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This study was an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of a two day institute on "Evaluation of Personnel" as an educational experience in the continuing education of nurses, to submit to critical analysis a method of evaluation, and to examine the relationship of educational and experiential backgrounds of the participants to the learning which took place subsequent to an observational analysis of the institute. An unstructured interview technique was used three months after its completion to elicit subjectively what respondents thought they had learned at the institute. The information was later arranged in a structured format for compilation, tabulation and analysis, both by punch card and computer. The socioeconomic background data was gathered through the use of a structured questionnaire at the time of the interview. A behavioral concept of learning was used throughout. The results revealed that 91% of the sample indicated that learning had occurred, as they perceived a change in their behavior because they had attended the institute. Further, 76% perceived a change in knowledge, 62% in attitude, and 76% in practice, while over half perceived a change in all three areas. The greatest change was perceived by those who were younger, married, had less education (academic and post basic nursing), less experience in nursing, and who were employed in the larger agencies. The perception of little or no change was indicated by those with more education (academic and post basic nursing), more experience in nursing, and who were employed in the smaller agencies. The comparisons of change to background factors revealed that, although none of the comparisons were consistently significant, there was a positive relationship of learning with age, basic academic education, post basic nursing education, years of nursing experience, and size of employing agency. Marital status, husband's occupation, parental status, income, social participation, years of head nurse experience, size and type of nursing unit and size of staff showed some interesting comparisons by observation, but the sample proved too small for accurate inferences to be drawn. The conclusions of the study were that the institute was effective as an educational experience for continuing education in the three aspects of behavioral learning examined, provided the credibility of the respondents was acceptable. The instrument used was adequate for the purpose of indicating change of behavior with the above proviso, but not adequate for revealing whether change was relevant to certain socioeconomic data. No claim can therefore be made concerning the relationship between this data and learning in a situation such as this institute. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

Continuous professional development (CPD) is used to support the development and progression of professions. As nursing regulated by the South African Nursing Council (SANC), has no CPD system, the study’s aim was to describe critical care nurses opinions regarding CPD, their current participation in CPD programs and what they perceive as their potential barriers to CPD. It is envisaged that this study will provide information to consider in developing a CPD framework to support critical care nurses with life long learning. The research design was quantitative using a non experimental, descriptive survey approach, comprised of two phases using Lynne’s model (1986). Data results showed similarity with international literature: significant needs for knowledge and skills related to new technology, attitudinal improvement and professional networking with critical care nurses internally driven to participate in CPD programs and significant barriers to being lack of knowledge in how to access CPD events communication and a lack of communication.

Luk Suet Ching (Weety). / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-114). / Questionaire also in Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLES OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / CHAPTER / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 2. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / The definition and characteristics of distance education --- p.6 / Five groups of distance education programme --- p.8 / The advantages of distance education --- p.10 / The two characteristics of distance education --- p.10 / The flexibility in study of distance education --- p.13 / Adult education --- p.15 / The disadvantages of distance education --- p.16 / Dropout rates --- p.16 / The cognitive style --- p.21 / Field-dependent/field-independent cognitive style --- p.22 / The body adjustment test --- p.23 / The rod and frame test (RFT) --- p.23 / The Group Embedded Figures Test and Embedded Figures Test --- p.24 / Field-dependence/field-independence and academic achievement --- p.26 / The characteristics of field-dependence/field-independence --- p.26 / Cognitive style and academic achievement --- p.28 / Learning approaches associated with field- dependence/field-independence --- p.31 / Instructional package --- p.31 / non-contiguous communication --- p.32 / Learning approaches associated with adult students --- p.34 / Intrinsic factors --- p.35 / The acquirement of field-dependent/field-independent cognitive style --- p.35 / Extrinsic factors (interest to be self-directed) --- p.36 / Motivation --- p.36 / Commitment --- p.37 / Learning approach associated with Asian students --- p.38 / Conclusion --- p.39 / Chapter 3 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / Research questions --- p.41 / Hypothesis --- p.42 / Population and sample --- p.44 / Instruments --- p.45 / Cognitive style --- p.45 / Academic achievement --- p.49 / Data collection procedures --- p.49 / GEFT --- p.49 / Academic achievement --- p.50 / Pilot study --- p.51 / Data analysis --- p.52 / Level of measurement --- p.53 / Sample size --- p.54 / Normal distribution --- p.55 / Ethical considerations --- p.57 / Chapter 4. --- RESULTS / The first hypothesis --- p.59 / The field-dependent cognitive style (GEFT) and the academic achievement scores --- p.60 / The second hypothesis --- p.65 / The field-dependent cognitive style (GEFT) and the academic achievement scores --- p.66 / The third hypothesis --- p.71 / The GEFT scores --- p.72 / The fourth hypothesis --- p.75 / Summary --- p.79 / Chapter 5. --- DISCUSSION / Relationship between academic achievement and field- independence --- p.83 / To change the impersonal learning environment of distance education --- p.86 / Level of field-dependent cognitive style in students over time --- p.87 / LIMITATIONS --- p.89 / IMPLICATIONS --- p.94 / RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.95 / The impersonal style of study --- p.95 / Instructional package --- p.96 / Supporting services --- p.96 / Study groups --- p.97 / CONCLUSION --- p.98 / REFERENCES --- p.100 / APPENDICES --- p.115 / Chapter I. --- The cover letter / Chapter II. --- The instructions for the GEFT

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:49:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-07-30. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-11T03:25:50Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 Publico-10908.pdf: 1020924 bytes, checksum: fe656f87f77f5e09f36f1bc149ccc68f (MD5) / O presente estudo teve por objetivo apreender, na ótica de enfermeiros atuantes em uma Unidade de Clínica Médico Cirúrgica de um hospital de grande porte da cidade de São Paulo, seus conceitos e suas formações a respeito da prática humanizada no cuidado ao paciente hospitalizado. A pesquisa, de natureza qualitativa, consistiu de uma análise descritiva e transversal, utilizando como instrumentos de coletas de dados questionários e entrevistas com roteiro semi-estruturado. Os resultados foram estudados por intermédio da análise temática, considerando-se aproximações de significados. Os profissionais não expressaram clareza a respeito de seu conceito de “humanização”, preferindo citar exemplos de “prática humanizada”. Coerentemente, o contato, durante a formação dos profissionais com discussões a respeito da humanização dos cuidados, foi escasso e tardio. Contudo, observou-se que todos expressavam a importância de uma prática humanizada, citando como fatores limitantes à mesma aspectos institucionais, relativos à sobrecarga de trabalho, dentre outros. Um dos dados considerado mais importante deste estudo foi o desejo, pela maioria dos profissionais, no seu aprimoramento para uma assistência mais humanizada, por intermédio de programas de educação continuada. Os dados indicam a importância de intervenções educativas nas equipes, que, se por um lado mostram-se sensibilizadas para a temática da humanização, por outro apontam para a lacuna de processos formativos, de cunho essencialmente reflexivo. / This study aimed at characterize, from the point of view of nurses who work in an Unit of Surgical Medical Clinic of an important health care institution in the city of Sao Paulo, their concepts and formations about humanized practice in the care of in-hospital patients. The research was conducted in a qualitative design and used questionaries and semi-structured interviews as instruments for obtainig data. The results were analysed considering closeness of significations. The professionals were not able to express clearly their concepts about “humanization” and prefered to refer situations of “humanized practice”. In their previous formation, they had few or no contact whith discussions about humanization of patients care. Meanwhile, all of them recognized the importance of work in an humanized way. The main drawbacks were related to institutional factors, such as hard work in turns. One of the most important results of this research was the wish, refered by most of the professionals, to improve the quality of the humanized care of patients, by means of continued education programs. The data point to the importance of educational activities with nursing groups. The professional showed a great degree of sensibilization towards this theme, but complained of lack of discutions and reflections about it. / TEDE

Orientador: Izilda Esmênia Muglia Araújo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T19:09:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariotto_FlaviaNemezio_M.pdf: 2040012 bytes, checksum: cf0e415b0dabaa6f8f161c3391134f7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O diabetes mellitus é um grupo de doenças metabólicas que tem passado por uma transição demográfica - epidemiológica ao lado de outras doenças crônicas e, considerado nos dias de hoje, problema de saúde pública no mundo. No Brasil foi estabelecido que o acesso, o acompanhamento e a responsabilização pelo diabetes devem ser garantidos aos cidadãos por meio dos Centros de Saúde (CS), desde a prevenção até o atendimento de urgência nas intercorrências agudas. Os objetivos deste estudo foram elaborar e implementar uma atividade educativa sobre as alterações glicêmicas para os enfermeiros dos CS e, avaliar o conhecimento destes antes e após a abordagem educativa. Estudo descritivo, quase experimental com atividade educativa para enfermeiros dos CS, nos atendimentos das alterações glicêmicas (hiper/hipoglicemia). Esta atividade foi realizada por meio de estudo dirigido, com base nas Diretrizes da Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes e o Caderno de Atenção Básica de Diabetes Mellitus do Ministério da Saúde. A proposta foi realizada em dois momentos: no primeiro - foi aplicado um questionário para verificar o conhecimento dos enfermeiros antes da atividade e em seguida realizada a educação proposta. O segundo ocorreu, dois meses após, apenas com a reaplicação do questionário. A amostra foi constituída inicialmente por 13 enfermeiros dos quais 11 permaneceram até o final do estudo. A maioria dos enfermeiros era do sexo feminino, com idade média de 32,3 anos (±8,7) que trabalhavam nos CS há 11,5 meses (±13,25) em média. A maioria (63,7%) já havia realizado curso sobre urgências clínicas há 3,2 meses (±0,84), porém em apenas 42,85% dos casos o tema alterações glicêmicas foi abordado. Dos participantes 54,6% nunca participaram de cursos sobre diabetes e relataram não realizar atualizações sobre o assunto. O desempenho dos participantes nas questões sobre hipoglicemia foi melhor nas duas etapas em relação à hiperglicemia. Na primeira etapa a média das notas foi 6,0 (±0,6) e na segunda 8,1(±0,87). Após a atividade educativa, a maioria dos xvii-enfermeiros buscou outras formas de atualização sobre o assunto, solicitaram maior tempo para discussão sobre o estudo dirigido e relataram que a estratégia atendeu suas necessidades sobre o assunto abordado. A atividade educativa, estudo dirigido, e o questionário tiveram boa aceitação. Na sua implementação o tempo de resposta ao questionário foi adequado, mas em relação ao tempo de utilização para o estudo dirigido houve manifestação dos participantes que solicitaram o aumento e a realização de discussão após o término do estudo dirigido. O comportamento das notas obtidas antes e após a abordagem educativa aponta que a estratégia pode ser utilizada na educação permanente, dos enfermeiros das CS, nas urgências das alterações glicêmicas / Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases that has gone through a demographic transition - epidemiological alongside other chronic diseases and is considered today, a public health problem worldwide. In Brazil it was established that access, monitoring and accountability for diabetes should be guaranteed to citizens through the Health Centers for (CS), from prevention to emergency care in acute complications. The study aimed to develop and implement an educational activity on the glycemic changes for nurses of the CS and to evaluate their knowledge before and after the educational approach. Descriptive study, almost experimental educational activity for nurses of CS, in the care of glycemic changes (hyper / hypoglycemia). This activity was accomplished through directed study, based on the Guidelines of the "Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes" and "Caderno de Atenção Básica de Diabetes do Ministério da Saúde". The proposal was carried out in two stages: the first - a questionnaire was administered to verify the knowledge of nurses before activity and then made the education proposal. The second occurred two months later, only with the reapplication of the questionnaire. The sample was initially composed of 13 nurses of whom 11 remained at the end of the study. Most nurses were female, mean age 32.3 years (± 8.7) who worked in CS is 11.5 months (± 13.25) on average. Most (63.7%) had already made courses on emergency clinics for 3.2 months (± 0.84), but only in 42.85% of cases the subject was approached glycemic changes. Just 54.6% of the participants had never attended a course on diabetes and did not perform updates on the subject. The participants' performance on questions about hypoglycemia was better in two stages in relation to hyperglycemia. In the first stage the average grade was 6.0 (± 0.6) and the second 8.0 (± 0.87). After the educational activity, the majority of nurses sought other ways to update on the matter, requested more time for discussion on the study conducted and reported that the strategy met its needs on the subject matter. The educational activity, directed study, and the questionnaire had good acceptance. In implementing the response time xix-of the questionnaire was appropriate, but in relation to duration of use for the study was directed expression of the participants who requested the increase and the performance discussion after the study conducted. The behavior of the scores obtained before and after the educational approach suggests that the strategy can be used in the continuing education of nurses in CS, in the emergency of glycemic changes / Mestrado / Enfermagem e Trabalho / Mestre em Enfermagem

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:49:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-10-28 / Introdução: Altas taxas de infecção podem refletir a qualidade de um serviço de saúde. Considerando-se que as taxas de infecção de sítio cirúrgico (ISC) encontradas em estudos prévios no local do presente estudo variaram de 14,1% a 22%, questionou-se se a estrutura e o processo assistencial de enfermagem estariam influenciando estas taxas. Uma vez obtida esta resposta, outra indagação relacionou-se à capacidade de um programa educativo de gerar a construção de propostas ou projetos de mudanças por parte dos seus participantes, a partir e uma dinâmica que prime pela interatividade. Objetivo: Avaliar a estrutura e processo assistencial de enfermagem e um programa educativo para os enfermeiros, com o uso de estratégias educacionais interativas, para a prevenção e controle de ISC. Método: Estudo de intervenção, aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da UNIFESP sob o número 1486/07, desenvolvido em duas etapas. A primeira consistiu de um estudo observacional e de análise documental, realizado por meio de auditorias de estrutura e processo, na Unidade de Ginecologia e Setor de Oncomastologia do Hospital São Paulo (HSP), entre agosto de 2007 e março de 2008. Esta fase do estudo foi descrita no primeiro artigo que compõe o corpo desta tese. A segunda, de abordagem quali-quantitativa, foi realizada no período de outubro de 2008 a setembro de 2009 e compreende a estruturação, desenvolvimento e avaliação do projeto educacional em ambiente virtual voltado para as enfermeiras dos setores acima mencionados, para controle de ISC, baseado no Modelo Skopos e organizado a partir dos recursos do ambiente Moodle. O conjunto de dados desta etapa foi descrito nos três artigos subsequentes que compõem a tese. Resultados: A avaliação da estrutura e processo assistencial de enfermagem evidenciou que os documentos normativos estavam em consonância com o preconizado na literatura, porém, a estrutura física e os processos assistenciais dos locais pesquisados apresentavam limitações importantes com impacto negativo para o desenvolvimento dos processos assistenciais adequados à prevenção de ISC. No que se refere à estruturação e utilização de um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem na educação continuada em enfermagem, o Moodle mostrou-se valioso para estruturação de um programa educativo de enfermagem, que buscou distanciar-se do modelo de comunicação unilateral e hierárquico. A avaliação do alcance dos objetivos e da adequação dos conteúdos propostos pelo referido programa, por parte das quatro enfermeiras que participaram do processo, mostrou que as mesmas têm clareza dos benefícios e dos principais fatores limitantes atrelados aos programas educativos. E, ainda, embora novas estratégias pedagógicas, particularmente interativas, sejam bem-vindas, as profissionais preferiram os encontros presenciais para verbalização e organização das reflexões. Finalmente, a aplicação das ferramentas HFMEA® e diagrama de Ishikawa possibilitou a análise de quatro processos assistenciais de enfermagem e seus modos de falha: 1) Agendar cirurgia via Setor de Oncomastologia; 2) Fluxo de Admissão e Alta de Paciente Cirúrgico na Unidade de Internação de Ginecologia; 3) Realização de Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Ambulatoriais; 4) Retorno Ambulatorial de Pacientes Cirúrgicos. Possibilitou, ainda, a elaboração de ações de melhoria que foram iniciadas a partir das discussões realizadas no programa. Conclusões: Os resultados do estudo evidenciaram a necessidade de revisão do processo assistencial de enfermagem e adequação da estrutura, a fim de que os padrões de prevenção e controle da ISC fossem atendidos. Em relação ao programa educativo, a experiência de uso de tecnologia educacional na instituição em questão mostrou-se factível e propiciou a reflexão conjunta sobre a situação-problema vivenciada, bem como a proposta de ações para sua solução. Porém, como todo processo inovador, há uma trajetória a ser construída para que os enfermeiros habituados ao estilo expositivo, presencial e focado em objetos previamente determinados, sejam capazes de se beneficiarem de estratégias interativas, colaborativas e baseadas em projetos. / Introduction: High rates of infection can reflect low health service quality. The fact that previous studies performed at the same location of the present study found surgical site infection rates (SSI) ranging from 14.1% to 22% raised questions about the possibility of the nursing care structure and process to affect those rates. After obtaining this first answer, another question emerged, concerning the capacity of an inservice training program be able to encourage the participants, by means of an interactive dynamics, to develop proposals or projects from making changes. Objectives: To evaluate nursing care structure and process in preventing and managing SSI; and evaluate an inservice training program for nurses involved in the context of the identified problems, using interactive educational strategies aiming at the prevention and control of this complication. Method: This intervention study was approved by the UNIFESP Research Ethics Committee under register 1486/07, and was developed in two stages. The first stage consisted of and observation and analysis study, performed by means of inspections of the structure and process at the Gynecology Oncomastology Units at Hospital São Paulo (HSP), between August 2007 and March 2008. This stage was described in the first article that composes this dissertation. The second stage used a quali-quantitative approach and was performed from October 2008 to September 2009. It consisted of the structure, development, and evaluation of the educational project in a virtual environment for the Training Program at Work for nurses of the referred hospital units, in SSI control, based on the Skopos Model, and organized based on the resources of the Moodle environment. The data regarding this stage was described in the three subsequent articles that comprise the dissertation. Results: The evaluation of the nursing care structure and process showed that the normative document were in agreement with the literature; however, the physical structure and the nursing care processes of the studied locations presented important limitations, which had a negative impact on the development of adequate health care processes to prevent SSI. In terms of the structure and use of a virtual learning environment in continuing nursing education, Moodle showed to be valuable in structuring a nursing training program, which sought to stand apart from a unilateral and hierarchical communication model. The evaluation of goal achievement and content adequacy of the referred program was performed by four nurses who participated in the process. The nurses found that the program presents clear benefits and the main limiting factors associated with inservice training. In addition, although new educational strategies, particularly if interactive, are welcome, the professionals preferred in-person meetings. Finally, using the HFMEA® and the Ishikawa diagram permitted to analyze four nursing care processes and their forms of failure: 1) scheduling a surgery through the Oncomastology Unit; 2) Surgery Patient Admission and Discharge Flow at the Gynecology Hospitalization Unit; 3) Performing Outpatient Surgical Procedures; 4) Outpatient Return Appointments for Surgery Patients. In addition, it was possible to make a list of improvement actions that were initiated based on the discussions held during the training program. Conclusions: The study results evidenced the need to review the nursing care process and to make the structure adequate with a view to meet the standards for SSI prevention and control. As for the inservice training program, the experience of using educational technology at the referred institution was feasible and provided the chance for group analyses about the problematic situation, as well as the proposal of actions for its solution. However, just as any innovative process, there is a pathway to be constructed so that nurses, who are used to training programs that are expositive, performed on-site and focused on previously determined objectives become capable of benefiting from interactive, collaborative, and project-based strategies. / TEDE