title: Learning needs assessment as a vehicle for integrating staff development into a professional practice model.
abstract: Restructured nursing roles resulting from innovative professional practice models and participative governance systems create a demand for new and expanded competencies. The impact for nursing staff development is the concurrent requirement to develop programs that match the skill/competency requirements of nurses in emerging practice models. This article recounts how one nursing department implemented a learning needs assessment (LNA) process as a means of integrating staff development into professional nursing practice.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ruppel
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D012380:Role; D013192:Staff Development