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international council nurses world health organization prioritized evidencebased nursing midwifery practice derived nurseled research however lowresource country like kenya need identify research priorities optimize utilization limited existing research infrastructure funding kenya lacks nursing midwifery research strategy guide research prioritization goal study identify describe nursing midwifery research priorities kenya crosssectional delphi survey using two iterative rounds electronic data collection used reach consensus priorities nursing midwifery research kenya nvivo12 used analyze qualitative data identify categories subthemes themes descriptive statistics used analyze quantitative data participants included 159 nurse managers administrators educators representing regional county national referral private faithbased hospitals nurse training schools research institutions nursing organizations kenya staffing challenges motivation remuneration funding higher education ranked top critically important issues using cutoff point 70 agreement need development national framework nursing midwifery research priorities kenya guide research builds excellence meeting nursing midwifery human resource concerns ultimately improves patient care practices outcomes objective kenyas health goals delineated within three key national health documents cannot attained without adequate numbers nursing midwifery professionals policies address nursing midwifery staffing challenges remuneration employment improved funding higher education