ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this article is to report the results of a survey conducted by one of the nine Area Health Education Centers in North Carolina to inform regional work force planning by ascertaining nurses' views of the need to re-tool for practice, education, and management roles. METHOD: A work force planning group represented by nursing service and education surveyed 1,050 nurses. Four hundred thirty-two (41%) nurses responded: 87% believed they needed to re-tool and 92% were willing to do so. RESULTS: Critical thinking was rated as very important to nurse managers, staff RNs, and LPNs, and educators rated teaching as the area most in need of re-tooling. CONCLUSION: Nurses are clearly interested in re-tooling. Staff development, continuing education, and degree programs can respond to this willingness.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Education, Nursing, Continuing/standards , Faculty, Nursing , Job Description , Needs Assessment/organization & administration , Nurse Administrators/education , Nurse Administrators/psychology , Nurse's Role , Nursing Staff/education , Nursing Staff/psychology , Nursing, Practical/education , Education, Nursing, Continuing/trends , Faculty, Nursing/supply & distribution , Humans , North Carolina , Nurse Administrators/supply & distribution , Nurse Administrators/trends , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Staff/supply & distribution , Nursing Staff/trends , Nursing, Practical/trends , Organizational Innovation , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/standards , Surveys and Questionnaires , WorkforceABSTRACT
Society as a whole must be involved in making certain there are enough professionals in the future to provide care for the health needs of both rural and urban communities. As a result of this need, Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) across North Carolina have expanded their health care career awareness efforts. One AHEC focused on the concept of awareness of nursing careers by the community, for the community. This project is ongoing and, through collaborative efforts, keeps nursing career awareness in the forefront.
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Nurses/supply & distribution , Personnel Selection/methods , Area Health Education Centers , Career Choice , Community Participation , Forecasting , Humans , Marketing of Health Services , North CarolinaABSTRACT
Society as a whole must be involved in making certain there are enough professionals in the future to provide care for the health needs of both rural and urban communities. As a result of this need. Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) across North Carolina have expanded their health care career awareness efforts. One AHEC focused on the concept of awareness of nursing careers by the community, for the community. This project is ongoing and, through collaborative efforts, keeps nursing career awareness in the forefront.
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Area Health Education Centers , Career Choice , Marketing of Health Services , Nurses , Personnel Selection , HumansABSTRACT
A study was conducted to determine factors that facilitate and impede learning in a hospital nursing staff development department. Data were collected through interviews, observations, critical incidents, and document reviews. Findings show that factors perceived to facilitate learning are (1) support for education by nursing administration, (2) availability of education, (3) the inviting atmosphere of the staff development department, (4) small class size, (5) informal learning, (6) the expert instructor, and (7) support of education by first-line managers. Factors perceived to impede learning are fewer: (1) written tests, (2) short staffing, and (3) first-line managers.
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Education, Nursing, Continuing , Health Facility Environment , Learning , Workplace , Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration , Humans , Nursing, Supervisory/organization & administration , Organizational CultureABSTRACT
There is limited research-based information about the use of adult education principles in workplace education programs. A case study was conducted in a hospital nursing staff development department to provide recommendations for the current practice of adult education. The instructors used many of the principles of adult education, but problems stemmed from a lack of common understanding of adult education concepts.
