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Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme
Public health nurses (PHNs) in Ireland provide preventative child health. An evidence‐based National Healthy Childhood Program (NHCP) has been in development since 2016. The final program implementation, including training all PHNs coincided with the Covid‐19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE: To describe impleme...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35040185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.13049 |
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author | Mulcahy, Helen Brennan, Carmel Pardy, Anne McCormack, Brenda Heslin, Julie |
author_facet | Mulcahy, Helen Brennan, Carmel Pardy, Anne McCormack, Brenda Heslin, Julie |
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description | Public health nurses (PHNs) in Ireland provide preventative child health. An evidence‐based National Healthy Childhood Program (NHCP) has been in development since 2016. The final program implementation, including training all PHNs coincided with the Covid‐19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE: To describe implementation and evaluation of a blended training program for PHNs DESIGN: The evaluation used quantitative and qualitative methods underpinned by an implementation science framework to assess the training program. The three‐phase blended training was led by a Training and Resources implementation team. Data from a national cohort of PHNs (n = 1671) who completed training were descriptively analysed. RESULTS: The majority of PHNs completed a suite of four online units (phase 1), as well as self‐directed and asynchronous content in phase 2. Results of phase 2 indicated it met participant needs in terms of knowledge but outstanding needs in terms of skills remained. Phase 3 (a modified Face to Face Clinical Skills Review) was completed by 1671 PHNs over a 5‐month period in 2020. Evaluation was very positive in terms of organisation and usefulness for practice. CONCLUSIONS: Despite challenges the NHCP training implementation goals were met. A well‐designed blended learning training program met service delivery imperatives and PHN needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-95441832022-10-14 Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme Mulcahy, Helen Brennan, Carmel Pardy, Anne McCormack, Brenda Heslin, Julie Public Health Nurs Education Public health nurses (PHNs) in Ireland provide preventative child health. An evidence‐based National Healthy Childhood Program (NHCP) has been in development since 2016. The final program implementation, including training all PHNs coincided with the Covid‐19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE: To describe implementation and evaluation of a blended training program for PHNs DESIGN: The evaluation used quantitative and qualitative methods underpinned by an implementation science framework to assess the training program. The three‐phase blended training was led by a Training and Resources implementation team. Data from a national cohort of PHNs (n = 1671) who completed training were descriptively analysed. RESULTS: The majority of PHNs completed a suite of four online units (phase 1), as well as self‐directed and asynchronous content in phase 2. Results of phase 2 indicated it met participant needs in terms of knowledge but outstanding needs in terms of skills remained. Phase 3 (a modified Face to Face Clinical Skills Review) was completed by 1671 PHNs over a 5‐month period in 2020. Evaluation was very positive in terms of organisation and usefulness for practice. CONCLUSIONS: Despite challenges the NHCP training implementation goals were met. A well‐designed blended learning training program met service delivery imperatives and PHN needs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-01-17 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9544183/ /pubmed/35040185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.13049 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Public Health Nursing published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Education Mulcahy, Helen Brennan, Carmel Pardy, Anne McCormack, Brenda Heslin, Julie Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme |
title | Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme |
title_full | Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme |
title_fullStr | Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme |
title_full_unstemmed | Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme |
title_short | Implementing public health nursing training for Ireland's National Healthy Childhood Programme |
title_sort | implementing public health nursing training for ireland's national healthy childhood programme |
topic | Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35040185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.13049 |
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