Dr. Mary Nandili: A Voice and Vision for Nursing Leadership

By Dr. Mary Nandili, Director of nursing services ; The Editorial Team, IntraHealth International Dr. Mary Nandili is director of nursing services at Kenya ' s Ministry of Health and is responsible for the leadership and governance of nursing services in the country. Photo by Patrick Meinhardt for IntraHealth International.May 12, 2021Dr. Mary Nandili is the director of nursing services at the Kenya Ministry of Health, the highest-level nurse in the country. IntraHealth collaborates with Dr. Nandili and the Ministry of Health to deliver on its mandate to increase the graduating health workforce and improve the management of health workforce, including nurses. She sat down with us to talk about nurse leadership in Kenya and how she draws on her own experience to tackle challenges nurses face.This piece is part of our special content series,Nurse Leadership: In Their Own Words.She became a nurse at her father’s urging.When I grew up, that was the time parents could ask their children to take a certain profession. I remember my father telling me, " I want you to be a nurse so that you take care of the family when they are sick. Be kind to the people you serve, and also make sure that you ' re empathetic.” Later, I learned that I ' m too sympathetic--when a patient is extremely sick or almost at the point of dying, I shed tears. Now, I ' m proud that I ' ve risen through the ranks to this level. I ' m also proud that, globally, I ' ve fitted qui...
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