TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrative review of the continuing professional development needs for nurse educators
AU - Smith, Jamie
AU - Kean, Susanne
AU - Vauhkonen, Anneli
AU - Elonen, Imane
AU - Silva, Simone Campos
AU - Pajari, Juha
AU - Cassar, Maria
AU - Martín-Delgado, Leandra
AU - Zrubcova, Dana
AU - Salminen, Leena
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank all the collaborators who are currently working on the ‘A New Agenda for Nurse Educator Education Within Europe (New Nurse Educator)’ project. It is a three year Erasmus+ funded research and development project coordinated by Professor Leena Salminen from University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science. The project aims to explore uniform Nurse Educator education in Europe. The partners in the project are: • University of Turku, Finland (the coordinator) • University of Eastern Finland, Finland • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany • University of Malta, Malta • Constantine the Philosofer University in Nitra, Slovakia • International University of Catalania, Spain.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Objectives: The study aimed at describing the field of research in continuing professional development for nurse educators and the continuous education and development needs of nurse educators by asking: What research has been done in the field of continuing professional development of nurse educators? What are the continuing education and development needs and requirements reported for and by nurse educators? Design: An integrative review of peer-reviewed academic literature following a systematic search design. Data sources: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods publications in CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, ERIC, and PubMed. Review methods: Search results were screened for full text and assessed for quality using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. Full texts were then thematic analysed using an inductive and reflective process. Results: The number of published academic articles about the continuing professional development for nurse educators is small (n = 13). The themes produced from the articles identify heterogenous development needs for nurse educators, clustered around four themes: (1) professional competencies (2) management and resources, (3) communication and collaboration, and (4) agency. The findings of this review show that nurse educators have multiple roles which have specific and multiple personal and institutional needs. Conclusions: The results of this review show that the continuing professional development needs are heterogenous between nurse educators, yet share commonalities across departmental teams as a whole, and across different countries. This raises the issue of how these needs can or should be, focused on the sustainable development of nurse educators.
AB - Objectives: The study aimed at describing the field of research in continuing professional development for nurse educators and the continuous education and development needs of nurse educators by asking: What research has been done in the field of continuing professional development of nurse educators? What are the continuing education and development needs and requirements reported for and by nurse educators? Design: An integrative review of peer-reviewed academic literature following a systematic search design. Data sources: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods publications in CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, ERIC, and PubMed. Review methods: Search results were screened for full text and assessed for quality using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. Full texts were then thematic analysed using an inductive and reflective process. Results: The number of published academic articles about the continuing professional development for nurse educators is small (n = 13). The themes produced from the articles identify heterogenous development needs for nurse educators, clustered around four themes: (1) professional competencies (2) management and resources, (3) communication and collaboration, and (4) agency. The findings of this review show that nurse educators have multiple roles which have specific and multiple personal and institutional needs. Conclusions: The results of this review show that the continuing professional development needs are heterogenous between nurse educators, yet share commonalities across departmental teams as a whole, and across different countries. This raises the issue of how these needs can or should be, focused on the sustainable development of nurse educators.
KW - continuing professional development
KW - continuing professional education
KW - faculty development
KW - nurse educator
KW - Nn
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144550659&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105695
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105695
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85144550659
SN - 0260-6917
VL - 121
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
M1 - 105695
ER -