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Lotta Dellve; Robin Jonsson; Rebecka Arman; Nanna Gillberg; Ewa Wikström – Learning Organization, 2025
Purpose: This study aims to explore whether participation in employer-provided skills and learning programs can strengthen older workers' abilities to carry out their work in a meaningful way so that it increases work attractiveness and a willingness to remain in the current job position. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was distributed to…
Descriptors: Organizational Learning, Labor Turnover, Labor Demands, Labor Problems
Lammintakanen, Johanna; Kivinen, Tuula – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
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…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Nurses, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education
McCormack, Brendan; Henderson, Elizabeth; Boomer, Christine; Collin, Ita; Robinson, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action learning is being increasingly utilised as a strategy to underpin practitioner focused development and research projects in healthcare generally and nursing in particular. Whilst facilitators of and participants in action learning have a variety of resource materials to guide their practice and participation, there continue to be few…
Descriptors: Nurses, Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education
Saaranen, Terhi; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Turunen, Hannele; Naumanen, Paula – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This article reports on school staff's and occupational health nurses' development project (2001-2004), which aimed to promote school staff's occupational wellbeing by activities to maintain the ability to work in 12 comprehensive schools in Finland. The effects of the project were evaluated based on a follow-up study questionnaire presented to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nurses, Followup Studies, Occupational Safety and Health

Downs, Florence S. – Nursing Outlook, 1976
Findings from a survey of 81 persons graduating between 1940 and 1975 from one doctoral program in nursing indicate that such preparation is perceived as valuable and that most of the 68 respondents are involved in research and associated scholarly activities. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Activities, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Experience, Graduate Surveys

Miller, Kenneth A. – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1978
The four areas discussed are: traditional health program expectations; community college health programs; integrating student health services into the mainstream of college activities; and selling the health program. (MM)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Programs, Community Colleges, Health Programs

Hillsmith, Katherine E. – Nursing Outlook, 1978
Discusses a survey sent to 119 RN (registered nursing) students enrolled in a BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) program which revealed much unresolved ambivalence about the meaning of "professional" nursing and the need for the BSN; suggests that a major problem in nursing today is the professional/technical controversy that must be settled for…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Medical Education

Woolley, Alma S. – Nursing Outlook, 1978
Describes student and faculty experiences in a four-year or upper division degree program for registered nurses; analyzes the students' socialization (or learning roles) using a combination of two theories of social influence involving compliance, identification, and internalization; and discusses a model of planned change in professional…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Change, Medical Education, Nontraditional Education
Wilson, Valerie; McCormack, Brendan; Ives, Glenice – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action Learning is now a well established strategy for reflective inquiry in healthcare. Whilst a great deal is know about action learning there has been inadequate research on the process of learning that takes place, and the impact that this holds for individuals, groups or organisations. This article reports on the findings of 15-month action…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Inquiry

Edelstein, Ruth R. Greenberg; Bunnell, Margaret – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1978
To ascertain the specific determinants that should be considered when instituting continuing nursing education programs, a survey of nurses was conducted. Based on 425 responses, seven determinants were identified, including the need to do prestigious work, interest in increasing one's knowledge base, and special needs related to the employing…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Learning Motivation, Needs Assessment

Leddy, Susan – Nursing Outlook, 1979
Describes the steps taken to develop and implement a feasibility study for a projected new baccalaureate program in nursing. The study included collecting data to document need (demand) for the program, capability of existing facilities, and availability of college resources to support the program. (MF)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Programs, Educational Demand, Educational Needs
Anderson, Elizabeth T.; And Others – 1977
The study reported here describes the development and testing of a curriculum model to extend the role of public health nurses into community nurse practitioners (CNP). The content is presented in six chapters. The first chapter overviews the conceptual framework for the CNP role and then describes the three-course sequence comprising the CNP…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Problems, Community Study, Curriculum Design
Knopf, Lucille – 1975
Based on a larger longitudinal study, this document examines three nursing groups--those entering schools preparing registered nurses in 1962, 1965, and 1967. It describes and compares those who graduated and those who withdrew before graduation and examines the reasons why the students withdraw from both the students' and the program directors'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Attendance, Careers