Uganda Nursing School of Butabika Psychiatric Admission Requirements

Uganda Nursing School of Butabika Psychiatric Admission Requirements For 2023/2024

BSPN is the only nursing school of its kind in Uganda that trains mental health nurses. Since its inception in 1960, it has trained thousands of nurses who are deployed in Government and private sectors. All female and male Ugandans and across boarders are encouraged to purse the mental health nurses course.

The applicants must have successfully completed ordinary and/or advanced secondary education or its equivalent for external applicants. Ordinary level applicants must have passes in English, mathematics, Biology, chemistry and physics whereas the advanced must have two principle passes in Biology and Chemistry.

Admission is through Business Technical vocational education and training department ministry of education and sports who organise interviews certificate for the certificate course ad joint admission board for Diploma course candidates.

Butabika School of psychiatric Nursing Courses Offered

This Institution Offers Training Leading to the Award of

Diploma in Mental Health Nursing(Direct and Extension)
Certificate in Mental Health Nursing

Courses Offered Under Department of Mental Health

All courses in this department begin in February and November respectively

.Registered Mental Nursing This course is aimed at training and producing competent mental nurse who are capable of rendering effective holistic and comprehensive mental health services.

Enrolled Mental Nursing This is a two and a half year course aimed at equipping nurses with skills enabling them to provide holistic and comprehensive mental health services.

Extension mental health nursing This is a one and a half course for upgrading students from the enrollment to the registration level. It is aimed at equipping the nurses with more skills to offer profcient and competent services. Candidate shall be below 45 years

This course is aimed at training and producing competent mental nurse who are capable of rendering effective holistic and comprehensive mental health services.
ENROLLMENT LIMIT 50
COURSE TYPE traineeship (incl internship)
TRAINING AREA
health, community services and care
COURSE MODE day
QUALIFICATION NEB Diploma
LOCATION Kampala
LOCATION DETAILS Nakawa Division, Luzira Road
MODULES
Foundations of Nursing
Nursing Practice
Community Health
Nursing care and therapeutics
Note: There is an enrollment limit for this course.

A candidate shall be eligible for Diploma in Mental Health Nursing if sheand he has passed with only Credits at O’Level in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and physics and a principle pass in Biology and chemistry at A’ level.

Target group
A person who has successfully completed Advanced secondary education and has the interest in caring for the mentally sick.

Fees structure

The school has both Private and Government sponsored students.

Government sponsored students
Semester 1 shs 397,500

Subsequent semesters shs 142,500

Private students
Semester 1 shs 937,500

Subsequent semester shs 592,500

Payment is stictly made in the Bank

Program Line
We have lectures and practicum which are done at different times depending on the program for example a group can have a month of block study and one in the clinical area or lecturers in the morning and clinical in the afternoon and evening.

Library
The school has a library with over 100 sitting capacity and it has acquired a good number of textboos and other reading materials for this particular course.

Co-curricular activities
All students are divided into four houses i which each one is expected to actively participate.

Music dance and dram
There are various Music drama groups in the school which include

Clubs like Rotaract club, Youth Club and Christian Union
Cultural groups like Nkobazambogo, BUKISA, BISDA
Music gallas are organized on a yearly basis between the different houses