RESEARCH IN

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Presented by: Deeplata Sahu

MSc Nursing 1st year
Era college of nursing
Lucknow
 DEFINITION
“Continuing education is defined as “a systematic
professional learning experiences designed to augment
the knowledge, skill, attitude of nurse and therefore
enrich the nurse contribution to the quality health care
and the pursuit of professional career goals”.
In
 DEFINITION
“An increasing number of studies are evaluating the effects of

continuing nurse education on practice. The relationship

between research methods and the development of knowledge

id explored by comparing the research orientations of two

evaluative studies investigating the same issues.”

BENEFITS OF CNE
Professional
Personal
Organization
Barrier of research in CNE
IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN
CONTINUING EDUCATION
1.Professionalism
2.Accountability
3.Decision making practice
4.Evidence based practice
5.Updating with current issues
 FEATUERS
 Unified approach

 Relationship with other system

 Comprehensiveness

 Accessibility for women health workers

 Integration with the management process

 Contd…
 Analysis of needs as a basis for learning continuing.

 Internally co-ordinated

 Relevance in planning

 Corrodibility and economic

 Appropriateness in implementation
 PURPOSES
 To ensure safe and effective nursing care, nurse need to keep abreast with interest,
knowledge and technical advances.
 To meet the needs of population and should cater to the needs of service.
 Development to nurse will occur by updating their knowledge and prepare there for
specialization.
 For career advancement.
 Professional roles are altered as society changes and as new knowledge and technologies
emerge.

 The demand for specialized nursing services is increasing more rapidly.

 FUNCTIONS
• To meet the health needs and public expectation.

• To develop the practicing abilities of the nurse.

• Recruitment function.

• Recognize gaps in their knowledge.

• To improve the communication between the participants, faculty, community

and the health sector.

 AREAS OF IMPLICATION OF RESEARCH
IN CONTINUING EDUCATION
PROGRAMME

 Student
 Faculty
 Teaching method

 Evaluation of study over curriculum of various nursing training

programme.
ROLE OF EDUCATOR IN CONTINUING
EDUCATION
Motivator
Guide and
and
counsellor encourager
Administrative
role
Arranger Producing
And instructional
Organiser materials
 VALUE CONTINUING NURSING
EDUCATION
 Value education is one of the hallmarks of a profession.

 The continuing development of ones professional skills and knowledge is an empowering

experience, preparing the nurse to make decisions with the support of expanding body of
knowledge.

 Seminar workshops and conference offer opportunities for continued professional growth and
empowerment.

 To develop expertise in the science and art of nursing, one needs to be educated in the
discipline of nursing.
 DOCTORAL PROGRAMME
Doctoral programme in nursing fall into two principal
types:-

1.Research focused
2.Practice focused
THE ESSENTIAL OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION
FOR ADVANCE NURSING PRACTICE
1.
Scientific under planing for practice.
2.
Organizational and systems leadership for quality improvement and
system.
3.
Clinical scholarships and research are the hallmarks of doctoral education.
4.
Health care policy for advocacy in health care.
5.
Advance nursing practice.
RESPONSIBILITY OF NURSE CLINICIANS TO
IMPLEMENT RESEARCH TO THEIR PRACTICE

 Clinicians to be in touch with literature even after they complete their

schooling.
 We must indoctrinate the nurses early in their career while still in school.
 Schools and colleges of nursing give students tools to evaluate research results
by teaching nursing research courses.
 Effects to improve health care has been demonstrate to be effective.

 Excellence in clinical practice occurs when clinicians use evidence to guide

their practice
RESPONSIBILITY OF NURSE ADMINISTRATOR TO
CONNECT RESEARCH TO THEIR PRACTICE:

Nurse administrators would conduct administrative or

clinical research finding out the best practices applicable
to those domains. When managing a clinical unit, the
professionals carries the burden of keeping abreast not
only clinical research but also the management literature
RESPONSIBILITY OF NURSE EDUCATOR
TO CONNECT RESEARCH TO THEIR
PRACTICE:

Nurse educators can model research utilization by

talking about clinical research report while teaching
and also by showing students how they personally
have utilized research in their teaching activity.
 RESEARCH INPUT
A research study was conducted from April 2012 to February 2013 in
Isfahan, Iran. This study was designed to explore the challenges of nursing
continuing education in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences hospitals.
In this descriptive explorative qualitative research, They interviewed 39
participations in five focus groups and five individual groups. The
participants were both learners and planners of continuing education
programme. The outcome of this study was the participants faced problems
related to factors, related to learners and teachers, educational process
related factors and inadequate facilities and defective evaluation.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. K.P. Neerja (2007) “textbook of nursing education”. 1 st edition, Jaypee brothers, medical
publisher Pvt. Ltd. Page no- 386-389.

2. Patrica S. Yoder, wise (2007) “leading and managing in nursing”. 4 th edition, Mosby
publications, page no- 570-571, 176.

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4. hptt://www.’research in continuing edu.com.

5. Chabra, 2003 ‘ nursing research’ 8th edition. Darpar Rai and co. New Delhi. Page no- 214.