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Staff Development Programme
Staff Development Programme
Staff Development Programme
Introduction
Staff development is the process directed towards the personal and professional growth of nurses and
other personnel while they are employed by a health care agency.
Staff development refers to all training and education provided by an employee to improve the
occupational and personal knowledge, skills and attitudes of vested employees.
Definition
Staff development refers to the processes, programs and activities through which every organization
develops, enhances and improves the skills, competencies and overall performance of its employees and
workers.
A process consisting of orientation, in-service education and continuing education for the people of
promoting the development of personnel within any employment setting, consistent with the goals and
responsibilities of the employment.( ANA)
Goals
Objectives
Resources:-
Public libraries
Audiovisual program in addition to many books and computers, research activities and speakers to
community groups
Schools and universities
Association Health and inter service agency
Other nursing homes
Ones own staff
1. Induction Job
2. In-service training
3. orientation education
4. Training for Continuing
5. special education function
INDUCTION TRAINING:-
It is a brief, standardised indoctrination to an agency’s philosophy, purpose, policies and regulations given to
each worker during her or his first 2 or 3 days of employment in order to ensure his or her identification with
agency’s philosophy, goals and norms.
Steps in induction:-
1. Introduction
2. Tour of the other faculities employees, superiors and subordinates
3. Description
4. Departmental organizational visit functions
5. Orientation
6. Administration philosophy goals and policies and objectives procedures
JOB ORIENTATION:-
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It is an individualised training programme intended to acquaint a newly hired employee with job
responsibilities work place, clients and co-workers.
The process of creating awareness with an individual of his/her roles, responsibilities and relationships in the
new work situation
Components:-
A new employee to his or her job setting so that he / she is aware of his/ her job responsibility and
expectation
Present employee to the job responsibilities of his/ her expanded/ enriched role
The old employees to the policy changes.
Types of orientation:-
General orientation
Specific orientation
The organisation and its environment Policies, rules and regulation Personnel Services Functions to be
undertaken
IN-SERVICE EDUCATION:-
Definition:-
In-service education is a planned learning experience provided by the employing agency for employees.
In service education is a planned educational experience provided in the job setting and closely identified
with services in order to help person perform more effectively as a person and as a worker.
Need:-
Aims:-
Improvement of client through upgrading the services rendered with scientific principles.
To keep in face in changing society to their needs
Acquisition of new knowledge
Improvement of performance
To develop specific skills required for practice.
To develop right concept of client care
To maintain high standards of nursing
To observe and bring change in staff members chances for promotion
It reduces turnover, absenteeism
To discover potentialities, to alert personnel in working environment
Types:-
Centralized in-service training:- In nursing service department , one department will held
responsibility for improvement of knowledge, skills, practice of their nursing staff. They will devote
full time for in- service activities.
Decentralized in-service education:- This is planned for staff members who work together, giving
care for clients with similar conditions and share similar goals.
Combined in service approach:- In this, the higher nursing authorities and all staff development
occurs in proposed programme of education. They plan, conduct and evaluate the programme and
further plan their programme basing on the need arises.
Assessment: Pinpoint needs, prioritize needs, set training objectives, and develop criteria
Implementation: Climatic check, actual conduction of training with ongoing monitoring
Evaluation: Establishment of criteria, pre test to the participants, post test following completion of
the training or program. Observation on transfer of learning to the job, follow up studies for
assessment of extent of retention of learning.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:-
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“Continuing education is all the learning activities that occur after an individual has completed his/her basic
education.” (COOPER)
To ensure safe and effective nursing care as nurses need to keep abreast with interest, knowledge and
technical advances.
To meet the needs of population
To develop the nurses’ by updating their knowledge and prepare them for specialization
For career advancement
With the advancement of technology, new role change takes place and to play those roles, education
is required
To acquire special skills
Due to shortage of nurses (because their movement to abroad, more hospital and training college),
more knowledgeable person is required.
Definition:-
This is concerned with developing expert technical or manual skills, communication and helps the personnel
to perform their functions effectively.
Objectives:
To help the nursing personnel to perform correct methods and procedures with understanding
Establishing standards and quality of nursing services
Procedure to skill nurses to skilled nurses.
Types of skills:-
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1. Psychomotor skill
2. Cognitive skill
3. Teaching skills
4. Affective skill
5. Communication skill
6. Supervisory skills
Individual nurse needed to have greater freedom to choose the specific field of nursing in which she
would work
Good work to be recognized and reward
A venues of advancement and promotion need to be better development
Fear of making mistakes
The nursing service department and the nursing staff development unit philosophy, purpose and goals
address the staff development needs of nursing personnel.
Qualified administrative, educational and support personnel are provided to meet the learning and
developmental needs by nursing services personnel.
Nursing staff development educators assist nursing personnel in identifying their learning needs and
planning learning activities to meet those needs.
Provides the unit systematically, plans and evaluate the overall nursing staff development program in
response to health care needs.
Educational offering and learning experience are designed through the use of educational process and
incorporate adult education and learning principles.
Material sources and facilities are adequate to achieve the goals and implement the functions of the overall
nursing staff development unit.
The nursing staff development unit establishes and maintains a record keeping and report system
Evaluation is an integral ongoing and systematic process, which includes measuring the impact on the
learning
Standard IX – Consultation
Nursing staff development educators use the consultation process to facilitate and enhance achievement of
individual, departmental and organizational goals.
Standard X – Climate
Nursing staff development educators foster a climate which promotes open communication, learning and
professional growth.
Nursing staff development educators encourage systematic inquiry and applications of the results into
nursing practice.
Lack of time
Inadequate resources at disposal
Under-funded training budgets
Conflicting priorities
Lack of Clarity about what should be done
Failure to identify, or accept the need
Shortfall in training skill or experience
Fear that trained employee will leave the organization or will be poached by competitor
Cynical attitude to Staff development- Not directly measurable
Treated as Cost not investment
Induction Physical tour of the faculities Group discussion Seminar Hand book and pamphlet