Capstone Change Proposal: The Significance of Continuing Education for Registered Nurses
In this assignment, students will pull together the change proposal project components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. At the conclusion of this project, the student will be able to apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem or issue in future practice.
Students will develop a 1,250-1,500 word paper that includes the following information as it applies to the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the capstone change proposal:
Background
Problem statement
Purpose of the change proposal
PICOT
Literature search strategy employed
Evaluation of the literature
Applicable change or nursing theory utilized
Proposed implementation plan with outcome measures
Identification of potential barriers to plan implementation, and a discussion of how these could be overcome
Appendix section, if tables, graphs, surveys, educational materials, etc. are created
Review the feedback from your instructor on the Topic 3 assignment, PICOT Statement Paper, and Topic 6 assignment, Literature Review. Use the feedback to make appropriate revisions to the portfolio components before submitting.
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Capstone Change Proposal: The Significance of Continuing Education for Registered Nurses
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Capstone Change Proposal: The Significance of Continuing Education for Registered Nurses
1. Background
The use of modern and economically acceptable educational forms and resource-saving technologies are crucial to the work of nursing personnel to ensure the quality of health care services. The education and awareness about new technologies increase the satisfaction of the patient in the health care system. There is an increasing trend of innovations in the medical sciences which obliged every health care profession, in particular, registered nurses, to gain knowledge through adequate as well as certified education. Therefore, the proposed project is aimed at focusing on the educational need of registered nurses for their continuing education and professional development. The continuing education for the registered nurses will allow developing and introducing new methods of disease prevention into practice, restoring lost health, improving the quality of life, and increasing healthy life years of their patients.
2. Problem Statement
Different researches have focused on a number of issues due to which the registered nurses could not participate in the continuing education programs for their professional development. For instance, Shahhosseini & Hamzehgardeshi (2015) indicated that high workload and professional commitment prevent the participation of registered nurses in continuing education programs. Another research by Priscah, Robert, Omenge, & Anne (2017) examined the challenges faced by registered nurses in Western Kenya with respect to the continuing education programs. They indicated that there were several challenges for the registered nurses, including lack of finances, heavy workload, lack of time due to night shifts, staff shortages, burn out, and lack of information about the continual professional development and educational programs. It was indicated that there is a need for an increased level of professional responsibility and competence of registered nurses with continuing medical education.
Furthermore, the rational investments in the development of personnel, the buildup of material educational resources will lead to an improvement in the performance of the health system in general and of nursing services in particular (Testad et al., 2016). Therefore, it is highly recommended by a number of researches to provide opportunities to the registered nurses for getting enrolled in the continuing education programs and improve their professional development. Therefore, it is necessary to provide educational training for nursing specialists who are able to critically think, solve problems, and apply nursing process technologies in the workplace.
3. Purpose of the Change Proposal
The purpose of this change proposal is to bring the attention of health care institutions as well as the registered nurses towards the significance of continuing education. It will highlight the underlying issues due to which nurses are unable to get enrolled in continuing educational programs. Furthermore, this change proposal is also aimed at exploring the possible outcomes brought by the continuing education for registered nurses, including skill development, improved patients’ outcomes, decreased incidence of nosocomial infections, prevention of infectious diseases, management of chronic illnesses, and workplace issues’ management.
4. PICOT
* P – Patient / Population = Registered nurses who are interested in different continuing education programs
* I – Indicator / Intervention = Self-awareness and time-management are two core interventions/indicators
* C – Control / Comparator = Both experienced and inexperienced nurses can benefit from the continuing education programs
* O – Outcome = Nurses will be able to boost their confidence, can gain more knowledge, and may get promoted to the next level
* T – Timeframe = Two to four years are needed to complete the one-degree program
5. Literature Search Strategy
The literature will be searched from different databases and websites to retrieve valid information. The research will include peer-reviewed articles that were published in the English language only. Furthermore, the articles published from 2015 to 2019 will be included in the research. However, the researches which were published more than five years ago will not be included in the research. The libraries which will be used to extract data include Google Scholar, Science Direct, Medline / PubMed, EBSCO, and Up-to-Date.
6. Evaluation of the Literature
All articles retrieved will be evaluated as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the research. The research which would not meet the criteria of the search strategy will be excluded from the research. The retrieved literature will also be assessed for the availability of full texts since adequate research do not merely rely on the abstracts of the study. Furthermore, the strengths and limitations of the researches will also be assessed.
7. Applicable Change
The applicable change involves the education and professional development of nurses in the field of information and communication technologies (Astin et al., 2015). It will emphasize that the creation of an information system in nursing education is necessary to support the educational process. It si...