ArticleHealth services research2011
The impact of out-migration on the nursing workforce in Kenya.
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- Working Atmosphere and Job Satisfaction of Health Care Staff in Kenya: An Exploratory Study.BioMed research international · 2015Article
- Informing the scale-up of Kenya's nursing workforce: a mixed methods study of factors affecting pre-service training capacity and production.Human resources for health · 2014Article
- Physician tracking in sub-Saharan Africa: current initiatives and opportunities.Human resources for health · 2014Article
- The public sector nursing workforce in Kenya: a county-level analysis.Human resources for health · 2014Article
- Exploring the potential for advanced nursing practice role development in Kenya: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2014Article
- Modernising the regulation of medical migration: moving from national monopolies to international markets.BMC medical ethics · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the impact of out-migration on Kenya's nursing workforce. STUDY
settingThis study analyzed deidentified nursing data from the Kenya Health Workforce Informatics System, collected by the Nursing Council of Kenya and the Department of Nursing in the Ministry of Medical Services. STUDY
designWe analyzed trends in Kenya's nursing workforce from 1999 to 2007, including supply, deployment, and intent to out-migrate, measured by requests for verification of credentials from destination countries. PRINCIPLE
findingsFrom 1999 to 2007, 6 percent of Kenya's nursing workforce of 41,367 nurses applied to out-migrate. Eighty-five percent of applicants were registered or B.Sc.N. prepared nurses, 49 percent applied within 10 years of their initial registration as a nurse, and 82 percent of first-time applications were for the United States or United Kingdom. For every 4.5 nurses that Kenya adds to its nursing workforce through training, 1 nurse from the workforce applies to out-migrate, potentially reducing by 22 percent Kenya's ability to increase its nursing workforce through training.
conclusionsNurse out-migration depletes Kenya's nursing workforce of its most highly educated nurses, reduces the percentage of younger nurses in an aging nursing stock, decreases Kenya's ability to increase its nursing workforce through training, and represents a substantial economic loss to the country.
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