Nursing in Kenya

Over the decades, with demand for healthcare providers increasing due to marked growth in the population of Kenya, training programs were implemented.

"[1] Their primary responsibilities included dressing wounds, administering injections, and managing hospitals.

There was also a growing need for health care providers to engage in effective healthcare management strategies, to be able to reach every part of the population.

1990s, due to expansion and emergence of complex disease patterns among populations such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, cardiac conditions, the Nursing Council of Kenya approved the preparation of nurses at bachelors level because the effective management of such patients requires highly skilled and trained personnel who would be able to engage in critical thinking and sound decision-making.

The council establishes and continues to improve the standards of professional nursing and of health care within the community.