Colleges
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital School of Nursing
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is a training center for Paediatric Advanced Life Support. It located in Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Muthaiga along Muthaiga Road, a few kilometers from Nairobi Central Business District.
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is approved by the Nursing Council of Kenya to offer the following training courses;
Higher National Diploma in Paediatric Nursing.
Getrude’s Children’s Hospital training center offers this course at Muthaiga. Apply and enroll today to study this higher national diploma.
Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing
Minimum Entry Requirements
1.Minimum entry age – 17 years
2.Aggregate KCSE (mean grade) C plain or KCE division II
3.The mandatory subjects should include a minimum of:
- C plain English or Kiswahili
- C plain in Biology or Biological sciences
- C-(minus) in Mathematics or physics/chemistry/physical sciences
These requirements may change from time to time.
Course Duration: 3 and a half years.
Kenya Registered Paediatric Critical Care Nursing
Minimum Entry Requirements
- The applicant must be a registered and licensed nurse (BscN, KRN, KRCHN) or equivalent from a state qualification recognized by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
- Must have two (2) years post graduation working experience.
Course Duration: 1 Year
Diploma in Counseling:Child and Adolescent option
Minimum Requirements
- Mean Grade C(plain) in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
- Doctors, Nurses, Clinical officers, Counselors, nutritionists,teachers who would like to take an extra course in counselling
Course Duration: 2 and a half years
Intakes: August
Paediatric Nurse Training Course(PNT)
Minimum Entry Requirements
- Should be holders of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSc.N), Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse (KRCHN), Kenya Registered Nurse (KRN), Kenya Registered Midwife (KRM)
Course Duration; 1 Year
Fee: Ksh 280,000 for Kenyans and $ 3,059 for foreigners
Intake: February and August
Gertrude’s Emergency Medical Technician(EMT)
EMT is trained to assess a patient’s condition, and to perform such emergency medical procedures as are needed to maintain a patent airway with adequate breathing and cardiovascular circulation until the patient can be transferred to an appropriate destination for advanced medical care.
Duration: 7 Months
Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment(ETAT+)
Eligible Applicants
Nurses,Doctors and Clinical Officers
Duration: 3 days
European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (Epals)
Course Content
Introduction, recognition and management of the seriously ill child, basic life support and use of Bulb Valve Mask(BVM), foreign body removal (FBAO), Trauma, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Airway Vascular Arrhythmia, Newborn Respiratory Failure, Circulatory Failure and scenario Demonstration.
Duration; 2 days
Gertrude’s Paediatric Phlebotomy
Course Content
Anatomy and Physiology of the Blood Vessels, Stress Management, Paediatric HIV and AIDS, Basic Counselling Skills, Customer Service skills, Types of Specimen Containers, Amount of requirements of specimen, Safety procedures, labeling and cannulation
Eligible Applicants
Nurses, Clinical Officers, Emergency Medical Technicians, Patient Attendants, Lab Technicians and those aspiring to work as phlebotomists.
Duration: 3 Weeks
Generic Instructor Course
Course Content
Adult learning, a structured approach to teaching, lecturing effectively, teaching skills, managing role plays and scenarios, facilitating discussions and workshops, getting assessment right, giving feedback, E-learning, the role of the instructor and annotated bibliography.
Fee: 30,000 for Kenyans and $375 for foreigners
Advances in Pharmaceutical Care Training Course
The course will focus on current best practice in the compounding of paediatric extemporaneous formulations and medication safety aspects.
Gertrude’s First Aid Course
Introduction, principles of first aid, basic life support, foreign body obstruction removal, bleeding, chain of survival, choking, trauma management, fainting, cardiac arrest, burns, drowning, poisoning and febrile convulsion.
Gertrude’s Contacts
The Principal,
Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research
Muthaiga Road
P.O.Box 42325 -00100
Nairobi Kenya
Tel: (+254 20)206216/217
Email: [email protected]
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