Challenges of Nursing Continuing Education: A Phenomenological Study

Continuous education, which is an appropriate tool for enhancing the level of knowledge, skills and insights of any organizationchr('39')s human resources and ensuring their progress and development, requires an appropriate background and overcoming the challenge.Therefore, the aim of this study is reviewing the experiences of nurses and identifying the weaknesses of the educational courses hold by a qualitative study.

This study was a qualitative study using interpretive phenomenological method conducted in autumn 2018. 24 educational supervisors, supervisors, and nurses participated in this study and were selected by purposeful sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was done by Colaizzi method.

In analyzing the content of interviews, 4 main categories obtained;Inappropriate content; low level of interaction in classrooms; not paying attention to effective teaching-learning methods; low professional skills of professors.

Currently, in the process of learning and continuing education, the above mentioned issues have reduced the effectiveness of training courses and these courses are used solely to fill nurseschr('39') training hours, therefore, appropriate attention and support is needed to improve this condition.