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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to determine corporate philosophies of continuing education and approaches to meeting the learning needs of staff who strive to provide for the increasingly challenging care requirements of seniors who reside in long-term care facilities. In-depth interviews lasting approximately 1 hour were conducted with key informants at the administrative level from nine long-term care facilities. Content analysis revealed a commitment to continuing education for staff. While recognizing the importance of organizational responsibility for continuing education, administrators placed emphasis on the individual responsibility of staff. Learning needs were identified as affective, managerial, and physical in nature. Challenges to providing continuing education programs were derived from a general lack of fiscal and human resources. A variety of measures was suggested as important to supporting the continuing learning of staff. Implications of this study point to the need for long-term care facilities to incorporate into their strategic plans measures of ensuring continuing education as a basis for the ongoing competence and development of staff. In addition, there is a need for collaboration between long-term care facilities and other institutions of a long-term care, acute care, and educational nature in the development of strategies to operationalize a philosophy of continuing learning as a basis for the provision of optimal care to residents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-0124
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
68-76; quiz 94-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Attitude of Health Personnel, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Education, Nursing, Continuing, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Health Facility Administrators, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Inservice Training, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Models, Educational, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Needs Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Nursing Education Research, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Nursing Staff, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Ontario, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Organizational Culture, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Organizational Objectives, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Organizational Policy, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:11868744-Skilled Nursing Facilities
pubmed:articleTitle
Continuing education for staff in long-term care facilities: corporate philosophies and approaches.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Ottawa, School of Nursing, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't