Fostering Competence and Performance Development in the Nursing Profession in Ghana

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International Journal of Training and Development Pub Date : 2025-02-09 DOI:10.1111/ijtd.12355

Samuel Howard Quartey

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Abstract

This study explored the competence and performance development experiences of nurses working in public hospitals in Ghana. The study employed an exploratory qualitative research design. Participants were 25 public sector nurses who were purposively selected from two major hospitals in Ghana. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using an inductive thematic analytic framework. The findings indicated that nurses develop their competence by training continuously, joining fora, furthering education, and doing research. In addition, the findings revealed that nurses also develop their performance through scientific problem-solving, professionalism, ethics and protocols, nursing interventions, and patient–staff relationships. The findings further showed that favourable staff–manager relationships, staff motivation and satisfaction, and hospital equipment described the nature of a supportive hospital work environment. This study opens an attractive research window on the competence and performance development of public sector nurses in Ghana.

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促进加纳护理专业的能力和绩效发展

本研究探讨加纳公立医院护士胜任力与绩效发展经验。本研究采用探索性质的研究设计。参与者是有意从加纳两家大医院挑选的25名公共部门护士。数据是通过半结构化访谈收集的。采用归纳主题分析框架对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，护士通过持续培训、参加论坛、继续教育和做研究来提高自己的能力。此外，研究结果还显示，护士还通过科学解决问题、专业精神、道德和协议、护理干预和医患关系来发展其绩效。调查结果进一步表明，良好的员工与管理者关系、员工的积极性和满意度以及医院设备描述了支持性医院工作环境的性质。这项研究为加纳公共部门护士的能力和绩效发展打开了一个有吸引力的研究窗口。

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International Journal of Training and Development MANAGEMENT-

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3.40

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： Increasing international competition has led governments and corporations to focus on ways of improving national and corporate economic performance. The effective use of human resources is seen as a prerequisite, and the training and development of employees as paramount. The growth of training and development as an academic subject reflects its growth in practice. The International Journal of Training and Development is an international forum for the reporting of high-quality, original, empirical research. Multidisciplinary, international and comparative, the journal publishes research which ranges from the theoretical, conceptual and methodological to more policy-oriented types of work. The scope of the Journal is training and development, broadly defined. This includes: The determinants of training specifying and testing the explanatory variables which may be related to training identifying and analysing specific factors which give rise to a need for training and development as well as the processes by which those needs become defined, for example, training needs analysis the need for performance improvement the training and development implications of various performance improvement techniques, such as appraisal and assessment the analysis of competence Training and development practice the design, development and delivery of training the learning and development process itself competency-based approaches evaluation: the relationship between training and individual, corporate and macroeconomic performance Policy and strategy organisational aspects of training and development public policy issues questions of infrastructure issues relating to the training and development profession The Journal’s scope encompasses both corporate and public policy analysis. International and comparative work is particularly welcome, as is research which embraces emerging issues and developments.