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Professional Nurses’ Experiences Regarding Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Opportunities at Public Hospitals of Limpopo Province, South Africa

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  • Maggie Nyelisani
  • Lufuno Makhado
  • Takalani Luhalima

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Rapid changes in health care, innovative technologies, and the emergence of new knowledge globally led to a need for enhancement in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for nurses in public hospitals of Limpopo. However, they need to be empowered with updated knowledge and skills to adapt to these changes to enable them to render quality care to patients, resulting in fewer lawsuits. To explore and describe the experiences of professional nurses regarding CPD opportunities in the public hospitals of Limpopo Province. An exploratory-descriptive design was utilized in this study. Individual semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Participants comprised 35 professional nurses who were purposely selected. Data collected were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data was analyzed using Tech’s eight-step data coding process, which led to the emergence of themes and sub-themes. Trustworthiness was ensured through credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferability. Four themes emerged: Professional nurses’ understanding of CPD, Professional nurses’ views about necessary support needed for CPD, Professional nurses’ related to in-service training being offered, and Identified measures to resolve the challenges. Findings highlight that professional nurses value CPD and view it as important in learning new skills and improving standards of patient care and their self-esteem. Findings included challenges such as poor attendance of CPD activities and, lack of understanding of CPD, lack of access to CPD training, shortage of staff, and lack of funding and support by managers. Offering CPD opportunities regularly enhances knowledge and skills personally and professionally. However, more effective strategies are needed to address the identified challenges. Nurse Managers, Human Resources Departments, and the Department of Health need to be informed and updated on what is required in order to create and sustain effective and attainable CPD opportunities in the public hospitals of Limpopo Province.

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  • Maggie Nyelisani & Lufuno Makhado & Takalani Luhalima, 2023. "Professional Nurses’ Experiences Regarding Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Opportunities at Public Hospitals of Limpopo Province, South Africa," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:13:y:2023:i:4:p:21582440231210614
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440231210614
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