In todays constantly changing healthcare environment, ongoing learning is essential to the high quality medical care provided at Jackson Health System.
Nurses are challenged with rapidly changing technology, changing demographics of patients, a nationwide nursing shortage and increasing regulatory demands. Responding to such challenges requires technical competence, effective time management skills and cultural understanding.
The Jackson Health System Department of Education and Development an approved provider of continuing education from the Florida State Board of Nursing focuses on supporting the goals of the organization by building on the knowledge of the clinical staff through continuing education. A variety of methods, such as live presentations in the classroom, simulations, web-based learning, videos and small group discussions, are used as teaching tools to achieve the desired results for learners.
Courses offered at Jackson are available to nurses throughout the community and cover all facets of medical care, including specialty internships, such as critical care, how to respond to medical emergencies and to how to handle aggressive patients in a supportive and responsive manner.
To ensure that the educational programs are effective, educators complete a number of evaluations of the nurse participants. Nurses are tested on what they have learned and the skills they have acquired. They are also evaluated on how the lessons learned can be applied in a clinical setting through observation. In addition, participants and their supervisors are surveyed several months after the continuing education program is completed to follow-up on their progress and measure the programs success.
On the job training has consistently proven to show an increase in skills and abilities of the nursing staff at Jackson. While continuing education opportunities are readily available, nurses are ultimately responsible for engaging themselves in ongoing competency development and for identifying their specific learning needs.
The professional development of the nursing staff is directly linked to effective performance, positive patient outcomes and the financial viability of the organization.
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