Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Clin Nurs. 2011 Dec;20(23-24):3561-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03745.x. Epub 2011 Jul 3.
To determine clinical mental health nurses' views and preferences about continuing professional development.
Participation in continuing professional development is now expected for nurse and midwifery registration. However, it is unclear how clinically based mental health nurses view continuing professional development and its relevance to career intentions.
Qualitative.
Semi-structured face-to-face interviews with mental health nurses (n=50) drawn from inpatient mental health units.
The most prominent factor identified through this research is that the majority of the fifty participants valued continuing professional development and sought more opportunities to participate. They particularly favoured in-house locally based sessions targeting patient-related clinical skills enhancement. Importantly, this interest in continuing professional development was not confined to new graduates needing to consolidate their skills. Work-based flexibility, the types of courses available and opportunities for study leave were also identified as important factors. Of the 50 nurses interviewed, 40% expressed a desire for continuing professional development vis-à-vis remaining in the service; 30% of nurses responded to the same question with an emphasis on the importance of collegial support amongst peers and management; and 30% of the nurses indicated their primary focus for continuing professional development was to further their tertiary studies.
These results are not only timely given the requirements around continuing professional development, but are also important to drive improvements in quality continuing professional development where needs are prioritised, discussed and agreed on.
Findings from this study highlight the value clinical nurses place on having access to work-based and clinically focussed education and development. Relevant on-the-job professional education has the potential to improve job satisfaction and retention of clinical nurses, thus ultimately directly and positively influence patient care.
确定临床心理健康护士对继续专业发展的看法和偏好。
现在要求护士和助产士注册参加继续专业发展。然而，目前尚不清楚基于临床的心理健康护士如何看待继续专业发展及其与职业意向的相关性。
定性。
对来自住院精神卫生单位的 50 名心理健康护士进行半结构化的面对面访谈。
通过这项研究确定的最突出因素是，大多数 50 名参与者重视继续专业发展并寻求更多参与机会。他们特别喜欢针对患者相关临床技能增强的内部、本地的会议。重要的是，这种对继续专业发展的兴趣不仅限于需要巩固技能的新毕业生。工作场所的灵活性、可用课程的类型以及学习休假的机会也被确定为重要因素。在接受采访的 50 名护士中，40%表示希望继续专业发展，以留在该服务机构；30%的护士对同样的问题做出回应，强调同事和管理层之间的协作支持的重要性；30%的护士表示，他们继续专业发展的主要重点是进一步深造。
这些结果不仅及时考虑到了继续专业发展的要求，而且对于优先考虑、讨论和商定需求，推动高质量的继续专业发展的改进也很重要。
这项研究的结果强调了临床护士对获得基于工作和以临床为重点的教育和发展的重视。相关的在职专业教育有可能提高临床护士的工作满意度和保留率，从而最终直接和积极地影响患者护理。
