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  2. Nursing in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Before the establishment of the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) under the Nurses Cap 257 of the Laws of Kenya, the activities of the council were governed by Ordinances. . Ordinance number 16 of 4 June 1946 was the first governing tool to be authorised by the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya to address health issues and activities of the nurses in the then Kenya Co

  3. Healthcare in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The Nursing Council of Kenya is a body corporate established under the Nurses Act Cap 257 of the Laws of Kenya to regulate standards of nursing education and practice in Kenya. It protects the public by promoting standards of clinical care through training, licensure and enforcement of codes of regulation.

  4. Eunice Muringo Kiereini - Wikipedia

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    Eunice Muringo Kiereini (born 1939) is a retired nurse who was Kenya's Chief Nursing Officer from 1968 to 1986, with responsibility for overseeing and developing nursing in Kenya after independence. She has served in many different health organisations, at home and abroad, and was the first African president of the International Council of ...

  5. Licensed practical nurse - Wikipedia

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    By contrast hospitals are phasing out licensed practical nurses. [7] While LPN jobs were expected to decline, in 2010 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the job growth rate of Licensed Practical Nurses as 22%, far above the national average of 14%. Median annual salary was reported as $44,090 per year, and hourly salary was reported as $19 ...

  6. District nurse - Wikipedia

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    District nurses, a job which requires experience, are generally older than hospital nurses and 46% planned to either retire or leave in the next six years. A majority reported that they had insufficient time to devote proper care to patients and 75% said they had vacancies or ‘frozen posts’ in their teams. [3]

  7. Kenya Medical Training College - Wikipedia

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    The Kenya Medical Training College [1] (KMTC) is a state Corporation under the Ministry of Health entrusted with the role of training of the various health disciplines in the health sector, to serve the local, regional and international markets. The College aligns its strategies to those of the health sector, which in turn draws its focus from ...

  8. Nursing shortage - Wikipedia

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    Following the COVID-19 pandemic, between 2019 and 2023 job vacancy rates for registered nurses in hospitals rose by approximately 50%, to reach an average of 16% in 2023, with 62% of hospitals having a vacancy rate of at least 12.5%. [82] The average vacancy rate for hospitals declined to 9.9% as of 2024. [83]

  9. Mwale Medical and Technology City - Wikipedia

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    A feasibility study carried out from 2007 to 2012 established the site of a proposed medical tourism and technology city in western Kenya. The lead investor Julius Mwale, a Kenyan technology entrepreneur and investor based in the US, assembled a team of technology and healthcare experts and companies from the US and enlisted them for phase one of the city which commenced in 2014 and was ...