J Nurs Acad Soc.  1976 Dec;6(2):32-38.

Learning Needs of Registered Nurse for Inservice Education

• Hyun KS

Abstract

The advanced knowledge is increasing day by day due to the progress of medicine and technics, the increase of nursing research nowadays. In paralled with these, nursing profession has a need of the nursing care with improvement of new Kiowledge, technics and nursing procedure through the inservice education. Therefore, this study was attempted to investigate that to grasp learning need of nurses about inservice education play a pivotal role in the progress of inservice education. This study was made from 242 clinical nurse at 4 hospitals in Seoul and through question-are consisting of 1 ) ideologial part 2 ) basic sciense 3 ) nursing part 4 ) administrative part 5 ) the others from 10 July '75 to 7 Oct. '75. The data were treated by persentage, Likert method, and chi- square examination. Significant differnce p is 0.05. The results of this studies are as follows ; A. learning needs of nurses 1 ) Generally the learning needs of nurses is very high. 2 ) Of the learning need of inservice education for nurses, the highest learning need is as follow (Table 2 ) 1st ; Charting 2nd ; The ability of grasping patient' s needs and problems. 3rd ; The contents and the methods of the advanced nursing skill 4th ; The importance of team work 5th ; The general knowledge of the various disease 6th ; The dicision of a propriate nursing diagnosis under the general condition 7th ; The introduction of the new nursing theory 8th ; The Nurses role and the responsibility in emergency and disater 9th ; The improvement of nursing skill for the perfect interpersonal relationship 10th; Cultural education B . Verification of hypothesis 1. Hypothesis I , learning needs of nurses and educational level of nurse will be co- rredated, is rejected (Table 3) 2 . Hypothesis II, learning need of nurses and duties of post will be corredated, is rejected (Table 4 ) 3. Hypothesis 3, learning need of nurse and clinical experience of nurses will be co rredated, is rejected (Table 5 )

MeSH Terms

Education*
Emergencies
Hand Strength
Learning*
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Nursing Care
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing Research
Nursing Theory
Seoul