The department of Nursing Sciences received six exchange students from Columbia School of Nursing on the 10th April 2026.
Speaking at the orientation session, Prof. Kivuti Bitok officially welcomed the students and oriented them to the faculty and school’s academic and clinical program.
Post graduate students undertaking Master of Science in Midwifery and Paediatric Nursing were trained on emergency obstetric and neonatal care skills in a joint training session by the University of Nairobi (UoN) and Kenyatta University (KU).
The aim of the session was to demonstrate and allow the students to perform skills in emergency obstetric and neonatal care.
Students studying Diploma in Renal Nursing and the faculty from the Department of Nursing joined the Kenya Renal Association and the Kenya Renal Nursing Association in conducting free kidney screening in Narok County.
Apart from screening the public for renal disease, the staff and students also educated them on renal diseases.
The neonatal nursing seminar is an activity that was planned by the University of Nairobi (UoN), University of Texas Medical Board (UTMB) and the Association of the Neonatal Nurses’ of Kenya (ANN_K). The planning committee included Dr. Miriam Wagoro and Dr. Joyce Jebet from UoN, Prof. Pamela Harris-Haman (UTMB), Mrs Josephine Bariu and Ms Odessa Omanyo (ANN_K) and Mr. Samuel Wainaina (Engineer County Hopsital, Nyahururu).
The School of Nursing Sciences (SoNS) in implementing UoN and MOH COVID-19 transmission prevention measures works with stakeholders from various sectors including alumni to ensure safety of staff and students within and beyond the SoNS environment.
University of Nairobi (UoN) moved its operations (that included teaching and learning) to online mode from mid March 2020 when the President pronounced a lockdown due to COVID-19 that devastated the whole world.
With the recent announcement of resumption of face to face learning by the UoN administration, and in line with the national guidelines, the School of Nursing Sciences (SONS) is working towards ensuring everyone’s safety within the school environment upon reopening.
Vincent Mukhtar, a PhD student at the University of Nairobi (UoN) School of Nursing Sciences (SONS) is happy to have defended his thesis in an online session.
This was a breakaway from the normal norm where the defense would be done face to face. Normally, the student would face a panel and present his/her thesis and later on respond to questions from the panelists.
Nairobi University Nursing Students Association (NUNSA) alongside Love Foundation, Delight and Hope hosted a community outreach event in Sabaki and Mlolongo, Machakos County.
The event brought together seven children's home attended by 400 kids.
