Training needs of home healthcare nurses.

To keep pace with the rapid expansion and increasing complexity of home healthcare, training needs of home healthcare nurses must be identified and subsequent training programs implemented. In this study, training needs of home healthcare nurses were identified and prioritized by comparing their ratings of important content areas of home healthcare nursing with ratings of their competence in each of these areas. High importance ratings matched with low competence ratings determined training needs. It is concluded that these identified needs form the basis for the development of training programs for the continued professional development of home healthcare nurses.