Nurturing the seeds of learning: a professional development initiative for hospital-based nurse educators

J Nurses Staff Dev. 2005 May-Jun;21(3):110-4. doi: 10.1097/00124645-200505000-00006.

Abstract

This article describes a collaborative initiative between two healthcare organizations to promote professional development of nurse educators from hospitals in neighboring regions. Information collected from a needs survey and a preregistration questionnaire was used to develop didactic and interactive sessions of a 1-day conference. Several brainstorming sessions were utilized to engage participants and to facilitate networking. Participants responded positively to this professional development conference in meeting their learning needs.

MeSH terms

  • Canada
  • Clinical Competence
  • Congresses as Topic / organization & administration
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing / methods*
  • Humans
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / education*
  • Professional Role
  • Program Development / methods*
  • Staff Development / methods*