Nurses' Assessment of the Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Program in Osun State, Southwest, Nigeria.
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2021-12-30
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African Journal of Health, Nursing and Midwifery
Abstract
Continuing Professional Development Programs have
been identified as an important strategy towards improving basic
professional skills and competence of health care professionals. This
study explored nurses’ perception about the Mandatory Continuing
Professional Development Program (MCPDP) and assessed nurses’
satisfaction with the Continuing Professional Development Program in
Nigeria. Study adopted sequential explanatory mixed methods, using
both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. The
quantitative aspect included 412 nurses in Osun state, Nigeria selected
through multistage sampling. Data was analyzed at univariate,
bivariate and multivariate levels using appropriate statistics, level of
significance was p<0.05. The qualitative aspect of the study employed
in-depth interview; responses were analyzed thematically. Findings
showed that 72.8% of the nurses had positive perception about the
MCPDP, 66.3% assessed the MCPDP training as very useful, 31.3%
and 2.4% assessed the training as moderately useful and useful
respectively, 57.0% were very satisfied with the MCPDP training,
41.5% were satisfied while1.5% nurses were indifferent. Regression
analysis revealed that nurses’ years of working experience (OR = 0.24,
CI = 0.10-0.62, p = 0.003) significantly influenced perception about
the MCPDP. Study concluded that professionalism in nursing should
focus on ensuring quality years of working experience and effective
Continuous Professional Development for all categories of nurses.
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Nurses, Mandatory Continuous Professional Development Program, Nigeria
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Afolabi, A. O., Abioye, P. O., Akin-Ayankunle, M. O., Omishakin, M. Y. J., Adegoke, A. O., Ademola, L. A., Ogundeji, M. O., Faniran, S. O. & Agboire, T. M. (2021). Nurses' assessment of the mandatory continuing professional development program in Osun State, Southwest, Nigeria. African Journal of Health, Nursing and Midwifery. 4(6). 119- 138. DOI: 10.52589/AJHNM-5VES8SQN.