A needs assessment for competency development of nurse educators.

IF 2.2 Q1 NURSING

NURSING FORUM Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.1111/nuf.12844

Ausanee Wanchai, Duangjai Phrompayak, Benyapa Prompuk

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Abstract

Objective: The purposes of this study were to assess the current competencies and desired competency development of nurse educators and to examine differences in how they ranked their needs by participants' gender, age, educational qualification, and work experience.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study. Participants were 435 nurse educators working at nursing colleges under the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, in 2021.

Results: Participants had significantly higher desired scores for competency development than the actual condition scores (p < .05). They prioritized their competence development needs from highest to lowest scores as follows: (1) nursing knowledge, (2) teaching pedagogy, (3) learning activities preparation, (4) professional value, (5) learning atmosphere building, (6) educator professional ethics, (7) learning outcomes measures, and (8) learning plan. Participants with different gender, education levels, ages, and work experiences set similar priorities for competency development needs.

Conclusion: Nurse educators first emphasized knowledge and teaching skills improvement, followed by enhancing value. However, their needs were not different when categorized by gender, age, educational qualification, and work experience. Therefore, planning to develop all competencies is urged and prioritized. Similarly, future research should explore suitable competency development programs for these nurse educators in each area. Our study's findings could be an example applied to other nursing schools worldwide to improve nurse educators' competencies.

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护理教育工作者能力发展的需求评估。

目的:本研究的目的是评估护士教育工作者目前的能力和期望的能力发展，并检查他们如何根据参与者的性别、年龄、教育程度和工作经验来排名他们的需求。方法:我们进行了横断面研究。参与者是2021年在泰国公共卫生部护理学院工作的435名护士教育工作者。结果:被试对能力发展的期望得分明显高于实际状况得分(p)。结论:护理教育者首先强调知识和教学技能的提高，其次才是价值的提升。然而，他们的需求在按性别、年龄、教育程度和工作经验分类时并没有什么不同。因此，计划发展所有的能力是迫切需要和优先考虑的。同样，未来的研究应该为每个领域的护士教育者探索合适的能力发展计划。我们的研究结果可以作为范例应用于世界上其他护理学校，以提高护理教育者的能力。

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NURSING FORUM NURSING-

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

4.20%

发文量

151

期刊介绍： Nursing Forum is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that invites original manuscripts that explore, explicate or report issues, ideas, trends and innovations that shape the nursing profession. Research manuscripts should emphasize the implications rather than the methods or analysis. Quality improvement manuscripts should emphasize the outcomes and follow the SQUIRE Guidelines in creating the manuscript. Evidence-based manuscripts should emphasize the findings and implications for practice and follow PICOT format. Concept analysis manuscripts should emphasize the evidence for support of the concept and follow an accepted format for such analyses.