Caring for people diagnosed with cancer is definitely a sensitive area of practice. Oncology nurses stand by the patients and help them face the cruelness of the disease. Helping people through their cancer journey might prove a difficult task, but helping cancer patients become cancer survivors is a powerful push for nurses who choose this career and this program will provide them with the essential skills and knowledge to provide professional care to Cancer patients and family members.

The duration of this specialty Nursing program is 18 months, 3 semesters program and is awaiting approval by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) and is run by Soarstar College of Nursing Sciences. Furthermore, upon graduation students will be licensed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and work as a Registered Oncology Nurse