School: School of Nursing
Department: Nursing
Email Address:
bgichuru@karu.ac.ke
Area/ Field of specialization: Public Health
Research interests: Public Health
Research Links:
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3246-3470
From 9th March, 2024 appointed as the Dean, School of Nursing for a period of Three (3) years.
I was head of Department of Nursing Sciences Karatina University from 2015 for 4 years.
Dr. Beatrice Gichuru has sixteen years of full-time University teaching as a lecturer: Kenya Methodist University 2008 to 2013; Regina Pacis University College 2014 to June 2015; Karatina University July 2015 to date.
To develop curriculum in short courses in Community Midwifery (county hospitals experiencing acute shortage of midwives). Karatina Town venue will be ideal;
Post Graduate Diploma in Health Systems Management (for in-service healthcare workers). Karatina Town venue will be ideal;
Upgrading Diploma nurses to BSc Nursing (Open & Distance mode of Learning (ODeL) curricula written five years ago) but they have not been implemented. Karatina Town venue will be ideal;
MSc Nursing (part-time mode is very popular. Many Universities are graduating BSc nurses in large numbers). Karatina Town venue will be ideal;
PhD in various nursing specializations (part time mode very popular. Karatina Town venue will be ideal)