Informing the scale-up of Kenya's nursing workforce: a mixed methods study of factors affecting pre-service training capacity and production.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the global nursing shortage and investments to scale-up the workforce, this study evaluated trends in annual student nurse enrolment, pre-service attrition between enrolment and registration, and factors that influence nurse production in Kenya.

Methods

This study used a mixed methods approach with data from the Regulatory Human Resources Information System (tracks initial student enrolment through registration) and the Kenya Health Workforce Information System (tracks deployment and demographic information on licensed nurses) for the quantitative analyses and qualitative data from key informant interviews with nurse training institution educators and/or administrators. Trends in annual student nurse enrolment from 1999 to 2010 were analyzed using regulatory

SUBMITTER: Appiagyei AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4142461 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature