The Mwami Adventist Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1962, 35 years after the hospital’s founding. “The Mission of the Nursing school was to provide a holistic Nursing Education for Men and Women with the aim of equipping them with adequate professional skills for service to God and Humanity.” The Hospital Administration spearheaded the establishment of the nursing school with the support of the union office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zambia and the government of the Republic of Zambia.
Martha Hansen and Olive Vaughan, the Sister - Tutor and Matron, respectively, opened the doors of the new school of nursing to first student-nurses. Martha Hansen as first Principal Tutor started Set 1 of Enrolled Nursing with seven students. This program is called Zambia Enrolled Nursing. The school used some of the existing hospital infrastructure to conduct training programs. The seven students, being all female, were accommodated in one of the houses at Mwami Adventist Hospital.