In-service Education Topic
(Management of nursing services and education)
Final year Basic BSC Nursing
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INSERVICE EDU CA TION By Premnath Pitambar Somwanshi
INTRODUCTION In service education is the continuation of education when the employee is in service. It is an organized educational programme to assist the individuals in an organization in attaining new skills and knowledge, gaining increased level of competence and growing professionally. In service education may be part of any program of staff development.
DEFINITION In service education is a planned education intended to build upon the educational and experimental basis of the professional nurse for the enhancement of practice, education, administration and research or theoretical development aimed at improving the health of the public. - The American Nurses Association The education given to a nurse while in service for her professional growth is called in-service education. -N.N. Yalayasamy
AIMS It helps to improve professional growth and development. It gives chance for promotion for the staff members. The individual nurses upgrade their knowledge and skills. It enhances to improve the performance while rendering care to the clients.
CHARACTERISTICS It is provided with job setting It is planned and ongoing. It is designed to meet their demands of changing needs like scientifically, technically, medically in respect to patient care and treatment. Inservice education mainly focus on efficiency and quality of services.
PURPOSES Helps to improve professional competence. Keep the nursing personnel abreast of the latest trends and development of new techniques. Helps to update the knowledge and skills at all levels. Nurses can update the knowledge regarding current research and development. Develops interest and job satisfaction among the staff. Encourage the employees in achieving staff development and self confidence. Develops leadership skills, motivation and better attitudes
SCOPE Maintenance of familiarity with new knowledge and subject matter. Increased skill in providing service Improved attitudes and skills Greater skill in utilizing community resources and in working with adults. Development and refinement of common values and goals
NEEDS FOR INSERVICE EDUCATION Needs for development of manual, behavioral and communication skills essential for execution of their jobs. Needs for development of decision making and managerial skills. Needs for introduction to their routine job, which are expanding new, higher, complicated. Needs for development of leadership skills Needs for development of analytical and innovative thinking for investigating the potentialities and efficiency of their job
ORGANIZATION OF INSERVICE EDUCATION Orientation Skill training Leadership and management development Continuing education
ORIENTATION Orientation means providing new employees with basic information about the employer COMPONENTS OF ORIENTATION Centralized Orientation Decentralized Orientation
CENTRALIZED ORIENTATION It focus on 3 areas: General Orientation: Physical set up of organization Philosophy Purpose and roles of employees Hospital Orientation: Services available for staff and patients in the hospital. Resources available Library facilities
CONT … 3. Orientation to the Nursing department: Organization of nursing department. Different categories of nursing personnel. Special programmes and activities for nursing personnel
DECENTRALIZED ORIENTATION It focus on the: Orientation to nursing unit: ward routine, admission procedure Orientation to the nursing team: duties, responsibilities, functions
SKILL TRAINING It provides employees with skills and attitudes required for the job and keeps them abreast of changing methods and new techniques Types of training: Basic literacy training Technical training Interpersonal skills training Problem solving training Diversity training
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT It equips a selected group of employees to shoulder growing responsibilities and new positions. Staffs should have skills in leadership and management in order to guide employees. They mainly focus to develop: Leadership skills Communication skills Performance Management skills Decision making skills
CONTINUING EDUCATION Continuing education is all the learning activities that occur offer an individual has completed his basic education. AIMS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION: Improvement of professional practice. To motivate the staff to seek the latest knowledge To keep the nurses with the latest development of technologies. It develops interest, job satisfaction and confidence
ADULT LEARNING Adult education is a formal and informal system of education for older and mature persons It is carried out on a part time basis and entirely voluntary. It involves conscious effort towards developing the individual capabilities of adults by public or private agencies through informational, cultural remedial, vocational, recreational, and professional
PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING Need assessment which means that based on the requirement of the students, the teaching and learning curriculum are organized. Providing security in the learning environment among candidates, which means protecting from natural hazards and fire. Developing good relationship with learners and the teachers. Reinforcing or rewarding for better performance to motivate the learner to learn further in better way and perform well. Teaching by demonstration techniques or providing real or simulation environment where the learners study by real life applications rather than sticking only to theory.
CONTT … Give respect to the students in their decision making in learning. Teaching should be two way communication, thus making learning interactive. Adult education successfully implemented by team work. Develop psychomotor skill. Develop accountability. To improve cognitive and affective domain. Explains the future roles that the adult learners are going to face. Provide all round development.
METHODS OF INSERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMME Demonstration Conference Class room observations Committee Field trips Panel Workshops Role Playing Brain storming Buzz session Research Tape Recordings
Planning of Inservice Education Program Steps in Planning Process: Assess needs: Need to realize the importance of early recognition of changes in nursing service, technology, public demands, patient occupancy. Set goals and define specific objectives: The primary goal of in service education program is imparting information to change the way of person performances, think or feels.
CONTT.. Select Resource person: When selecting the individuals as resource person, the attributes should be kept in mind are: Ability to serve as models for learners. Knowledge about concepts of adult learning. Expertise experience and clinical competence in the area to be covered. Should know how to communicate knowledge. Willing to assist in the evaluation process.
CONTT... Resources:Assessing the available resources for establishing the programme . Budget:Establishing a workable budget appropriate for the programme . Evaluating: Assessing the results at stated intervals, that is soon after the programme or within one week. Reassssing : Checking the goals and updating the plan periodically.
EVALUATION OF STAFF EDUCATION PROGRAMME
DEFINITION OF EVALUATION Evaluation is the process of determining to what extent the educational objectives are being realized. - Ralph Tyler. Evaluation is systematic examination of educational and social programme . - Conbach et.
BENEFITS OF EVALUATION IN INSERVICE EDUCATION Promote knowledge and skill efficiency to train and develop staff . Identify cost effective and valuable training programme leading to better focused learning and development. Use and reinforce techniques learned to help improve qualities and client service within the organization. Helps to define future development objectives.
STEPS OF EVALUATION W.B. Werthis and K. devis in “ personnel management and Human resources" Suggested 5 steps of evaluation of staff development programme : Evaluation criteria should be established. Participant should be given a pretest. After training post test should be given. Transfer of the learning to the job setting performance area. Follow up studies should be undertaken to see how well learning was retained.
TYPES OF EVALUATION Two types Formative evaluation: Formative evaluation takes place during the training programme to monitor the learning progress. Feedback to the trainer provides provides for modifying the form and process training if necessary. Tests used for formative evaluation are mostly prepared by the teacher trainer.
CONTT.. Summative evaluation: It takes place at the end of the programme It is designed to determine the what extent which the instructional objectives have been achieved. This evaluation confirms both the improvement in the trainees performance and the training itself.
METHODS OF EVALUATION Evaluation instruments or Methods : Records are used to measure the turnovers or absenteeism. Rating scale are used for performance , attitudes and judgement of ability. Questionaire used to measure decision making, problem solving, attitudes. Observation technique use to evaluate skills. Personality tests to measure the changes in ability or knowledge.
CONTT .. Information Evaluation Questionnaire can be used because it gives information which can be compiled and used. Steering Committee A committee is formed with 3 to 4 members of trainee participants these members interact with other participants informally about different aspects of the programme . The views of participants then compiled and to be given to the programme coordinator.
CONTT.. Trainees Dairies The participants are given diaries at the beginning of the course and they are asked to write their views and opinions everyday. The diaries are collected at the end of the total programme
PREPARATION OF REPORT The report should be prepared with the following elements: Date and duration of Education programme . Coordinator and resource persons. Purpose of the topic of the education programme The group of individuals with basic qualification and number of individuals in the group. Planning components of in service education. Evaluation tools used for the evaluation of knowledge and skills A brief summary of all the areas to be recorded in the report and submitted to a higher authority.