title: Where do AMU nurses perceive their educational needs? Results of the 20:10 project.
abstract: Our aim was to identify the perceived educational needs of nurses working in acute medicine to enable development of a training curriculum specifically for this staff group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Post-graduate nurses from North Wales were invited to list 20 conditions and 10 skills for which they felt under prepared for their work in acute medicine. A workshop was then organized, attended by acute medicine nurses, medical colleagues and educationalists from two local universities to discuss initial data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses identified particular needs for education around presenting symptoms with perceived deficits in knowledge or training. We found a heavy emphasis on respiratory and cardiac conditions. There was considerable overlap with frequent diagnostic categories from non-surgical hospital discharges and with priorities for training of junior doctors. Skills were often those traditionally associated with medical staff or care of patients with critical illnesses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 20:10 project represents the first attempt to map educational needs of nursing staff on the Acute Medical Units of a large University Health Board using self-reported needs. The identified needs will support professional development, create incentives for recruitment and guide University postgraduate developments and commissioning.
authors.affiliation: Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Acute Medicine, Glan Clywd Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire, UK. Jacqueline.Jepson@wales.nhs.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jepson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Subbe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grundy
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014852:Wales