Elements that influence the participation of nursing staff in continuous education courses

Abstract

Introduction: continuous education is conceived as an educational modality that allows a person – professional or not– to update in a specific area to develop professionally.

Objective: to determine the elements that influ­ences the participation of nursing staff in continuous education courses.

Materials and methods: an observational, trans­verse, prolective and descriptive study, in a convenience sample of 136 subjects comprised of nursing staff work­ing at the General Hospital Fernando Quiroz Gutierrez of ISSSTE. Data were collected with a self-administered ex-professed instrument with a Cronbach Alpha reliabil­ity of 0.93 (0.82-0.93).

Results: from information about the continuous education courses in which the nursing staff participates, we must highlight the non-attendance report of 34% (46) of the nurses. The seniority of the nursing staff within the institute matches negatively with the number of courses taken (rs = -0.316, p <0.0001), that is, the higher the number of years working, the less courses are taken; while at a higher academic level it correlates positively, that is, they attend a higher number of courses (rs = 0.265, p <0.002).

Conclusion: continuous education courses must become attractive; it is necessary to displaythe skills to be acquired in their programming.