Pascoe Tessa, Hutchinson Ronelle, Foley Elizabeth, Watts Ian, Whitecross Lyndall, Snowdon Teri
Royal College of Nursing Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Aust J Adv Nurs. 2007 Mar-May;24(3):33-7.
To describe the educational needs of nurses working in general medical practice in Australia.
Survey research combining qualitative and quantitative data collected via telephone interview.
222 enrolled (RN Division 2 in Victoria) and registered nurses (RN Division 1 in Victoria) working in general practice in rural and urban areas of Australia.
Nurses identified a number of educational areas of high importance including communication skills (94.1%); infection control (93.7%); confidentiality and national privacy legislation (93.7%); legal and ethical issues (91.9%); first aid and CPR (91.4%); wound (91.0%); care cold chain monitoring (90.0%); sterilisation (90.0%); and triage (90%). Barriers to education were identified including lack of time due to work (21.9%); costs of courses (17.3%); distance to education (13.9%); and lack of time due to family commitments (13.1%). More rural/remote nurses identified distance as a barrier (20.5%) than urban nurses (3.6%).
cussion: The education areas that were rated as important by a high number of the nurses appeared to relate directly to the activities nurses currently undertake in Australian general practice. Barriers to education may reflect the workforce characteristics of general practice nurses and/or the capacity of general practices to finance training for employees.
As a growing specialty of nursing in Australia, general practice nursing should be supported by a solid foundation of ongoing education and training that is tailored to the current needs of nursing in general practices and reflects appropriate delivery options to overcome barriers to training.
描述澳大利亚从事普通医疗工作的护士的教育需求。
通过电话访谈收集定性和定量数据的调查研究。
222名在澳大利亚农村和城市地区从事普通医疗工作的注册护士（维多利亚州二级注册护士）和登记护士（维多利亚州一级注册护士）。
护士们确定了一些高度重要的教育领域，包括沟通技巧（94.1%）；感染控制（93.7%）；保密和国家隐私法规（93.7%）；法律和伦理问题（91.9%）；急救和心肺复苏（91.4%）；伤口护理（91.0%）；冷链监测（90.0%）；消毒（90.0%）；以及分诊（90%）。确定的教育障碍包括工作导致的时间不足（21.9%）；课程费用（17.3%）；教育距离（13.9%）；以及家庭事务导致的时间不足（13.1%）。与城市护士（3.6%）相比，更多农村/偏远地区的护士认为距离是一个障碍（20.5%）。
大量护士认为重要的教育领域似乎与澳大利亚普通医疗中护士目前从事的活动直接相关。教育障碍可能反映了普通医疗护士的劳动力特征和/或普通医疗机构为员工提供培训的能力。
作为澳大利亚护理领域一个不断发展的专业，普通医疗护理应得到持续教育和培训的坚实基础的支持，这种教育和培训应根据普通医疗中护理的当前需求进行定制，并反映出克服培训障碍的适当提供方式。
