Effects of applying “The Participative Continuing Education Based on Competency Model” on quality of intensive nursing care in open heart surgery

Studies did not confirm the effect of continuing education on nurses’ performances change. One of the managerial approach in this issues review again this process carefully. This study was done to determine the effect of applying “The Participative Continuing Education Based on Competency Model” on quality of ICU in the open heart surgery. This was a quasi-experimental study and nurses who were employed through open heart surgery of adult in the Shahid Rajaii hospital in (2016) participated. They were selected by non-randomized method in case (all the numbers) and correspondence controlled group by using of propensity score (using SMD index, this entry confirmed: SMD˂0.15). Data collection tools inclue; the observational checklist of performance, nursing note and ICU charting sheet. It`s validity and reliability was evaluated with content validity and inter-rater reliability (r= 0.85). The designed plan by “The Participative Continuing Education Based on Competency Model” including nine steps: formed the core of education, preparing the environment, preparation resources, capacity building training education administrators, participatory training needs assessment, instructional design, implementation, educational supervision, giving feedback and final evaluation which it plans implemented for 9 months. Checklists before and after in two groups were completed by co-researcher and data analyzed by Wilcoxon, Man Whitney and step by step regression tests with SPSS22. The Man-Whitney test showed that the before intervention between two groups there was no significant difference(P˃0.05). But after intervention there was significant difference (P˂0.05) between two groups by The Man-Whitney test.   It is suggested that designed plan by “The Participative Continuing Education Based on Competency Model” use in to continving education specially in the open heart surgery units for improving nurses’ competencies improved.