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Future Intentions of First and Final-Year Nursing Students at Kenya Medical Training College

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  • Clare Ranje Manana
  • Prof Ruth Gatere
  • Ms. Emily Muchina

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Purpose: To explore the nursing students' future intentions upon graduation. Methodology: The study adopted a comparative cross-sectional survey of first-year nursing students and final-year nursing students on their future intentions upon graduation. The sample size was determined using Fisher et al., formula. Participants were selected through simple random sampling and those who met the eligibility criteria were included in the study. An online questionnaire was administered using a free Open Data Kit (ODK). The summary sheet from ODK software was downloaded, and data was cleaned, coded, and entered into R statistical package for analysis. Descriptive frequencies were generated for demographic and social characteristics; chi-square tests and proportion tests were used to determine significance when appropriate. Frequency counts, median, and percentages were tabulated for categorical variables. Findings: The study revealed that 99% (224/226) of the students would like to pursue a career in nursing after completing the diploma training. A higher proportion 69.1% (155/224) of the students who intend to pursue a career in nursing would prefer to pursue their nursing career outside of Kenya. There is a significant (P=0.004) difference since between the two groups as a higher proportion 77.5% (100/129) of Students in their first year of the study indicated they would prefer to pursue their career outside Kenya compared to 56.7% (55/97) students in their final year of the study. The study also revealed that 98.2% (222/226) of the students intend to pursue a degree in nursing upon completion of the KRCHN training. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice, and Policy: Regarding policy, this study suggests that the government collaborate with other nations to develop regulations that allow nurses to pursue education and employment abroad. After completing their training, nurses should be required to stay in Kenya for a predetermined period of time and should as most student nurses would wish to emigrate; thus, this will help alleviate the shortage.

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  • Clare Ranje Manana & Prof Ruth Gatere & Ms. Emily Muchina, 2024. "Future Intentions of First and Final-Year Nursing Students at Kenya Medical Training College," Global Journal of Health Sciences, IPRJB, vol. 9(1), pages 25-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdu:ojgjhs:v:9:y:2024:i:1:p:25-33:id:2412
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