"But you have to start somewhere….": Nurses' perceptions of what is required to provide quality neonatal care in selected hospitals, Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Background: Kenya has one of the highest rates of neonatal mortality in the world at 22/1,000 live births. Improving the quality of newborn care would greatly improve survival rates. There is an increasing consensus that strong health systems are key to achieving improved health outcomes. However, there is significantly less agreement on what to strengthen in low and middle-income countries such as Kenya. As nurses are the main caregivers in many inpatient settings, efforts aimed at improving the quality of facility care for sick newborn babies need to take into account nurses views and opinions. Our intent in this paper is to describe the current state of the nursing environment and what would be required to improve the quality of those environs from nurses' perspectives. Method

SUBMITTER: Nyikuri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7309418 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature