Analysis of situation and influencing factors in learning motivation of continuing education in clinical nurses

Objective To investigate the effects of clinical nurses learning motivation factors,provide the basis for the formulation of strategies for cultivating clinical nurses,promote autonomous learning in nursing staff.Methods Four hundreds and sixty-nine clinical nurses were surveyed by the "clinical nurses learning motivation questionnaire".The influencing factors in learning motivation of continuing education in clinical nurses were analyzed by the SPSS 16.0 software package,including descriptive statistics,multiple regression analysis.Results Tatals of 469 questionnaires were sent out,and 428 were recycled,the effective responsive rate was 91.2％.The scores of six dimensions of learning motivation of continuing education in clinical nurses were from high to low in order occupation development,altruistic service,cognitive interests,expectations from outside,social contact and social stimuli.The occupation development motivation got the highest score (3.68 ± 0.70),the lowest score was social stimuli (2.89 ±0.85) ; the total score was (114.34 ±20.95).The ranked in the top 3 items were respectively laying the foundation for the promotion (4.01 ± 0.97),the more competent in his work (3.95 ± 0.95) and the acquisition of knowledge (3.92 ± 1.02).Multiple regression analysis showed that the influencing factors in learning motivation of continuing education in clinical nurses were ritles and working time of clinical nurses and the differences were statistically significant (t =-2.949,-2.037,respectively ; P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Continuing education management should strengthen the management of social stimulation,carry out targeted intervention according to the different titles and working time of the nurses,and improve their initiative in taking parting in continuing education. Key words: Clinical nurse;  Continuing education;  Learning motivation;  Influence factors