THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING NURSES IN CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Authors

  • Fani Yfanti Nurse, MSc Deputy Head Emergency Department Degree in Educational and Social Policy 3rd Health Region Macedonia, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papanikolaou”, Exhoxi, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Athina A. Sipitanou Associate Professor, University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social Policy, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, 156, Egnatia str., P.O. Box 1591, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.363

Keywords:

continuing nurse education, educational needs, nurses in-service training

Abstract

During the last two decades, particular significance is given to employee training as part of a radical restructuring of work process, which primarily associates with rapid scientific and technological developments and their impacts. Within this context, Continuing Nurse Education is one of the basic conditions to meet nursing educational needs and consequently upgrades the quality of health services, achieves a better working environment and ensures job satisfaction of nurses. The basic aim of this study is to detect the attitudes and views on human recourses training but also to explore the possibility of transforming the educational needs of nurses in training programmes, within in-service training. The response rate of nurses in the survey questionnaire, which involved the recording of demographic, educational, scientific and employment data as well as the incentives for participating, was around 47%, an amount that deemed sufficient to draw conclusions. The analysis of survey results highlighted the need for Continuing In-Service Nurse Education that has to be updated, systematic and qualitative so as to meet the training needs and the scientific pursuits of nurses. In addition, through the assessment of results of such training the aim is to occur similar comparative studies and general conclusions in future.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Fani Yfanti, Nurse, MSc Deputy Head Emergency Department Degree in Educational and Social Policy 3rd Health Region Macedonia, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papanikolaou”, Exhoxi, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece

    Fani Yfanti is Deputy Head of the Emergency department of the General Hospital "Georgios Papanikolaou", Thessaloniki -Greece. She holds the Education and Social Policy degree at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki-Greece. She is a Certified Instructor in basic life support and use of automated external defibrillator (BLS / AED) by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). She is active in the education of health professionals as well as citizens and is also a member of the Scientific Committee for education of the hospital staff "Georgios Papanikolaou" in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use of Automated External Defibrillator, (planning, organization and implementation of BLS / AED programs certified by the ERC). Also she teaches in Public Institutes of Professional Training (D.I.E.K.) and participates as a trainer in non-formal education programs irrelevant to D.I.E.K. Her research interests focus on Adult Education and Continuing Education of health professionals. She has participated as a participant in the processes in more than 80 conferences, in 25 of which as a rapporteur. She is a volunteer of the Samaritans of Greek Red Cross.

  • Athina A. Sipitanou, Associate Professor, University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social Policy, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, 156, Egnatia str., P.O. Box 1591, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece

    Athina Sipitanou is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Social Policy of the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki-Greece, specializing in “Pedagogy and Adult Education” and her main teaching duties and also her research interests concern Pedagogy, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. She has participated in more than 100 congresses and scientific meetings both in Greece and abroad as an introducer.  Her scientific views are presented in her 5 books "Illiteracy in Greece: continuity and change of the problem", "Institutions and policies of the European Association for Lifelong Learning: a critical-interpretive approach", "Paulo Freire 1921-1997: adult education as an act of liberation", "Policies of the European Union for lifelong learning: the process-the institutions-the practices", and "The issue of literacy nowadays (1990-2015)". She has more than 75 publications to present both independently and in cooperation with other scientists of the same field. She participates inEuropeanUniversity networks of studies and research as well as in committees of theUniversity ofMacedonia. Furthermore, she is a reviewer of scientific magazines and books published by Greek research centers. She was president of the Administrative Board of the Branch of Macedonia and member of the Administrative Board of the Greek Pedagogical Association, as well as of the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education, while she is a member in educational, cultural and charitable associations.

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2016-12-09

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