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

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

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.255401

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

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Master Degree in Nursing Services Administration, 2013

² Assistant professor of Nursing Administration. Faculty of Nursing. Benha University.

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

⁴ Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. Benha University

10.21608/ejhc.2022.255401

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 also 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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