A Study for Support System for the Continuing Professional Development of Nurses

进行本研究的目的是收集关于在护士工作和生活的地区组织建立护士持续专业发展当地支助系统需求的基本数据。为了详细了解护理人员的现状，我们在护理协会的赞助下，对过去5年在2个县举办的一级护理管理员培训项目的所有参与者进行了问卷调查，并辅以个人访谈（T县265人，K县277人）。T县和K县分别有65.3%和72.9%的受访者回复了问卷。这次调查的反馈与我们在之前的研究中获得的数据一起进行分析。我们借此深入了解持续专业进修的现状、影响持续专业进修成功的因素，以及持续专业进修的支援系统有待解决的问题。调查显示，护士们对获得各种学习机会以更新其专业知识和技能非常感兴趣。然而，事实上，他们的专业工作和家务使他们很少有时间进行学习活动。当地缺乏提供课程的设施以及她们的家庭和工作场所缺乏理解和支持是进一步的障碍。也有人指出，香港没有足够的持续专业进修支援系统（例如资讯服务和谘询）。虽然受访者很清楚继续教育的功效，但他们经常表示，他们通过学习取得的成就并没有反映在任何加薪或职业晋升上。因此，调查揭示了以下关于护士持续专业发展支持系统的问题：(1)现有组织在提供培训机会和结果利用方面的不足；(2)缺乏足够的持续专业发展地方支持系统；(3)缺乏足够的持续专业发展咨询服务的公关。这些调查结果表明，有必要建立一个地方组织，以促进工作场所的持续学习，并审查评估教育成果的现行制度。考虑到本次调查中提出的悬而未决的问题，建议在护士家附近或工作场所建立一个组织完善的持续专业进修支持系统。少

The present study was undertaken to collect basic data on the demand for a local support system for the continuing professional development (CPD) of medical nurses, to be organized in the districts where they work and live. To gain a detailed picture of the current situation of the nurses, we conducted a questionnaire survey, supplemented by personal interviews, among all the participants of a first-level nursing administrator training program that had been held in 2 prefectures during the past 5 years, under the sponsorship of the nursing association (265 participants in T Prefecture and 277 in K Prefecture). Responses were received from 65.3% of the participants in T Prefecture and 72.9% in K Prefecture. The responses from this survey were analyzed together with data we had obtained in a previous study. We thus gained insight into the current status of CPD, the factors that impede successful CPD, and the problems which remain to be resolved concerning a support system for CPD.The sur … More vey revealed that the nurses were highly interested in gaining access to diverse opportunities of learning to update their professional knowledge and skills. In fact, however, their professional work and housework allowed them little time for study activities. The lack of local facilities offering courses as well as the lack of understanding and support from their families and workplaces were further impediments. It was also pointed out that there was no adequate support system for CPD (e.g., information services and consultation). Although the respondents were well aware of the efficacy of continuing education, they often stated that what they had achieved through learning had not been reflected in any pay increase or career promotion. The survey thus revealed the following problems concerning a support system for the CPD of nurses : (1) the inadequacy of the present organization concerning both the training opportunities provided and the utilization of the results, (2) the lack of adequate local support systems for CPD, and (3) the lack of adequate PR for those CPD counseling services that exist. These findings indicate the necessity of introducing a local organization to facilitate continued learning at the workplace, and of reviewing the current system for evaluating the outcome of education. It is advisable to create a well-organized support system for the CPD of nurses near their homes or at the workplace, taking into account the open questions raised by this survey. Less