Survey of the status of nursing continuing education among community nurses

Objective To investigate the status of nursing continuing education among community nurses.Methods A self-designed questionnaire about the nursing continuing education was used to investigate 146 community nurses in a district of Beijing.Results The main way that nurses got continuing education credits was participating the continuing education programs within hospitals(63.73%).The contents of continuing education were about community care knowledge(82.88%) and clinical nursing knowledge(82.19%).The initiative of participating continuing education among community nurses was poor.The main influential factor was too heavy work(74.66%).Community nurses hoped to receive short-term training per week(82.88%).The continuing education contents that community nurses needed were about interpersonal communication knowledge(69.86%) and basic nursing skills(69.86%).Conclusion It is necessary to encourage the degree education and enrich methods of continuing education,so as to improve the overall quality of community nurses and optimize community care team to meet the needs of community nursing.