The Nursing Council of Kenya has called on the government to address the challenges affecting the nursing profession, leading to hindrance of service delivery.
Council CEO Edna Tallam, says despite nurses working to provide healthcare services to Kenyans, they face a number of challenges which require urgent resolution.
They include; delayed salaries by county governments, lack of promotions and lack of employment.
Tallam spoke when she graced the International Nurses and Midwives Day celebrations at The Nairobi Hospital.
“First, you find when you get to the hospital we have a large number of patients, few beds, sometimes there are no drugs, sometimes there are no equipment,” Tallam said.
“If you work in the maternity, sometimes you find there is a mother in critical need of blood yet it is not there. Sometimes you find it is only the nurse and the midwife in the dispensary,” she added.