Dr Irene Gacheri tells the BDLife that she is the first Kenyan to study for a doctorate in forensic nursing. A relatively new career in the nursing field and well-paying in foreign countries, where a forensic nurse earns anything from $60,000 to $130,000 a year (Sh7.8 million to Sh16.9 million), she says what she hopes to change most is the knowledge gap in Kenya.
“What drove me here was the desire to change the image of nurses. Initially, people thought we assisted doctors. We are not doctors’ assistants! We have our own scope of practice. Secondly, forensic nursing is one of the new specialities.
