The nurse manager of an NICU is planning continuing education for the development of the staff. The manager is asking an expert to conduct a class regarding the maintenance of the swan-gantz catheter in postoperative heart clients
The manager determines that goals have been met when: 1. The staff can set up the line in the class room.
2. The staff uses the information on the unit with a client successfully.
3. The staff states that they feel competent about using the product.
4. The unit educator states that the nurses passed the written exam.
2 The staff uses the information on the unit with a client successfully.
Rationale:
The best way to know that staff development has been effective is to see the staff use the knowledge to perform the function successfully on a client. Most nurses can demonstrate competence immediately after a lecture; the real determinant of learning is whether they can use the information in their practice. A nurse may be able to perform a procedure in the classroom but may not be able to execute it two weeks later with a client. Feeling competent does not necessarily mean that the nurse knows how to perform a procedure. Passing a written exam and executing a skill are two different entities; nurses may have the knowledge but not be able to perform the skill.
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