The World Bank built the School and it was opened as a Zambia Enrolled Nursing School on 11th March 1979. The first intake comprised 15 pupil nurses under the Swedish Management. The School has been training Enrolled Nurses until the year 2000 when it was converted to a Registered Nursing Programme and it was commissioned on 3rd May 2008.
The School has one Principal Tutor, five Tutors and one Clinical Instructor at present. There is one Office Orderly, one Typist, two Cooks, a House Keeper, Store man, Accounting Officer, Library attendant, two hostel attendants and two outdoor workers.
The institution is located within the hospital premises. This enables students carry out their practicals in various wards and departments.
Since the institution converted to Registered Nursing programme in the year 2000, three groups of students have completed training. The Government through the Ministry of Health wholly funds the institution.

Training Programme Offered by the Institution
The school offers a three-year programme brocken down as follows:

• Preliminary Training session lasting twelve weeks
• Theory Blocks alternating with practice in the hospital
• Speciality areas within the hospital, community, clinics, Kitwe School of Nursing and University Teaching Hospital.
• The institution also uses problem based learning as an alternative teaching/learning method.