Continuing Professional Development in Nursing: Does Age Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Lammintakanen, Johanna; Kivinen, Tuula
Titel	Continuing Professional Development in Nursing: Does Age Matter?
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 24 (2012) 1, S.34-47 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/13665621211191096
Schlagwörter	Workplace Learning; Nurses; Professional Development; Professional Continuing Education; Nursing; Nursing Education; Age Differences; Educational Practices; Questionnaires; Mail Surveys; Program Attitudes; Attitude Change; Attitude Measures; Cognitive Structures; Likert Scales; Educational Opportunities; Foreign Countries; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Krankenpflege; Pflegepädagogik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungspraxis; Fragebogen; Erhebungsinstrument; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Likert-Skala; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Ausland; Finnland
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the views of nurses of different ages on continuing professional development (CPD). The authors were interested in possible differences in the use of formal and especially informal CPD practices between nurses of different ages, and likewise in possible differences in attitudes of nurses of different ages to CPD. Design/methodology/approach: A postal questionnaire was sent to a random sample of nursing staff (n=653) in six Finnish hospital districts. Three age groups were formed for this study: 39 or under, 40-50 and 51 or older. The data were analyzed with statistical methods. Findings: The youngest nurses participated least in those CPD practices that enhanced transfer of tacit knowledge. In addition, they reported more experiences of injustice in terms of CPD than their older colleagues. Research limitations/implications: These results are preliminary, but supported by earlier research. Practical implications: A crucial challenge for nursing management is how to balance the needs of nurses of different ages and enable the use of all the options currently available for CPD in health care organizations. Nurse managers need also to consider opportunities for workplace learning when they allocate nursing resources in their units. Due to the retirement of older workers it is essential to make tacit knowledge explicit in health care organizations and give the younger workers an opportunity to learn from older nurses' experiences and vice versa. Originality/value: Recent studies have emphasized the importance of retaining older workers. The results of the effects of age on participating in different CPD practices have been somehow contradictory. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10