Research in continuing education
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The document discusses the significance of continuing education (CNE) in nursing, highlighting its evolution and the definition of lifelong learning. It presents research findings indicating the importance of CNE in bridging the gap between nursing research and practice, as well as the barriers to implementing research into practice. Strategies for improving practice include setting research into action, planning based on needs assessments, and evaluating behavioral change, all of which contribute to enhancing nursing performance.
Research in continuing education
- 1. Research in continuing education Presented by: Shivangi Sharma M.Sc Nursing 1st year , SNSR
- 2. Introduction • “Let us never consider ourselves as finished nurses….. We must be learning all our lives” -Florence Nightingale • The idea of continuing education in nursing is as old as organized nursing, but the concept of lifelong learning for the practitioner has developed slowly.
- 3. Definition • “Continuing education is any extension of opportunities for reading, study and training to young persons and adults following their completion of or withdrawal from full-time school and college programs” -Dictionary of Education
- 4. Research in continuing education • An increasing number of studies are evaluating the effects of continuing nurse education on practice . The relationship between research methods and the development of knowledge is explored by comparing the research orientations of two evaluative studies investigating the same issues.
- 5. Barriers of research in CNE • The main barrier of research in CNE is the problem of implementing valid research results in nursing practice. CNE has been promoted as one way to bridge the gap between the research and practice so that patients may benefit. Davis et.al described Continuing Medical Education phase in career of a physician and this can be applied to other health professionals especially nursing.
- 6. Cont… • measure that can be taken to solve this barrier can be, I. Setting research into practice II. Planning for improving the practice III. Evaluation of behavioral change strategies
- 7. Setting research into practice • Getting research into practice is not as simple as choosing an intervention. • Similarly administrative or financial policies within the organizations & settings acts as an disincentives ,but still implementing something that are not done as usual, or doing something new creates much difference.
- 8. Planning for improving the practice • It includes initial need assessment accomplished using strategies such as self reflection, reading, and discussion with respected peers . • Choosing a learning activity where often there arises discrepancy between health professionals preferences for a style of continuing education and what might be most effective in improving practice.
- 9. Evaluation of behavioral change strategies • Several studies have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of CNE programmes in behavioral change strategies and the reviews states that CNE were effective in improving practice.