Staff development involves processes that promote the personal and professional growth of employees in healthcare organizations. It aims to help employees gain new skills and knowledge to provide high quality care. Staff development provides educational activities like induction training, job orientation, in-service education, and continuing education. These activities help new employees learn their roles and responsibilities and help current employees update their skills and stay knowledgeable in a changing field.

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2. Definition 1. Staff development is the process directed towards the personal and professional growth of nurses and other personnel which they are employed by health care agency. - Basavanthappa

3. 2. A process that assists individuals in an agency or organization in attaining new skills and knowledge, gaining knowledge and growing professionally. Various resources outside the agency employing individuals may be used. The process may included such as orientation, in-service education and continuing education. - M osby medical dictionary

4. Need for staff development Social change and scientific advancement. Advancements in the field of science including medical science and technology. To provide the opportunity for nurses to acquire and implement the knowledge, skills, attitude, ideals and valued essential for the maintenance of high quality of nursing care.

5. Philosophy of staff development: Believes in the achievement of high quality of health care for the people. Focuses on continuing development of its employee. Believes that education should be designed to promote high standards and effective care. Teaching learning should be dynamic experience and shared between teacher and learner.

6. Functions To provide educational activities for all nurses employed by the health care agency directed towards change in behavior related to role expectations. It concerned with the growth and development of personnel from their initial concerned with a health care agency until termination of services.

7. Types of staff development Induction training Job orientation In-service education Continuing education

8. Induction training Induction training is a type of training give as an initial preparation upon taking up a post. Goal: To help new employees reach the level of performance expected from an experienced worker. It often contains information dealing with the layout of the firm's operating facility, health and safety measures and security systems .

9. Forms of induction Internship Preceptorship Mentorship

10. Job Orientation The process of creating awareness with in the individual of his/her roles, responsibilities and new relationships in new work situation.

11. In-service education It is a planned educational experience provided to the job setting and closely identified service in order to help the person to perform more effectively as a person and as a worker.

12. Continuing education It is all learning activities that occurs after an individual has completed his basic education. - Cooper Education which builds a previous education is called continuing education. - Shannon