TITLE:
Re-Thinking Factors Influencing Registered Nurses’ Compliance to Continuing Professional Development Requirements at a Selected Hospital in Oshana Region, Namibia
AUTHORS:
Ester Newaka, Louise Pretorius, Lukas Matati Josua
KEYWORDS:
Continuing Professional Development, Registered Nurses, Healthcare, So-cial Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.13 No.12,
December
27,
2022
ABSTRACT: Changes in healthcare environment require nurses togo through Continuing Professional Development in order to remain competent and skillful when responding to challenges in the field.Therefore, Continuing Professional Development is an active and proactive systematic maintenance, improvement,and broadening of knowledge and skills, and the development of personalqualities necessary for executing professional and technical duties throughout the individual’s working life.This study aims to determine the factors influencing registered nurses’ compliance with ContinuingProfessional Development requirements at a selected hospital in Oshana Region, Namibia. The study is anchored on the following research questions: 1) What factors prevent registered nurses’ compliance with ContinuingProfessional Development requirements? 2) What are the effects of compliance to Continuing Professional Development requirements on registered nurses’ professional practice? 3)What are the strategies that could improve nurses’ compliance with ContinuingProfessional Development requirements? The study adopted a quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive survey design for registered nurses at a selected hospital in Oshana Region. From the population of 318 registerednurses, a simple random sampling was used to select 177 respondentsrepre-senting a 95% confidence level and a confidence interval of ±5% to capture valid and reliable information. Data were analyzed using both the SPSS version 24, Microsoft excel 2012 version. The main findings of this study are such as the shortage of staff, lack of hospital support, professional growth, and networking as some of the factors that influence registered nurses’ compliance to ContinuingProfessional Development requirements.The study recommended that hospital management should support ContinuingProfessional Development attendance and collaboration among the stakeholders.