Educational Program about Professional Development for Nursing Teachers and its Effect on their Students' Satisfaction

Hassan Abdel Samea, Sharihan; Rahim Saad Shoulah, Abdel; Mohamed Eid, Nermin; Saad Soliman, Ehsan

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.191618

Educational Program about Professional Development for Nursing Teachers and its Effect on their Students' Satisfaction

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ master’s degree in nursing services administration

² Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine. Faculty of Medicine.Benha University

³ Professor of Nursing Administration. Faculty of Nursing. Menoufia University.

⁴ Assistant professor of Nursing Administration. Faculty of Nursing. Benha University.

10.21608/ejhc.2021.191618

Abstract

Background: Professional development for nursing teachers improves the quality of teaching and
learning in nursing schools, thus nursing students' learning outcomes as well as their satisfaction will be affected.
The study aimed to: Assess effect of educational program about professional development for nursing teachers
on their students' satisfaction. Study design: Quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The study was
conducted at three secondary technical nursing schools at Menoufia Government (Albagor, Menof and Ashmon
nursing schools). Subjects: Included 60 nursing teachers and 174 nursing students. Tools for data collection:
Three tools were used namely, Professional development knowledge questionnaire, professional development
observational performance checklist for nursing teachers and student satisfaction scale. The results showed that:
The majority (88.3%) and (83.3%) of studied nursing teachers had satisfactory level of knowledge regarding to
professional development during post-program and follow up phases, while (75.0%) and (73.3%) respectively of
studied nursing teachers had good level of performance at post-program and follow up phases, also (73.6%) and
(67.8%) respectively of studied nursing students had high level of satisfaction during post-program and follow
up phases. Moreover, there was a positive significant correlation between total knowledge score and total
performance score of studied nursing teachers thorough the program phases, while there was no significant
correlation between total studied nursing teachers' knowledge score and total studied nursing students'
satisfaction level thorough the program phases. Furthermore, there was a positive significant correlation between
total performance score of studied nursing teachers and total studied nursing students' satisfaction level thorough
the program phases. The study concluded that: The educational program was effective in improving nursing
teachers’ level of knowledge and performance related to professional development and increasing level of
nursing students' satisfaction. The
study recommended that: Conducting an educational program must be
continuous process. Engagement of nursing teachers in professional development activities should aligned with
nursing teacher needs, expectations, and performance improvement goals

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