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Nursing

Nurses are the backbone of healthcare provision globally.

Kenyan nurses are exceptionally resourceful and well-trained. They are the primary providers of care in many clinics and hospitals. They are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all Kenyans and often are faced with the challenges of high nurse to patient ratios, patient needs and mortality.

The AMPATH Nursing team is a collaboration between Kenyan nurses and nurses from the AMPATH Consortium to share knowledge, provide training, and support quality improvement efforts to advance nursing care in western Kenya. We aim to strengthen nurses globally by building capacity on practice (care), education and research.

Nursing education and research from our collaboration identify innovative methods to deliver optimal care and improve patient outcomes. Areas of focus have included: medication administration, physical assessment, wound care, asthma in children, maternal-newborn health, palliative care, seizure management, oncology, cardiology and cardiac surgery recovery. Quality improvement projects provide scholarly exchange opportunities for practicing nurses and students from Kenya and the AMPATH Consortium to learn nursing principles that span patient needs across the lifespan in diverse resource settings.