Exploring nurses' experiences of social media and in-person educational interventions for professional development: a qualitative study

BMC Nursing - Tập 21 - Trang 1-9 - 2022
Seyedeh-Somayeh Kazemi1, Sedigheh-Sadat Tavafian1, Alireza Hidarnia1, Ali Montazeri2,3
1Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3Faculty of Humanity Sciences, University of Sciences & Culture, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Tóm tắt

Nurses play an important role in health promotion, prevention strategies, and care. Therefore, nurses need to obtain and update their knowledge and skills via appropriate strategies. This study aimed to explore nurses’ experiences of receiving social media and in-person education to integrate the findings into practice. This was a qualitative study using the directed content analysis approach. A sample of nurses with previous experiences of receiving social media and in-person education participated in the study. They were asked to express their experiences and indicate their preferences. The data were collected based on individual semi-structured interviews. In total 15 participants took part in the study with a mean age of 40.6 ± 8.93 years and work experiences of 15.3 ± 9.21 years. During the process of content analysis, three main themes emerged: Approaches to nursing education and its adoption in the health system, Achieving effectiveness and efficiency in nursing education, and Health care policy and facilitating pathways for nursing education. Participants indicated several barriers to attending an educational program, including motivation, workload, time and place, and hospital politics. Overall the findings suggest that regardless of any methods of education nurses cannot actively engage in the educational interventions while on duty. However, the findings suggest that nurses believe that the social media approach might be superior in reducing barriers and making the educational interventions work better.

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