Nursing is involved in protection, promotion and optimization of health abilities, prevention of illness and injury alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human resource.

Nurses are responsible for treatment, safety and recovery of acutely or chronically ill individuals; health promotion and maintenance within families, communities and populations; and treatment of life threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings.

Proper nursing care is key towards promoting high standards of quality healthcare geared towards enhancing food productivity and national growth enabling the country to achieve vision 2030.

At the Outspan Medical College evidence based and holistic training of Kenya registered nurses is offered. This is geared towards the production of globally competitive care providers.

The Outspan Medical College has been inspected and approved by the Nursing Council to train Kenya Registered Nurses and Kenya Community Nurses at a diploma level with prospects Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Critical Care Nursing
Critical Care nursing is a specialty within nursing that deals specifically with very sick, complex patients facing life-threatening diseases. Critical Care Nursing focuses on the utmost care of the critically ill or patients needing round the clock observation and monitoring.

It involves;

• Provision of optimal care
• Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of multiple organ failure
• Continuous observation
• Intervention in the case of changes in patient’s vitals
• Prevention of complications
• Collaboration with other healthcare providers within the critical care unit

Critical care nurses can work in a wide variety of environments and specialties such as;

1. General intensive care units
2. Medical intensive care units
3. Surgical intensive care units
4. Medical surgical intensive care unit
5. Specialized care nursery
6. Neuro critical care intensive care unit
7. Shock trauma intensive care unit
8. Coronary care units
9. Cardiothoracic intensive care units
10. Burns intensive care unit
11. Neurosurgery intensive care unit
12. Neonatal and pediatric intensive care units