Introduction: The rapidly changing health care needs of clients, the changing roles of nurses, and rapid technological advancement make Continuous Nursing Education (CNE) necessary for nurses to maintain up-to-date nursing knowledge and skills to face the ever-increasing societal demands. Objective: The objective of this study is to identify factors that motivate and deter CNE participation among nurses. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was conducted in a selected private hospital, Penang, Malaysia. 100 respondents who fulfilled the inclusion criteria participated in this study. This study utilised a self-administered questionnaire related to factors that motivate and deter nurses’ participation in CNE. Results: The results of this study showed that both factors that motivate and hinder CNE participation among the registered nurses were above the mean of 3.0 out of 5 scores. above theAll factors that influence have mean of more than 3.0. There is no significant difference between various categories of the department on factors that influence CNE participation among registered nurses at the selected private hospital in Penang; F (6, 81) = 0.558, p = 0.763 > 0.05. Conclusion: This study indicated that there is a need to develop an effective strategy for nurses to participate in the future CNE.
Introduction: Approximately 3-20/1000 Malaysians are suffering from heart failure. Nurses are in the frontline to provide heart failure patient education to make a significant difference to the patient's health outcomes. The objectives of the study are to assess the registered nurses' knowledge of heart failure education principles and its association between demographic data, and knowledge of heart failure education principles among registered nurses' in a private hospital, Perak, Malaysia. Methods: A crosssectional, descriptive study was conducted among 140 participants. Nurse Knowledge of Heart Failure Education Principles (NKHFEP) survey was adopted and used. Results: Total mean score was 12.94 (SD = 2.201), which suggested there were gaps in nurses' knowledge in heart failure education principles. Questions which achieved total correct response scores of > 90% were: drinking fluids when thirsty, fatigue and leg weakness/low exercise tolerance. Total correct response scores of < 30% were: dry weight, asymptomatic low BP and dizziness. There was significant association between nurses' heart failure knowledge to the participants' demographic variables were working department, working experience and nursing qualifications. Conclusion: Registered nurses have inadequate knowledge in heart failure education principles. Nurses need to have strong knowledge on self-management principles which would have potential impact on reducing hospital re-admission, improving quality of life and increase patient satisfaction.
Background: The nursing profession is not only physically demanding which deal with the function and human health, but also involve the use of mental energy and contribute to mental exhaustion when one is continuously exposed to stressful events and circumstances. This inevitably lead to burnout and with job dissatisfaction. Objectives: This study aims to identify the levels of job satisfaction and burnout issue among registered nurses and to determine the relationships between demographic variable, job satisfaction and burnout among registered nurse in a private hospital in Kajang, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive with convenient sampling method was used on 167 respondents. The questionnaire consists of Section A: sociodemographic data 6 items, Section B: 22 items on the level of burnout and Section C: 20 items on the level of job satisfaction. Result: The result showed that the level of job satisfaction and burnout among nurses are at high level with mean value are 4.06 and 4.07 respectively. Conclusion: There is moderate to high level of job dissatisfaction and burnout reported by the registered nurses. The findings of this study will provide significant findings to the nursing administrative in addressing the expectation and needs of their registered nurses.
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