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INTRODUCTION:
Continuing education is an all encompassing term with in a broad spectrum of
post secondary learning activities and programs, used to either obtain additional
certifications, or as critics required to maintain a license. Almost any body can take
continuing education credit for personal or professional enrichment; fitness trainers,
nurses and safety instructor are examples, of professionals who studying for professional
enrichment.
Day by day, new knowledge is emerging rapidly in the physical, biological,
behavioral and medical sciences, which constitute the foundation of nursing problems in
nursing mist be solved by rational effort based upon systematic enquiry. So continuing
education should be future oriented. Geared to feeing of new situations to the making of
new responses appropriate for these situations. Continuing nursing education programmes
should be developed by nurses and conducted within nursing or in general education
system in co-operation with the nurses.
DEFINITION:
Continuing education is all the learning activities that occurs after an individual
has completed his basic education Copper
Continuing education in nursing is defined as planned learning experiences
beyond a basic nursing educational program. The learning experiences are designed to
promote the development of knowledge skills, attitudes for the enhancement of nursing
practice thus improving health care to the public.
That education which builds an previous education- Shannon
FEATURES:
Unified approach
Comprehensiveness
Internally coordinated.
Relevance in planning
Appropriateness in implementation
NEED:
To ensure safe and effective nursing care, nurses need to keep abreast with
interest, knowledge and technical advances.
To meet the needs of population and should cater to the needs of services.
Development of nurses will occur by updating their knowledge and prepare them
for specialization for career advancement.
Professional roles are entered as society changes and as new knowledge and
technologies emerge.
Clinical specialists are needed for direct patient care and for teaching and consultative
e roles to help the students and staff nurses to reach higher levels of competency.
Needs for additional preoperational preparation for the positions are already
holding as to prepare themselves for other positions.
It is needed for the nurses who wish to help shapes their own destiny.
FUNCTIONS:
Recruitment function.
PHILOSOPHY:
Individual nurses are responsible for their own learning and should participate in
the identification of their own learning needs to meet these identified needs.
Providers of continuing nursing education must have a commitment to involve
learners in the learning process from the initial stages of planning through the evaluation
of organized learning experiences.
Continuing nursing education should be provided in a well planned organized
educational environment.
Strong support and leadership is expected from all groups providing continuing
education.
Continuing nursing education should assist individual practitioners on the
continued acquisition of knowledge the extension of professional responsibilities laities,
the expansion of interpersonal skills and the improvement of problem soling approach to
professional practice.
Continuing nursing education should serve as a viable means of improving the
professional competence.
Continuing nursing education should include such important concerns as quality
of life and the understanding of the current health problems of modern society.
Continuing nursing education is concerned with the development of the nurses as
a person practitioner and a citizen.
ELEMENTS:
1. LEARNER:
As a person, as a nurse and as a citizen continuing education is seen as totality it
recognizes all three aspects of life long learning.
Diversity is a part of learning process and contributes to the development of the
individual so the teacher has to make the learner to involve in nursing and non nursing
courses.
The learner in his life plays many different role, so continuing education should be
focused on all the elements.
It also aims as self directed learning.
2. TEACHER/NURSE EDUCATOR:
He has to accept the concept of life long learning and he encourage nurse to
participate different types of educational activities.
Education must be aware of sources of information about related continuing
education activities.
Teachers task is to help the student how to learn, how to approach situation how
to interpret and takes action and evaluate the effectiveness of his action.
Teacher must help the learner to discover new approaches and potential
developments in the field.
Teacher should act as a role model teacher is a guide in the learning process
assist. Wherever appropriate, encourages the activities that promotes, individual thought
Creative teaching is essential its has to show interest and concern for every
number of his class.
The continuing educator has to play multiple rules like, guide and counselor to the
learner.
Evaluater of programems.
Administrative role.
Public relations role to change the image of nursing and in recognizing the
contributions and potentials of nurses.
EDUCATIONAL PREPERATION:
A continuing learner.
Clinical expertisedness.
Flexibility
Willing to travel
Resourcefulness
Determination
Self- Confidence
A sense of humour
An innate curiosity
Love of adventure
He must assess and uses the various abilities of different faculty members
He must guard against the interference of his own needs with good of the
programme.
Supports his faculty and accepts responsibility, encourages team spirit, working
with other members.
4.
MOTIVATION OF LEARNER:
Internal motivation ie, the personal needs desire to learn is more effective than
external incentives like certificates, grades, credits, etc, expand learning opportunity for
nurses which required in their work experience is needed to be motivated.
The truly motivated person will learn without external requirements being placed
upon him.
For the motivated learner, difficulties encountered in the process are been as
challenges not as obstacles.
5.
student himself learning can be done only by the learner. It depends up on the effort put
forth by the learner.
6.
courses and decided which educational experiences and the activities are most suitable to
him.
7.
The critical issues facing society can be met by a concerned well informed citizen who
are willing to devote thought, time and energy to their solution. Adequate preparation for
participation approach is essential for continuing nursing education.
8.
UNIVERSALISATION:
Universalisation of continuing nursing education is necessary.
9.
THE LEISURE:
The individual has to learn how to use leisure time constructively, participate in
10.
LIBERAL EDUCATION:
For the effective human practice requires practitioners with the insight
11.
health fields. Nurses have to accept and participate interdisciplinary continuing education.
PRINCIPLES:
Involvement of school and nursing faculty involvement in planning and teaching
the continuing nursing education to improve the standards for the programme.
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There should be sufficient number of staff with talent to implement the planed
programme.
There should be advisory staffs, secretarial Administrative, supportive and also
some of the staff for Assistance.
The community may serve as a liason between the school of nursing and the
health community and full fill a communication and public relations function for
the university.
STEPS IN FORMULATION:
PLANNING:
A successful continuing nursing education programme is the result of careful and
detailed planning.
Broad planning by institution and agency responsible for continuing nursing
education.
Planning is essential to:
Meet the nursing needs use available resources.
Meet needs at all levels.
PLANNING PROCESS:
1.
is to be done? Why is it necessary? How is it to be done? Where is it to be done? whenis it to be done? Who should do the job?
2.
attained. Goals serve to stimulate and direct action and should be reachable.
An objective is specific, it is a desired and or accomplishment to be sought.
OBJECTIVES:
To assist the nurse in identifying and meeting current learning needs and those
need generated by changing professional practice.
To seek opportunity for and collaborate with other health disciplines to effect
improvement in the delivery of health care by stress.
3.
4.
THE PROGRAMME:
Faculty, finances and facilities may be seen as the major resources required for a
continuing nursing education programme.
A broad survey of the major resources are necessary to the total continuing
nursing education programme planning involves deciding up on the resources necessary
to the activity and adequate financial support appropriate faculty, facilities with easy
accessibility space and necessary equipment required to conduct offering.
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1.
Name of project
ii)
Summary of project
iii)
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Date of submission
2)
Proposal abstract
3)
Proposal Narrative
a)
A statement of objectives
b.
Procedure:
c)
Facilities Requires
d)
4)
Budget Narrative:
Explain each budgetary item
Criteria and data used to make estimate
Break down of budgetary Materials where appropriate
5)
Appendices:
ORGANISATION:
Programming of professional course in nursing is a joint responsibility of a
director of continuing nursing education and a dean of school of nursing university
faculty may be assigned to continuing education in nursing as a part of the regular
teaching load or an extra compensation basis.
EVALUATION:
EVALUATE THE RESULTS AT STATED INTERVALS:
Evaluation is a needde to assess the effectiveness of the programme or the
progress in order to find out to what extent pre set goals have been achieved. Evaluation
should be done at various stages of the programme.
Transfer of knowledge.
Attitude test
Observation of skills.
Questionnaire
PURPOSES OF EVALUATION:
To identify bottle necks in various activities carried out during the operation of
the programme.
CONCLUSION:
Continuing education programme help nurses remain current in nursing skill
knowledge and theory.
institutions. The main goals of continuing education in nursing are to improve and
maintain nursing practice fulfill professional leaning needs and helping nurses becomes
specialized in a particular area of practice and teaching nurses new skills and technical.