An assessment of education, in-service training and tenure prolongation as methods for enhancing nursing performance.

IF 1 Q4 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE Pub Date : 2019-07-08 DOI:10.1108/IJHCQA-07-2018-0190

Nestor Asiamah, Henry Kofi Mensah, Ben Ocra

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical basis for considering in-service training, tenure prolongation and continuing education as methods for enhancing nursing performance.

Design/methodology/approach: A self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data from 532 nurses, who were selected using the simple random sampling method from ten hospitals in Accra North, Ghana. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the study's hypotheses.

Findings: The resulting model is of good fit at 5 per cent significance level (χ²=1.492, p=0.222), with in-service training found to be the ultimate method for enhancing nursing performance. The fitted CFA model also shows that in-service training is positively associated with education and tenure at 1 per cent significance level (p<0.001). The overall evidence suggests that training, continuing formal education and tenure prolongation are methods for improving nursing performance.

Originality/value: Apart from its contribution to the literature, this study applies validated primary data to empirically identify key methods for enhancing nursing performance.

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评估教育，在职培训和任期延长作为提高护理绩效的方法。

目的:本文的目的是为考虑在职培训、延长任期和继续教育作为提高护理绩效的方法提供实证依据。设计/方法/方法:采用自我报告问卷收集532名护士的数据，这些护士采用简单随机抽样方法从加纳阿克拉北部的10家医院中选出。验证性因子分析(CFA)用于检验研究的假设。结果:模型拟合良好，显著性水平为5% (χ2=1.492, p=0.222)，在职培训是提高护理绩效的最终方法。拟合的CFA模型还显示，在职培训与教育和任期呈正相关，显著性水平为1%(原创性/价值:除了对文献的贡献外，本研究还应用经过验证的原始数据来经验地确定提高护理绩效的关键方法。

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES-

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4.00

自引率

6.70%

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期刊介绍： ■Successful quality/continuous improvement projects ■The use of quality tools and models in leadership management development such as the EFQM Excellence Model, Balanced Scorecard, Quality Standards, Managed Care ■Issues relating to process control such as Six Sigma, Leadership, Managing Change and Process Mapping ■Improving patient care through quality related programmes and/or research Articles that use quantitative and qualitative methods are encouraged.