This document discusses research in continuing nursing education. It defines continuing nursing education as activities that occur after basic education to build upon previous learning. Research in continuing nursing education seeks to develop the scientific knowledge required for quality nursing care. The document outlines the need for research to provide an evidence base for practice and expand professional knowledge. It also discusses barriers to implementing research findings in practice, such as lack of resources and motivation.

1. RESEARCH IN CONTINUING
EDUCATION
Dr. Virendra Singh Choudhary

2. INTRODUCTION
• Continuing nursing education is a
modern imperative, it must be
future oriented , geared to the
facing new situations and making
of new responses appropriate for
these situations.

3. CONTD…….
• New knowledge is emerging
rapidly in the physical,
biological, behavioural and
medical sciences, which
constitute the foundation of
nursing.

4. CONTD………
• Continuing nursing education
programs should be developed
by nurses and conducted
within nursing or in general
education system in
cooperation with the nurses.

5. DEFINITION

6. • “All the learning activities
that occurs after an
individual has completed his
basic education”
-Cooper

7. CONTD………
“ Education which builds on
previous education”
–Shannon

8. TYPES OF
CONTINUING
EDUCATION

9. •Correspondence
continuing education
•Liberal education
•Inservice education

10. FEATURES

11. • Unified approach
• Relationship with other systems
• Comprehensiveness
• Accessibility for all health
professionals
• Integration with the management
process

12. CONTD………
• Analysis of needs as a basis for
learning continuity
• Internally coordinated
• Relevance in planning
• Credibility and economics

13. NEED

14. • To ensure safe and effective
nursing care.
• Development of nurses will
occur by updating their
knowledge and skills to
prepare them for
specialization.

15. CONTD…….
• For career advancement
• To develop competent nurse
practitioners
• To meet the professional forces or
challenges.
• Nurses with research aptitudes and
preparation needed.

16. CONTD
• Clinical specialists are needed
for the direct patient care, for
teaching and consultative roles
to help the students and staff
nurses to reach higher levels of
competency.

17. CONTD…….
• Nurses in administrative positions
need to increase their understanding
of administrative process
• The demand for specialized nursing
service is increasing more rapidly

18. CONTD……..
• Planned programs are needed to
increase nurse’s competence as
practitioners.
• Need for additional preparation for
the positions nurses already holding
or to prepare themselves for other
positions.

19. CONTD……
• To provide and prepare
faculty who see continuing
nursing education as a
personal responsibility as
well as professional and
university responsibility.

20. FUNCTIONS

21. • To meet the health needs and public
expectations
• To develop the practicing abilities of
the nurse
• For recruitment purposes
• To recognize gaps in nurse’s
knowledge levels

22. CONTD……
• To test ability and skills and to
choose further advancement in
studies
• To improve the communication
between the participants, faculty,
community and health sector
• To shape or support university
educational policies and practices

23. CONTD……….
• To ensure the quality of education.
• To grant budget for extension
studies.
• To maintain academic standards.
• To meet educational requirements.

24. PHILOSOPHY

25. • Continuing nursing education
encompasses various aspects of life
and is not limited to professional
educational. Continuing nursing
education is concerned with the
development of the nurse as a
person, a practitioner and citizen.

26. CONTD……..
• Learning must be a
continous process
throughout life span, not
limited to formal courses
of study

27. CONTD…….
• Nursing is based on
knowledge of physical and
psychological functioning of
man within his environment
and expanding the knowledge

28. ELEMENTS

29. • Learner as a person, as a nurse and
as a citizen
• Teacher/ Nurse Educator
• Educational preparation
• Competnces and other characterstics
• The Faculty Administrator
• Motivation of the learner

30. CONTD………
• Involvement Of The Learner In The
Learning Process
• Organized learning experiences
• The needs of society.
• Universilization is necessary for
continuing nursing education

31. CONTD………
• The leisure
• Liberal Education
• Inter-professional in
Continuing Education

32. PRINCIPLES

33. • Provision of school and nursing
faculty involvement in planning
and teaching the continuing
nursing education courses.
• An adequate staff is essential
for planning, implementing and
evaluating a programme

34. • Responsibility of the director of
CNE.
• Staff services are required with
sufficient number.
• Appointment of advisory
committee.
• Continuing nursing education
program may be decentralized.

35. • Financial support is by either
university grants or self
supporting.
• Faculty may be assigned to
continuing education as a
regular part of the normal
teaching load.

36. PLANNING
PROCESS

37. RESEARCH IN
CONTINUING
EDUCATION

38. DEFINITION OF
NURSING RESEARCH

39. • Research is defined as
systemic and scientific
process to answer to a
question about facts. It is
an activity involved in seeking
answer to unanswered
questions

40. DEFINITION OF
RESEARCH IN
CONTINUING
EDUCATION

41. • Research in continuing nursing
education is defined as
application of scientific inquiry
to the phenomenon of concern to
the nursing. Research in
continuing education seeks to
find new knowledge that
eventually be applied in providing
nursing care to patients.

42. NEEDS AND
PURPOSES

43. • Develop, refine and extend the
scientific base of knowledge,
which is required for quality
nursing care, education and
administration.
• Enhance the body of
professional knowledge in CNE.

44. CONTD…….
• Provide foundation for
evidenced based practice
• Help in expansion of
knowledge, which is essential
for continued growth in
education.

45. CONTD……….
• Enhance the professional identity as
research is an essential component
of CNE
• Refine and eliminate the old
knowledge.
• Identify nursing care practices that
make a difference in the health care
status of individuals and are cost-
effective

46. IMPORTANCE AND
SIGNIFICANCE

47. • Development and utilization of
knowledge
• adopt a research based practice,
• CNE need to base specific nursing
actions and decisions on evidences
indicating that actions are clinically
appropriate, cost effective, and
result in positive patient outcome.

48. CONTD……..
• CNE for rapid advancement in medical
science and technology
• Research is essential for CNE to
understand the various dimensions of
the profession
• Research in CNE also helps to
eliminate nursing action that do not
achieve desired outcome for patients.

49. PLANNING FOR
IMPROVING
PRACTICE

50. • An initial needs assessments
can be accomplished using
strategies such as self
reflection, reading and
discussions with respected
peers.
• The next step is to choose a
learning activity.

51. CONTD……
• Reading materials can be useful if
they are evidence based. Secondary
sources such as this journal are
ideal because they only present high
quality research and provide a
commentary on each abstract by
clinician.

52. Barriers

53. • A gap often exists
between what is known
and what is practiced.
• Lack of resources
• Lack of motivation
• Lack of interest

54. RESEARCH
INPUT

55. SUMMARIZATION

56. RECAPTUALIZATION

57. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Staff Development”, edition 1st,
jones and Bartlett publishers,
P-44-5

59. • http//www.wikipedia.com//continuing
education
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education
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