Cooper Elizabeth
University of San Francisco, California, USA.
J Contin Educ Nurs. 2009 Nov;40(11):501-8. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20091023-07.
The nursing shortage continues to be a significant threat to health care. Creating a culture of professional development in health care institutions is one way to combat this shortage. Professional development refers to a constant commitment to maintain one's knowledge and skill base. Increasing professional development opportunities in the health care setting has been shown to affect nurse retention and satisfaction. Several approaches have been developed to increase professional development among nurses. However, for the most part, these are "one size fits all" approaches that direct nurses to progress in lock step fashion in skill and knowledge acquisition within a specialty. This article introduces a milestone pathway tool for registered nurses designed to enhance professional development that is unique to the individual nurse and the specific nursing unit. This tool provides a unit-specific concept map, a milestone pathway template, and a personal professional development plan.
护士短缺仍然是医疗保健领域的一个重大威胁。在医疗机构营造专业发展文化是应对这一短缺的一种方式。专业发展是指持续致力于维持个人的知识和技能基础。在医疗保健环境中增加专业发展机会已被证明会影响护士的留用率和满意度。已经开发了几种方法来促进护士的专业发展。然而，在很大程度上，这些都是“一刀切”的方法，指导护士在一个专业领域内以同步方式在技能和知识获取方面取得进展。本文介绍了一种为注册护士设计的里程碑式路径工具，旨在促进专业发展，该工具对个体护士和特定护理单元而言是独一无二的。此工具提供特定单元的概念图、里程碑式路径模板和个人专业发展计划。
