Levett-Jones Tracy L
University of Newcastle, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.
J Contin Educ Nurs. 2005 Sep-Oct;36(5):229-33. doi: 10.3928/0022-0124-20050901-10.
The changing health care climate has resulted in escalating financial constraints. One department that is often scrutinized for its cost-benefit relation to the hospital is the nursing education department. These departments are increasingly being reduced in size and investment in the continuing education of nurses is being rationalized. However, reducing financial support of education may be counterproductive in both the short- and long-term. This article does not propose a "recipe" for effectively facilitating continuing education. However, it does provide sound justification for investing in the continuing education of nurses and demonstrates not only that quality education results in enhanced knowledge and skills, but that there is also a positive correlation between professional development and factors such as staff satisfaction, staff retention, and quality patient care.
不断变化的医疗保健环境导致了日益加剧的财政限制。护理教育部门是一个经常因其与医院的成本效益关系而受到审查的部门。这些部门的规模越来越小，对护士继续教育的投入也在合理化。然而，减少教育方面的财政支持在短期和长期内可能都会适得其反。本文并未提出有效促进继续教育的“秘诀”。然而，它确实为投资护士继续教育提供了充分的理由，并表明不仅高质量的教育能带来知识和技能的提升，而且专业发展与员工满意度、员工留用率和优质患者护理等因素之间也存在正相关关系。
