafor Medical Centre, Uromi, Edo State
Parklane General Hospital, Enugu
Plateau Hospital, Jos
Police Hospital, Falomo, Lagos
Ring Road Specialist Hospital Complex, Ibadan
Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife
Sobi Specialist Hospital, Ilorin
St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos
State Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo
State Hospital, Abeokuta
State Hospital, Akure
State Hospital, Ijebu-Ode
House Medical Centre, Abuja
State Specialist Hospital, Ikere-Ekiti
4. FCT District Hospitals (Abuja)
Asokoro District Hospital
Maitama District Hospital
Wuse District Hospital
Kubwa District Hospital

Updated List compiled by Fellow Nurses Africa, published on March 22, 2025, on Fellownurses.com. For more details, updates, or inquiries about the nursing internship process, visit Fellownurses.com or contacr them directly.
https://www.fellownurses.com/2025/03/approved-hospitals-for-nursing-internship-in-nigeria-2025-updated-list.html

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVENT YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS!!!

Don't forget that the upcoming Nurses-Media Partnership Conference/ Annual Lecture/Media Parley hosting Nigeria's former Beauty Queen, Nollywood Star and INNA Nursing Ambassador, Nurse Regina Askia-Williams from the U.S is is less than 72 hours away.

Be reminded of the schedule of events as follows:

TUESDAY 15TH
Arrival/Reception at the Airport

WEDNESDAY 16TH
9am: TV Interview of Regina Askia on Nigeria's number one TV breakfast show, "YOUR VIEW" with Morayo and Crew on TV Continental.

6pm: Close Door Meeting between Nollywood and Nurses.

Other Electronic Media Interviews (Details soon)

THURSDAY
9am: Interview of Regina Askia on City FM 105.1FM

10:15am: INNA Half Hour Rapport/Bonding/Mentoring Session with LUTH Student Nurses

10:45am: Arrival of Guests

11am: Main Event
(CLOSED DOOR SESSION – STRICTLY NURSES)
Panelist Discussion/Stakeholders Meeting with Regina and Nursing Leaders

12.45am: Close of Nurses Session/Arrival of the Media

1pm: OPEN DOOR SESSION
- Panelist Discussions for Nollywood, Media and Nurses
- Public Lecture by Regina
- Stage Play by NOA
- Communique

Venue: HALL 36, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos.

Time: 10am (Student Nurses)

11am: Strictly Nurses
1pm: Nurses and the Media

FRIDAY
Health Awareness Walk and Anti QUACKERY Campaign

For enquiries, contact INNA President - 0701 733 3732
INNA Asst. PRO - 0806 119 5926

Please Share the message and invite as many Nurses as you can!!!

Laundering the professional Image of Nurses is a MUST!
Fighting QUACKERY to a standstill is a TASK for US ALL!!!

Be there!!!!

Announcer: Inspire Nurses Network, Africa (INNA)

I knw u must be a Dr.This your ego is one of those factors killing you guys.Have you forgotten
that both Nursing and medical students sat in thesame class to receive lectures on
Anatomy,physiology,pharmacology,Biochemistry etc.You guys spent 5years in school,Nurses also
spent 5years.
what makes it 6years is your house job of which you are duly paid for.Have you forgotten that
Nurses are also entitled to one year internship to make their course of study also 6 years?
Medicine has changed dramatically over the years with new drugs and treatments revolutionising
the way patients are cared for.
With that has come an overhaul in the way staff work. In particular, the demarcation between
doctors and nurses.
What was once the preserve of doctors - prescribing drugs, ordering x-rays, referring patients and
diagnosing - is now also done by many senior nurses who have had extra training.
They go by a variety of titles from nurse consultants and clinical nurse specialists to nurse
practitioners.
Some specialise in a particular condition - diabetes or heart disease for example - while others
coordinate care in A&Es and or community settings.
Go to a walk-in clinic or minor injury unit and the chances are you'll be seen by a nurse.
Some GPs also use nurse practitioners to ease their workload by carrying out consultations.
The 'super' nurse
Matt Hodson is a nurse consultant who specialises in respiratory disease.
He has a masters and doctorate and leads a team of specialists who provide care in the
community and in hospitals in east London.
Unless a patient has an emergency, they need never see a doctor - something the public still
does not fully appreciate.
"Before we started, patients either saw their GP or went to hospital," he said.
"But now we are able to look after their needs - we can refer, prescribe, give clinical advice.
"If problems flare up we can provide oxygen or a nebuliser. These are the sort of things
traditionally done in a hospital but there is a lot nurses can do," added Mr Hodson.
And the evidence suggests it works.
Research by the British Heart Foundation on heart failure specialist nurses has shown that they
can reduce hospital admissions and consultant appointments, giving a saving of over £1,800 per
patient.
The charity Parkinson's UK has found that a specialist nurse saves over £200,000 a year in
avoidable bed days, consultant appointments and unplanned admissions.
Over the years I have heard nurses describing themselves as "mini-doctors" or "substitute
doctors" doing the jobs medics once did.
In fact, on wards you can sometimes find experienced nurses being assertive in discussions with
junior doctors.
Nurses v doctors
There are nearly 330,000 nurses (in terms of full time equivalents) working in the NHS in
England - with 64,000 working in senior roles.
By comparison there are more than 32,000 GPs and 40,000 consultants.
GP partners (those which run practices) earn an average of £102,000 a year, while those that
are employed by practices get £56,000.
Pay for senior nurse roles varies greatly, with salary bands stretching from £31,000 to £81,000.
All this begs the question: what more could senior nurses do?
After all, the NHS is facing particular problems recruiting GPs and A&E doctors in particular,
while the ageing population is putting more and more demands on services.
It was a point floated by the Royal College of Nursing this week.
Peter Carter, the union's general secretary, said senior nurses were a "huge part of the solution"
in the push to create seven-day services as they could "make decisions, supervise teams and
educate and mentor".
Currently there are about 64,000 nurses employed in England in senior roles - although it will
include those in managerial position as well as nurse consultants and the like.
That is only marginally fewer than the 72,000 hospital consultants and GPs that are on the pay
roll.
What do doctors think?
The medical profession has always been reluctant to relinquish its roles and responsibilities.
Paul Flynn, chair of the British Medical Association consultants committee, and a consultant
obstetrician and gynaecologist, believes there is a "limit" to how far you can go with this.
He says evidence shows those senior nurses working in general practice, for example, order more
tests and take longer to do consultations.
"It's not always more efficient, what we need is properly resourced staff across the NHS," he said.
"In hospitals nurse specialists can take on some of the jobs. For example I will make the
diagnosis and then the nurse will take charge of discussing treatment options and managing that
side.
"It means I can get on and see the next patient. But you can't simply replace one with another,"
he explained.
It is, of course, a fair point.
But with the nature of health care changing as medicine advances, and a growing amount of time
devoted to helping people manage their conditions, there is arguably a growing role for the expert
nurse as a way of making resources stretch further.It is only in Nigeria that you see nurses as
second class citizens.
I wish to be a nurse,thats why i went to study Nursing.The bulk of what i know,you dont.On the
other hand,you want to be a Dr,that's why u went to the medical school.so what you know,I
don't. Cos I didn't study medicine!

[quote author=opribo post=45722346]I consider nursing as a female job, a job where you will only be administering treatment drugs to patients and caring for the sick patient untill full recovery and at the sametime taking direct orders from the doctors prescriptions.If women can be doctors and consultants how then can a man aspire to be only a nurse unless maybe for places where the pay is ok like in yankee otherwise it doesnt make sense.

BTW, OP was wrong when he said they have the same knowledge of the human anatomy with doctors that is a lie. Dostors spend seven to eight years and it takes an average of three years to do a nursing a midwifery program at LUTH then if you go abroad you just take their board exams to upgrade to their standard

Nurses have their own work and doctors have their own work and never confuse the two, they are not the same and can never be the same. Doctor will diagnose and prescribe drugs, pharmacist will dispense it and nurses will administer the drugs and manage patient to full recovery. It is even a dirty job because if the patient is an incontinence patient they will clean the patient feaces and urine. So tell me how can a man be doing such for another man for that matter, a woman we can understand because they are mothers so they are good at caring but a whole man haba.

If a man is in yankee i dont blame such as far as hustling is concerned but in Naija to be doing nursing something must be wrong somewhe



I knw u must be a Dr.This your ego is one of those factors killing you guys.Have you forgotten that both Nursing and medical students sat in thesame class to receive lectures on Anatomy,physiology,pharmacology,Biochemistry etc.You guys spent 5years in school,Nurses also spent 5years.
what makes it 6years is your house job of which you are duly paid for.Have you forgotten that Nurses are also entitled to one year internship to make their course of study also 6 years?

Medicine has changed dramatically over the years with new drugs and treatments revolutionising
the way patients are cared for.
With that has come an overhaul in the way staff work. In particular, the demarcation between
doctors and nurses.
What was once the preserve of doctors - prescribing drugs, ordering x-rays, referring patients and
diagnosing - is now also done by many senior nurses who have had extra training.
They go by a variety of titles from nurse consultants and clinical nurse specialists to nurse
practitioners.
Some specialise in a particular condition - diabetes or heart disease for example - while others
coordinate care in A&Es and or community settings.
Go to a walk-in clinic or minor injury unit and the chances are you'll be seen by a nurse.
Some GPs also use nurse practitioners to ease their workload by carrying out consultations.

The 'super' nurse
Matt Hodson is a nurse consultant who specialises in respiratory disease.
He has a masters and doctorate and leads a team of specialists who provide care in the
community and in hospitals in east London.
Unless a patient has an emergency, they need never see a doctor - something the public still
does not fully appreciate.
"Before we started, patients either saw their GP or went to hospital," he said.
"But now we are able to look after their needs - we can refer, prescribe, give clinical advice.
"If problems flare up we can provide oxygen or a nebuliser. These are the sort of things
traditionally done in a hospital but there is a lot nurses can do," added Mr Hodson.
And the evidence suggests it works.
Research by the British Heart Foundation on heart failure specialist nurses has shown that they
can reduce hospital admissions and consultant appointments, giving a saving of over £1,800 per
patient.
The charity Parkinson's UK has found that a specialist nurse saves over £200,000 a year in
avoidable bed days, consultant appointments and unplanned admissions.
Over the years I have heard nurses describing themselves as "mini-doctors" or "substitute
doctors" doing the jobs medics once did.
In fact, on wards you can sometimes find experienced nurses being assertive in discussions with
junior doctors.

Nurses v doctors
There are nearly 330,000 nurses (in terms of full time equivalents) working in the NHS in
England - with 64,000 working in senior roles.
By comparison there are more than 32,000 GPs and 40,000 consultants.
GP partners (those which run practices) earn an average of £102,000 a year, while those that
are employed by practices get £56,000.
Pay for senior nurse roles varies greatly, with salary bands stretching from £31,000 to £81,000.
All this begs the question: what more could senior nurses do?
After all, the NHS is facing particular problems recruiting GPs and A&E doctors in particular,
while the ageing population is putting more and more demands on services.
It was a point floated by the Royal College of Nursing this week.
Peter Carter, the union's general secretary, said senior nurses were a "huge part of the solution"
in the push to create seven-day services as they could "make decisions, supervise teams and
educate and mentor".
Currently there are about 64,000 nurses employed in England in senior roles - although it will
include those in managerial position as well as nurse consultants and the like.
That is only marginally fewer than the 72,000 hospital consultants and GPs that are on the pay
roll.

What do doctors think?
The medical profession has always been reluctant to relinquish its roles and responsibilities.
Paul Flynn, chair of the British Medical Association consultants committee, and a consultant
obstetrician and gynaecologist, believes there is a "limit" to how far you can go with this.
He says evidence shows those senior nurses working in general practice, for example, order more
tests and take longer to do consultations.
"It's not always more efficient, what we need is properly resourced staff across the NHS," he said.
"In hospitals nurse specialists can take on some of the jobs. For example I will make the
diagnosis and then the nurse will take charge of discussing treatment options and managing that
side.
"It means I can get on and see the next patient. But you can't simply replace one with another,"
he explained.
It is, of course, a fair point.
But with the nature of health care changing as medicine advances, and a growing amount of time
devoted to helping people manage their conditions, there is arguably a growing role for the expert
nurse as a way of making resources stretch further.It is only in Nigeria that you see nurses as second class citizens.
I wish to be a nurse,thats why i went to study Nursing.The bulk of what i know,you dont.On the other hand,you want to be a Dr,that's why u went to the medical school.so what you know,I don't. Cos I didn't study medicine!

please how do I post News on Nairaland?

Who is A NURSE?
A Nurse is someone who has undergone and received the necessary training either in an accredited SCHOOL OF NURSING or a UNIVERSITY and is being registered with the NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ( NMCN ) to provide preventive,promotive and retstorative health to individuals,famillies and the society as a whole.
Mind you,not everybody you see in WHITE is a Nurse, many are of them are QUACKS '' Dr's slaves'' in white and also calling themselves NURSES (Auxilliary Nurse) These set of people are the ones spoiling and denting the image of the Noble Profession,NURSING...
Its therefore your right as member of the public to know the identity of someone attending to your medical needs before you allow them to attend to you,who knows,your precious life may be at risk! always ask the simple question at every opportunity you have ''ARE YOU A REGISTERED NURSE? '' It is your right!
I remain NRS.Oluwatosin Kehinde Odunayo

PROUDLY A PROFESSIONAL NURSE!

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