The document discusses continuing nursing education. It defines continuing education as systematic learning experiences designed to enlarge nurses' knowledge and skills. Continuing education is needed to ensure safe patient care, update knowledge, and support career advancement. It describes various principles of continuing education, including determining learning needs, developing programs to meet needs, and evaluating results. The document also outlines different methods used for continuing education, such as short courses, conferences, and self-directed learning.

1. CONTINUING NURSING
EDUCATION
(Annamma
Sumon)

2. INTRODUCTION
• Staff development is the process directed towards the personal and professional
growth of nurses and other personnel while they are in a health care agency.
• Staff development programs include:-
1. Inservice education
2. Continuing education
3. Adult learning
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3. popoed
Nursing
profession
Education Experience
Socio-
economics
Post basic nursing
education
Nursing practice
Other real life
experiences
Counselling
-Career plan
-Performance
evaluation
Employee-
employer relations
Man power
planning
Continuing
education
-Inservice
education
-Extra
mural
education
Staff development
model
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4. CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION
• “Continuing education is all the learning activities that occurs after
an individual has completed his basic education” -
Cooper
• “That education which builds on previous education” -
Shannon
• Continuing education in nursing consists of systematic learning
experiences designed to enlarge the knowledge and skills of nurses.
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5. CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION
• Continuing professional education activities have more specific content
applicable to the individuals immediate goals, are generally of shorter duration,
are sponsored by college, universities, health universities, health agencies and
professional organizations, and may be conducted in a variety of settings.
• Continuing education for nurses not only keeps nurses up to date on the latest
advances in care and treatment, but it affords nurses an opportunity to explore
other areas of nursing such as home health or hospice, wound care, pain
management, geriatrics and case management
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6. NEED
• Ensure safe & effective nursing care.
• Meet the new needs of the community for proper care and services.
• Updating knowledge & preparing for specialization.
• Career advancement.
• Develop leadership & competencies.
• Acquire specialized skills & meet technological advancement.
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7. NEED
• Develop an ability to analyze problems and to work with others.
• Personal & professional development.
• Fill the gap between scientific knowledge & their application.
• Update knowledge & information
• Career opportunities
• Sense of achievement
• Research
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8. FUNCTIONS
• Develop practicing abilities
• Identify the gap in existing knowledge and meet the requirements
• Recruitment
• Identify and test the ability
• Improving communication
• Support educational policies and practices
• Maintain academic standards
• Grant budget for extension studies
• Ensure educational qualities
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9. PRINCIPLES
• Provision for school and nursing faculty involvement in planning and teaching the
CNE courses tends to maintain high educational standards for the program.
• Adequate staff is essential to plan, implement and evaluate a program which is
based on learning needs and which has an impact on the quality of nursing care
provided.
• Responsibilities of the director of CNE are:-
Determination of learning needs of the nurse population.
Development & implementation of a program to meet these needs.
Evaluation of results.
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10. PRINCIPLES
• Staff services are required with sufficient talents & numbers to implement the
planned program:-
• Advisory
• Secretarial
• Administrative
• Supportive
• Assistance with
 Research
 Publicity
 Questionnaire
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11. PRINCIPLES
 Evaluation tools
 Data analysis
 Computer programming
• Advisory committee:-
 Faculty members from a variety of areas of nursing practice
 Directors of hospital nursing services
 Representatives from the state licensing authority, health department and voluntary agencies
 Extended care facilities
 Hospital association
 Medical & allied health professionals
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12. PRINCIPLES
 Regional medical program
 Other agencies involved in the delivery of health care in the community
• CNE program may be decentralized or centralized
• Financial support (university grants/ self supporting)
• Faculty may be assigned to continuing education
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13. ELEMENTS
• Learner
• Teacher/Educator
FORMS OF CNE
• Formal
• Informal
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14. METHODS USED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
• Short term courses
• Conferences
• Video conferences
• Group conferences
• Panel discussions
• Workshop
• Webinars
• Self directed learning
• Case report studies
• Experimental learning
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15. PROCESS OF CNE
• Identify learning needs
• Setting goals & defining specific objectives
• Planning & organizing course & designing learning experiences
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16. PLANNING
• A successful CNE program is the result of careful and detailed planning.
• PLANNING PROCESS
1. Establishing goals compatible with the purpose or philosophy of the organization.
• What is to be done?
• Why is it necessary?
• How is it to be done?
• Where is it to be done?
• When is it to be done?
• Who should do the job?
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17. PLANNING
2. Deciding upon specific objectives consistent with these goals.
3. Determining the needs and priorities.
4. Determining the course of action required to meet the specific objectives.
5. Assessing the available resources for establishing the program.
6. Plan the budget appropriate for the program.
7. Conducting CNE
8. Evaluating the results at stated intervals.
9. Reassessing the goals and updating the plan periodically.
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18. STAGES OF DEVELOPING CNE
• Analysis
• Goals
• Priorities
• Resources
• Constraints
• Alternate delivery system
• Determine scope & sequence of training program (by task & job analysis)
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19. STAGES OF DEVELOPING CNE
• Design
• Emphasis what will be taught
• Determine training approach
• Develop learning objectives
• Performance measures
• Training program specifications
• Formulate objectives
• Determine duration of course
• Decide place/venue
• Select team
• Define participants level, number, method of selection
• Provide learning experience: time/duration of theory, practical
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20. STAGES OF DEVELOPING CNE
• Development
• Emphasizes on how the content will be taught
• Develop curriculum guide
• Lesson plan
• Supportive teaching aids
• Revise material
• Implementation
• Implement training plan
• Conduct training
• Formative evaluation
• Document training results
• Evaluation
• Conduct summative evaluation
• Analyze collected information
• Initiate corrective action
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21. THANK YOU
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