Nurses’ and managers’ perceptions of continuing professional development for older and younger nurses: A focus group study

• Published in: International journal of nursing studies Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 34 - 43
• Main Authors: Pool, Inge, Poell, Rob, ten Cate, Olle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age differences; Age groups; Aged; Attitude of Health Personnel; Continuing professional development; Education, Nursing, Continuing; Female; Focus Groups; Humans; Intergenerational Relations; Interprofessional Relations; Learning; Male; Middle Aged; Netherlands; Nurse Administrators; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing Staff, Hospital - education; Older nurses; Professional development; Qualitative Research; Self esteem; Staff Development; Workplace learning; Netherlands; Workplace learning; Focus groups; Continuing professional development; Older nurses; Nurses; Age groups

Continuing professional development of nurses is increasingly necessary to keep abreast of rapid changes in nursing care. Concurrently, the nursing workforce is growing older. Therefore, future strategies for continuing professional development should be directed at both younger and older nurses. Al...