Stavovi o važnosti specijalističkog usavršavanja kod medicinskih sestara

Abstract

Introduction. For a considerable period, nursing was regarded as a female-dominated profession that operated under the supervision of physicians and lacked its own distinct domain of practice. Nursing is a profession that was for a long time seen as a female profession, under the direction of doctors and without its own field of activity. Today's complexity of treatment and health care requires specialized and experienced nurses to ensure quality outcomes for patients. Modern nursing faces many challenges, especially pandemics, inflexible working hours and lack of independence at work. The question is whether, by transforming the healthcare system, the role of nurses will also be reconsidered.Aim. To present the views of the nurses of the General Hospital of Šibenik-Knin County on the need for specialist training in nursing.Methods. The research was conducted in form of a survey questionnaire which was administered to a group of 146 nurses who were employed at the General Hospital of Šibenik-Knin County. It consisted of data on specialist education in nursing (the attitude of nurses on the need for specialization, their awareness of it). The analysis was performed in the statistical software SPSS 25.Results. Nurses with secondary vocational education predominate in the conducted research. They are mostly employed in the hospital department. They state a higher level of knowledge in a narrowly specialized field as the main motive for specialization.A statistically significantly higher number of participants expressed their intention to continuetheir education in the future and progress professionally.The limitation in this intention stems from the fact that the majority of participants are not familiar with the specialization program, even thoughtheir attitudes support specialization.Conclusion. On the basis of the conducted research,the results are reached which show that the nursesof the General Hospital of Šibenik-Knin County encouragespecialist education within the profession.The largest number of respondents believe that specializationin the nursing profession can lead to an increasein the quality of service, and the main reasonfor specialization is a higher level of knowledge ina narrowly specialized field of work. Also, the largestnumber of participants intend to continue theireducation, but most of them are not familiar with thepossibilities of specialization within the profession.Hypotheses that tested whether nurses' attitudestowards specialist education differ based on lengthof service, level of education and workplace were rejected.