title: Attitudes of professional Jordanian nurses toward continuing education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Continuing education helps nurses maintain and improve practice and keep up-to-date with rapidly changing health care information.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive study aimed to identify the attitudes of Jordanian nurses toward continuing education in nursing. A questionnaire was completed by 472 nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Jordanian nurses have positive attitudes toward continuing education. There were no statistically significant differences in nurses' attitudes toward continuing education according to age or gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Educators need to focus on continuing education content, not on convincing nurses that they need continuing education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan 11924.
authors.forename: Ferial
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hayajneh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*