This document summarizes a presentation on continuing nursing education. It defines continuing nursing education as planned learning experiences beyond basic nursing education designed to promote knowledge, skills, and attitudes to enhance nursing practice. It discusses the importance of continuing education to update nurses' knowledge, help with career development, and meet changing health needs. The document also outlines different forms of continuing education, including formal programs and informal self-directed learning. It describes the roles of learners and educators in continuing education and provides examples of content areas that could be covered.

1. VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE OF NURSING
Seminar
PRESENTED BY:- APURVA DWIVEDI [M.Sc. Nursing 1ST Yr.]

2. Continuing Nursing
Education In
Nursing

3. Introduction
• Continuing nursing education is the process directed towards the
personal and professional growth of nurses and other personnel
while they are employed by a health care agency.
• It is essential for the up-lifttment of professional as well as
administrative field.
• Continuing education helps in updating the knowledge and practice
of professionals.
• It is applicable not only to the nursing field but also to all the
professional fields.

4. Definitions:-
“Education is the all round drawing out of the best in child and
man, body, mind and spirit.”
-MK Gandhi

5. Conti..
“Education is self-realization and service of the people.”
-Guru Nanak

6. Conti..
“Education is the development of all those capabilities in the
individual which will enable him to control his environment
and full-fill his responsibilities.”
-John Dewey

7. Conti..
“Continuing education: Includes all of those educational
activities or learning activities that occurs after an individual
has completed his basic education.”
-Cooper

8. Conti..
Continuing education consists of planned learning experience
beyond a basic nursing educational program. These are
designed to promote the development of knowledge skills and
attitude for the enhancement. of nursing practice, thus
improving health care to the public.
-American Nurses Association (ANA)

9. Conti..
Continuing education is any extension of opportunities for reading,
study and training to any person and adult following their completion
of or withdrawal from full time school and/or college programmes.
-Dictionary of education

10. Concept of nursing education
• The nursing personnel serve as a key element of health care
delivery system.
• In order to full-fill the challenging role in the delivery of quality care,
acquiring basic theoretical and practical knowledge is not just
enough.
• To keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in the science
and technology, there should be constant efforts to explore new
knowledge, Continuing nursing education is one of the ways to do
so.

11. Conti..
• Continuing education for nurses helps them to be professionally
competent, develop leadership qualities and to adapt to the
changes taking place in their immediate environment.
• Continuing nursing education consists of systematic learning
experiences designed to improve the knowledge and skills of
nurses.

12. Importance of continuing education
• One of the most vital reasons for gaining a higher degree is to
earn more KNOWLEDGE.
• It's valuable to attain advanced education when looking for
new nursing job opportunities.
• There's a possibility that future licensing laws may require
bachelor's degrees.

13. Conti..
• Transitioning from an RN license to a BSN or MSN degree
is becoming easier.
• Employers and hospitals are increasingly looking to hire a
nurse who has a BSN.

14. Need for continuing education in
nursing
To help in
career
development.
To prepare
the nurses for
research.
To develop wise
leaders and
competent
practitioners.
To ensure
safe and
effective
nursing care.
To develop
the
practicing
abilities of
the nurse. To meet
educational
requirements..
To meet health
needs of the
population.
To maintain
academic
standards...
To recognize
gaps in the
knowledge
of nurses.
To ensure the
quality of
education.

15. Elements of continuing nursing
education
• Learner: Learner is identified as a:-
nurse
as a person and
as a citizen.

16. Conti..
All three aspects of lifelong learning is identified:-
• Diversity as a part of learning process which contributes to
the development of the individual.
• The learner plays different roles in his life.

17. Teacher/ nurse educator
The role and function of educator includes:
• To follow the concept of life long learning and encourage
nurses to pursue the same
• Being aware of the sources of information
• Educator should act as a role model.
• Creative teaching is essential.
• He/she must show interest and concern every member of the
class.

18. Conti..
• Being aware of learning differences among individuals.
• Play multiple roles: guide, motivator, evaluator,
administrator, etc.
• Help learner to discover new approaches to solve the
problem.
• It Instill confidence and adequacy in students.

19. Forms of continuing
nursing education
Formal Informal

20. Formal
• Staff development programs
• Short term courses related to the professional areas,
• Recognized forms of post secondary learning activities
• Degree credit courses by students
• Under degree career training
• Work force training
• Formal personal enrichment courses
• Experimental learning as applied to problem-solving

21. Informal
• Self-directed learning
• Online certification programs
• Case report studies

22. The process of continuing
nursing education

23. May restart the process
Evaluating the program.
Implementing plan of teaching
Establishing a workable budget.
Assessing available resources.
Planning and organizing course and designing learning experience.
Setting goals and defining specific objectives.
Identifying the learning needs of the nursing personnel.

24. Stages of developing
CNE ADDIE
Analysis
Design
Development
Implementation
Evaluation

25. Examples of content areas for
conducting CNE
General
programs
• Nursing process
• Intravenous injection
• Communication
• Ethics
Hospital
specific
program
• Maternity
• Pediatrics
•Surgical
•Orthopedics
Area
specific
program
• CVP care
• Neonatal CPR
•Ventilator dialysis.

26. Relation of research and continuing
education
• There is a strong relationship between the research and continuing
education.
• As through the continuing education we teach the evidence based practice
and scientific principles, which are the basic part of research.
• Many of researches are because of the continuing education, which
encourages the learner to do research projects or to be a part of them.
• Research and continuing education both are to keep up-to-date
knowledge with the changing needs.

27. Aims of research in continuing
education
• To assess the need for organizing continuing education program.
• To objectively assess the needs of the learner.
• To identify the areas of learning required.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
• To assess the impact of conducting such continuing education nursing
program.
• To corelate the effectiveness of continuing nursing education program with
the output expected.

28. Areas or research
Research can be conducted in the following areas:
• Need assessment of the learner.
• Content for CNE.
• Teaching methods and materials.
• Evaluation.
• Variables influencing the effectiveness of CNE.
• CNE
• Cost effectiveness in organizing and conducting CNE.

29. Importance of
research in
continuing education
Accountability
Professionalism
Decision-making
practice
Evidence
based
practice
Updating
with
current
issues

30. Distance educations in nursing
Definition of Distance Education
"Distance education is a systematically organized form of self-
study in which student counselling the presentation of learning
material and the seeing and supervising of the student success is
carried out by a team of teachers each of whom has responsibility.
It is made possible at a distance by means of media, which can
cover long distance.”
-Dohman

31. Conti..
“Distance education is an alternative mode for receiving
highest education, professional education and technical
education, which distinguishes it from conventional campus,
based mode of learning.”

32. Aims and objectives
1.It aims not only in providing
certificates and degrees but
also helps in personal growth
and training for better job
prospects, job enhancement
and in-service education.
1.Brings changes in
attitude and
knowledge.
1.Provides flexibility of
time to enable students
to pace their studies
1.Makes education
socially more relevant.
1.Promotes habit of lifelong
learning among teachers and
thus establish a learning
society of teachers.
1.To impart latest
information and skills in
the field of education.
1.Provides
opportunities for self-
enrichment and
professional upgrading.

33. Characteristics of distance education
1. There is little face to
face relationship
between the teacher and
the learner.
2. There is little oral
instruction.
3. There is no fixed
classroom or lecture room.
4. Learning is on individual
basis.
7. it's now applied for teacher
education Programme. i.e., for
in-service education of
teachers.
6. Learning is on part time
basis.
5. It involves use of multi-
media approach, postal
coaching, and education
through radio and television.

34. Pillars of distance education system
6. Personal
guidance.
5. Study
center.
4. Electronic
media.
3. Student
assignment.
2. Personal
Contact
Programmes
1. Study
material known
as lecture
scripts.

35. Role of distance education in
development of nursing
1.Those nurses
who are working
in remote areas
and have no
facilities of higher
education.
1.Those that is
unable to join
regular courses
due to various
reasons.
1.Those that are
already working
and cannot be
relieved from
their duties by
their institutions
because of
shortage of
nurses and other
reasons.
1.Those who feel
that they cannot
cope up with
regular courses
within specific
time.

36. Bibliography:-
Book reference:-
• Raj Bhaskara D. Elakkuvana, Bhaskar Nima, Text book
nursing education, 2nd-ed, Emmess 2015, page no.
101 – 108.
• Sudha R, Nursing education principles and concepts,
2nd-ed, Jaypee, page no. 63.