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

本研究的目的是收集关于为医务护士的继续专业发展(CPD)建立地方支助系统的需求的基本数据，该系统将在其工作和生活的地区组织。为了解护理人员的现状，对T州265名、K州277名护士进行问卷调查，并辅之以个人访谈。该培训由护理协会主办，历时5年。T州和K州的回复率分别为65.3%和72.9%。本次调查的答复与我们在之前的研究中获得的数据一起进行了分析。因此，我们了解了CPD的现状，阻碍CPD成功的因素，以及关于CPD支持系统有待解决的问题。Sur…莫维透露，护士们对获得不同的学习机会以更新他们的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让他们几乎没有时间进行学习活动。缺乏提供课程的当地设施，以及缺乏来自其家人和工作场所的理解和支持，是进一步的障碍。还有人指出，国家方案发展没有适当的支助系统(例如，信息服务和咨询)。虽然受访者清楚知道持续教育的成效，但他们经常表示，他们透过学习所取得的成果，并没有反映在任何加薪或职业晋升上。因此，调查揭示了关于护士持续专业发展的支持系统的以下问题：(1)现有组织在提供培训机会和利用成果方面都存在不足，(2)缺乏为持续专业发展提供足够的地方支持系统，(3)对于现有的持续专业发展咨询服务缺乏足够的公关。这些调查结果表明，有必要引入一个地方组织，以促进工作场所的持续学习，并审查评估教育结果的现行制度。考虑到这项调查提出的公开问题，建议为住家附近或工作场所的护士建立一个组织良好的CPD支持系统。较少

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