Register as a nurse or midwife trained outside Kenya (NCK)

What you need

• NTOK Application for Registration form, a Verification Statement from your training school, and a Validation of Registration/Licence form from your nursing board (forms on the NCK website)
• Your original nursing certificate and licence from the country of training
• Equation of your qualification by KNQA where applicable; for a degree, recognition and equation by CUE
• At registration: a completion letter and appraisal report from your clinical orientation centre

Steps

1. Make an official application to NCK on the prescribed forms, attach the required documents and pay the fee.
2. NCK verifies your nursing or midwifery training with your school and the nursing board in the country of training. You help make this happen.
3. Apply for and sit the NCK licensure exam in line with the NCK exam timetable.
4. After you pass, do 12 to 24 weeks of clinical orientation.
5. When orientation is done, apply online for registration and licensure on the NCK portal.

Who can apply

• Nurses and midwives who finished their programme abroad and are registered and licensed in the country where they trained.
• You must meet NCK's minimum entry grade (O-level mean grade) for the programme you did.