Why Do Nurses Come to Continuing Education Programs?

Abstract

This study ivas constructed to measure the variations and intensities of attendance motivations of registered nurses in continuing education programs with a nursing focus. Data analysis revealed that there were multiple attendance motivation factors and that most participants ranked more than one factor as being of highest importance to them. In descending order of importance the factors were: increased job competence, document growth, peer learning, learning, employer requirements, community improvement, community service/interaction, employee benefits, sociability, and peer pressure. There was significant interaction between the factors and demographic variables.