Abstract
Background:Since several factors affect nurses’ participation in Continuing Education, and that nurses’ Continuing Education affects patients’ and community health status, it is essential to know facilitators and barriers of participation in Continuing Education programs and plan accordingly. This mixed approach study aimed to investigate the facilitators and barriers of nurses’ participation, to explore nurses’ perception of the most common facilitators and barriers.Methods:An explanatory sequential mixed methods design with follow up explanations variant were used, and it involved collecting quantitative data (361 nurses) first and then explaining the quantitative results with in-depth interviews during a qualitative study.Results:The results showed that the mean score of facilitators to nurses’ participation in Continuing Education was significantly higher than the mean score of barriers (61.99±10.85 versus 51.17±12.83; p<0.001, t=12.23). The highest mean score of facilitators of nurses’ participation in Continuing Education was related to “Update my knowledge”. By reviewing the handwritings in qualitative phase, two main levels of updating information and professional skills were extracted as the most common facilitators and lack of support as the most common barrier to nurses’ participation in continuing education program.Conclusion:According to important role Continuing Education on professional skills, nurse managers should facilitate the nurse’ participation in the Continues Education.
Highlights
Education as the foundation for all our learning is the most important factor to optimize human resources in that UNESCO emphasized continuing education in healthcare issues on the verge of the twenty-first century (Emamzadeh Ghasemi, 2000)
The results showed that the mean score of facilitators to nurses' participation in Continuing Education was significantly higher than the mean score of barriers (61.99±10.85 versus 51.17±12.83; p
Based on the findings of this study, the mean score of facilitators to nurses' participation in Continuing Education (CE) was significantly higher than the mean score of barriers (61.99±10.85 versus 51.17±12.83; p
Summary
Education as the foundation for all our learning is the most important factor to optimize human resources in that UNESCO emphasized continuing education in healthcare issues on the verge of the twenty-first century (Emamzadeh Ghasemi, 2000). Studies show that knowledge gained through basic professional education has a half life of 2.5 years, and needs to be updated at the end of this period (Chong, Sellick, Francis, & Abdullah, 2011; Happell, 2004). Since several factors affect nurses’ participation in Continuing Education, and that nurses’ Continuing Education affects patients’ and community health status, it is essential to know facilitators and barriers of participation in Continuing Education programs and plan This mixed approach study aimed to investigate the facilitators and barriers of nurses’ participation, to explore nurses’ perception of the most common facilitators and barriers
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