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The Intake Is Open. Here Is Everything You Need to Know.
The Diploma in Community Health Nursing at Auscare International College — School of Nursing is a three-year, full-time programme recognised by the Kenya Nursing Council. On completion, graduates sit the KNC licensing examinations and register as community health nurses, qualified to practice in Kenya and eligible to pursue international registration pathways.
Entry Requirements
To apply, you must meet the following KCSE minimum grades:
- Mean Grade: C Plain overall
- English or Kiswahili: C
- Biology / Biological Sciences: C
- Physics / Physical Sciences, Chemistry, or Mathematics: C Minus
If you are unsure whether your results qualify, contact the admissions office at Auscare International College directly. Do not disqualify yourself before speaking to someone.
What the Three Years Cover
The programme combines classroom theory with supervised clinical placements in community and facility-based settings. You will study:
- Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
- Community health assessment and vital signs
- Maternal and child health — antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal, and neonatal care
- Non-communicable disease management in the community
- Mental health recognition and referral
- Pharmacology and safe medication management
- Public health, disease surveillance, and health promotion
- Clinical placements in real community health settings
The three years are structured to build competence progressively from foundational clinical knowledge in year one to increasing clinical autonomy and patient management by year three.
What Graduates Do After Completing the Programme
- Sit the Kenya Nursing Council licensing examinations
- Register as a Community Health Nurse with the KNC
- Enter employment in public health, NGO, private healthcare, or corporate health sectors
- Begin the international registration pathway to Australia, the UK, Canada, or the Gulf states
- Progress to post-basic specialisation or nursing upgrading programmes
Study Mode
This is a full-time programme. Classes are held at the Auscare International College campus in Mombasa, with clinical placements at approved community and facility sites. If you are currently employed, speak to the admissions team about the timetable before assuming full-time study is incompatible with your situation, many students manage a transition plan before the programme begins.
The One Thing to Do Today
Not next week. Not after the next thing on your list is sorted. Today; call or visit the admissions office and confirm the next intake date, then begin gathering your documents.
Every community health nurse working in Kenya right now was once sitting exactly where you are; undecided, still calculating. They enrolled. The career they have built started with a single conversation with an admissions office.
Yours can too.
Auscare International College — School of Nursing, Mombasa. The intake is open. Apply before your place is taken.
