Paediatric Critical Care Nursing (PCCN) Program Offered at Gertrudes Institute of Child Health and Research

During the last decade, the challenges of development of new diseases and illness that include HIV/Aids, swine flu and reemergence of other diseases like tuberculosis and rift valley fever has led to an increasing need for specialised care and in specific critical care for children. This care is required across the whole continuum of critical care which has been described as the care required by any child who has a life threatening illness and injury.

Infant and child mortality are key indicators of child health and nurses trained in this area are will contribute to the countries millennium goals.

There is also the increasing need for reducing the cost of hospitalisation especially in intensive care units by reducing length of stay in the hospital and offering cost effective interventions by the critical care team. This too can only be achieved by having highly trained nurses and teams that are efficient and effective in these interventions.

Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research becomes the first institution in Kenya to offer Paediatric Critical Care Nursing at higher national diploma level to help bridge this gap.

This Paediatric Critical Care Nursing course, therefore, is geared toward preparing specialised nurses to contribute at a variety of levels to this critical care continuum across the health services, from resuscitation, critical stabilisation, transfer and vigilant and responsive care through the often turbulent and dynamic period of critical illness to help reduce the child morbidity and mortality.

Facilitators
The facilitation team comprises of highly qualified and competent lecturers local and International with vast experience in Critical Care.

Mode Of Delivery
The course will be offered on full time basis by Lectures, Examinations, Continuous Assessment, Case studies and Research Project and Presentation

Eligible Applicants
The applicant must be a registered and licensed nurse (BscN, KRN, KRCHN) or equivalent from a state qualification recognised by the Nursing Council of Kenya.

Must have two (2) years post graduation working  experience.

Venue
The course will be offered at the Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research, , Muthaiga.

Duration
The course will take a period of 1 year.

Scheduled Dates For Commencement: April and September

Application Deadline: February 28th and August 13th

To optimise paediatric critical care nursing practice through training
of proficient nurses who will promote health, prevent illness; alleviate
pain and suffering, and restore health to reduce the morbidity and
mortality of critically ill children

The Paediatric Critical Care Nursing applicant must be a registered and licensed nurse (BscN, KRN, KRCHN)
or equivalent from a state qualification recognised by the Nursing
Council of Kenya.

The Paediatric Critical Care Nursing course is divided into five modules as follows;

• Module 1:  The role of the Paediatric Critical Care Nurse in the critical care environment
• Module 2: Assessment and stabilisation along the Paediatric Critical Care continuum
• Module 3: Core Paediatric Critical Care Nursing
• Module 4: Advanced Paediatric Critical Care Nursing
• Module 5: Research, Management and Teaching Methodology

Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research Muthaiga is a premier Training Centre of Excellence, 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 a not-for-profit Children’s Hospital established in 1947. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is the most established ... read more