EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION:

CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES,PROFESSIONAL
ADVANCEMENT,ROLE AND SCOPE
OF NURSING EDUCATION

PRESENTED BY
PINKI BARMAN
M.SC NURSING 1ST
YEAR
AIN,GUWAHATI
 INTRODUCTION
Nursing profession is an important element of
element of any health care management system.
The twin developments of better diagnostic
techniques and changing social factors for health
care delivery, throw-up challenges to the nurses.
This implies nurses should not merely acquire
theoretical or practical knowledge about the
technical aspects, it is discipline, a career, rich in
opportunities and variety. As a nurse it is our prime
responsibility to upgrade our profession . Education
is an important tool which is needed for up-
gradation of our of our profession.
EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION
Educational preparation is the prolonged
process in order to include instructions in the
specified body of knowledge and techniques
of the profession. It includes more than
knowledge and skills.
EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION IN
NURSING
Educational preparation is the prolonged
process in order to include instruction in the
specified body of knowledge and techniques
of the profession.
PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
 Continuing professional advancement
activities for nurses are planned and
organized learning experiences,designed to
advanced personal and professional
development.
 Activities can include the attendance of

workshopes, conferances, reading

Journal etc.
DEFINITION
 The conscious updating of professional
knowledge and the improvement of
professional competence through out
person’s working life.
 It is a commitment to begin professional,

keeping up to date and continuously seeking

to improve.
OBJECTIVES
 To enhance professional growth and
development
 To provide recognition for professional

contributions.
 To encourage involvement of bedsides nurses

in decision that enhance patient care

outcomes.
 To provide motivation for direct care nurse to

pursue higher education, certification and

other professional achievement.
NURSING PROFESSIONAL
ADVANCEMENT MODEL
The professional advancement model is
designed to recognize and reward nurses
based on their professional contributions to
advancing the practice and the professional of
nursing. Nurses in model progress from novice
to expert through contributions at the unit
level, within the medical centre , and beyond.
The PAM was created in 2008 in response to
nurses feedback for more opportunities
related to professional growth and
development.
OBJECTIVES
 Enhance professional growth and
development
 Provide recognition for professional

contributions.
 Encourages involvement of bedside nurses in

decisions that support /enhance patient

outcomes.
 Provide motivation for direct care nurses to

pursue higher education, certification and

other professional achievements.
MODEL COMPONENT
The professional advancement model contains
four roles-
1. Clinical nurse I
2. Clinical nurse II
3. Senior clinical nurse I
4. Senior clinical nurse II
BENEFITS OF PROFESSIONAL
ADVANCEMENT
 Allows maturity and confidence to develop in
practice
 It allows the development of expertise and

the refinement of skills

 It allows the workforce to be responsive to

changes in the management of patient and in

meeting emerging care needs.
 It supports role success and job satisfection.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR NURSES
 Ambulatory care nurse.
 Critical care nurse
 Emergency care nurse
 Holistic nurse
 Home health care nurse
 Hospice nurse
 Long term care nurse
 Medical surgical nurse
 Occupational health nurse
 Perianasthesia nurse
 Perioperative nurse
 Psychiatric nurse
 Radiologic nurse
 Transplant nurse
 Community health nurse
ROLE/IMPORTANCE OF NURSING
EDUCATION
 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
 IMPARTS SCIENTIC KNOWLEDGE
 IMPROVEMENT OF NURSING CARE
 IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH PROGRAMME
 SELF DEVELOPMENT
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SCOPE OF NURSING
EDUCATION
RELATED RESEARCH STUDY
 TITLE- Skills Required for Nursing Career Advancement: A
Qualitative Study
 DATE OF PUBLICATION- 2016 May 21

 JOURNAL-Nursing and Midwifery Studies Journal

 ATHOUR: Mohammad Reza Sheikhi, Masoud Fallashi-

Khoshnab and Fatemeh Oskowi

 ABSTRACT

Background
Nurses require certain skills for progression in their field.
Identifying these skills can provide the context for
nursing career advancement.
 Objectives

This study aimed to identify the skills needed for nurses’

career advancement.
 Materials and Methods
 A qualitative approach using content analysis was

adopted to study a purposive sample of eighteen nurses

working in teaching hospitals affiliated with the Qazvin,
Shahid Beheshti, and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences.
The data were collected through semi-structured
interviews, and analyzed using conventional content
analysis.
 Results

The three themes extracted from the data included

interpersonal capabilities, competency for career success,
and personal capacities. The results showed that
acquiring a variety of skills is essential for career
advancement.
 Conclusions

The findings showed that personal, interpersonal, and

functional skills can facilitate nurses’ career advancement.
The effects of these skills on career advancement depend
on a variety of conditions that require further studies.
CONCLUSION