title: Continuing education--within the intensive care unit. An essential requirement for promoting expert practice and reducing perceived staff stress.
abstract: This paper describes research designed to explore the relationship between perceived staff stress and continuing education needs for varying categories of registered nurses. A self rating instrument was used, a pilot study conducted and then data collected from registered nurses (n = 49) working in a general ICU. The data was analysed and compared in relation to perceived practice level, critical care nursing qualifications and time worked in ICU. The results demonstrated differences between those staff with critical care certificates and those without in relation to contributing factors to unpleasant stress, focus of continuing education sessions and involvement in continuing education.
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authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D013021:South Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires