Bush Tony, Meadows-Smith Donna, Snowdon-Carr Vanessa, Rao V Bapuji, Collishaw Helen
Ty Siriol Unit, County Hospital, Pontypool.
Nurs Times. 2005;101(41):34-9.
To investigate how mental health nurses working with older adults perceive the benefits and realities of developing the outcomes of current continuing professional development training into actual clinical practice.
A structured questionnaire was used with a convenience sample of nursing staff. Qualitative analysis was performed using a grounded theory approach in order to identify emergent themes, concepts and categories of data. Four randomly selected nurses were subjected to a voluntary semistructured interview using the questionnaire as a basis for information gathering.
The main reason for attending courses was developing skills. Of those attending courses, 42 per cent of qualified and 35 per cent of unqualified staff had a personal development plan (PDP) or individual performance review (IPR). Significantly, all unqualified staff who had not been on a course had no PDP or IPR. Learning was described as applicable to practice by 85 per cent of unqualified and 70 per cent of qualified staff. However, 28 per cent of unqualified staff and 20 per cent of qualified staff felt their practice had not changed as a result of their learning.
CPD can be a positive experience, providing nurses with the opportunity to direct their professional development.
调查照顾老年人的精神科护士如何看待将当前继续职业发展培训的成果应用于实际临床实践中的益处和实际情况。
采用结构化问卷对护理人员进行便利抽样调查。运用扎根理论方法进行定性分析，以确定新出现的主题、概念和数据类别。以问卷为信息收集基础，对随机挑选的四名护士进行了自愿半结构化访谈。
参加课程的主要原因是提升技能。在参加课程的人员中，42%的合格员工和35%的不合格员工有个人发展计划（PDP）或个人绩效评估（IPR）。值得注意的是，所有未参加课程的不合格员工都没有PDP或IPR。85%的不合格员工和70%的合格员工表示所学内容适用于实践。然而，28%的不合格员工和20%的合格员工认为他们的实践并未因学习而改变。
继续职业发展可以是一次积极的经历，为护士提供指导其职业发展的机会。
