need for continuing professional education for nurses

ABSTRACT

There is an obvious need of post basic education for nurses If high standard of nursing care is to be maintained. The aim of this study was to determine the degree of nurses awareness toward the need to continue their education beyond their initial years of training. The study was conducted at the Main University Hospital in Alexandria on 100 nurses worked in different hospital departments. Nugent questionnaire [1990] was translated into Arabic and used. The results concluded that, their was a significant positive responses in relation to the need for continuing education regardless of their qualifications. There was significant positive attitude among those who were young,-those with less experience and those who had inservice training. Also the results revealed lack of nurses knowledge about the meaning of continuing education