Empowering education: A new model for in-service training of nursing staff
Introduction: In-service training of nurses plays an indispensable role in improving the quality of inpatient care. Need to enhance the effectiveness of in-service training of nurses is an inevitable requirement. This study attempted to design a new optimal model for in-service training of nurse...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism |
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| Online Access: | http://jamp.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JAMP/article/view/657 |
| Summary: | Introduction: In-service training of nurses plays an indispensable
role in improving the quality of inpatient care. Need to enhance
the effectiveness of in-service training of nurses is an inevitable
requirement. This study attempted to design a new optimal model
for in-service training of nurses.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in two stages
during 2015-2016. In the first stage, the Grounded Theory was
adopted to explore the process of training 35 participating nurses.
The sampling was initially purposeful and then theoretically based
on emerging concept. Data were collected through interview,
observation and field notes. Moreover, the data were analyzed
through Corbin-Strauss method and the data were coded through
MAXQDA-10. In the second stage, the findings were employed
through Walker and Avant’s strategy for theory construction so as
to design an optimal model for in-service training of nursing staff.
Results: In the first stage, there were five major themes including
unsuccessful mandatory education, empowering education,
organizational challenges of education, poor educational
management, and educational-occupational resiliency.
Empowering education was the core variable derived from the
research, based on which a grounded theory was proposed. The
new empowering education model was composed of self-directed
learning and practical learning. There are several strategies
to achieve empowering education, including the fostering of
searching skills, clinical performance monitoring, motivational
factors, participation in the design and implementation, and
problem-solving approach.
Conclusion: Empowering education is a new model for in-service
training of nurses, which matches the training programs with
andragogical needs and desirability of learning among the staff.
Owing to its practical nature, the empowering education can
facilitate occupational tasks and achieving greater mastery of
professional skills among the nurses. |
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| ISSN: | 2322-2220 2322-3561 |