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CPD research

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Introduction

Training department has been experiencing a decline in the attendance of the nurses to the CPD activities for the last two years. Based on this decline, it is important as a training department to look forward examining some of the factors that might have led to the decline. Therefore, a survey which involves a cross sectional study design was mandatory to investigate these factors. The primary aim of the survey was to collect data using questionnaires on what motivated the nurses to attend the continuing professional development (CPD) activities along with the impact of these activities on the nurses’ performance as they perceived. The department will be trying to find strategies that will enhance CPD participation. However, the finding will be used to improve attendance and planning the next year continuing professional activities annual plan. The research managed to collect qualitative data. The dependent variables are variables that change based on other variables, thus these variables are the questions asked to the respondent such as what motivated them to undertake CPD activities, the strategies they consider to enhance their CPD activities and how these strategies impact their learning including their colleagues and organization and also how they can measure the impact of the CPD they attended on their growth and development and effectiveness of the strategies identified. The independent variables are variables that do not change based on other variables. In this case, the independent variables are the responses from the participants.

Research questions

There were four research questions. These are as follows;

· What motivates them to undertake CPD activities?

· What strategies do they consider in enhancing your CPD activities?

· How these strategies made impact on their as a learner, to their colleagues or the organization in which they work?

· How do they measure the impact of the CPD they attended on their growth and development and the effectiveness of the strategies identified?

Research hypothesis

Hypothesis

The hypothesis is the proposed explanation with limited evidence that guide the research by giving it a starting point. In most cases, the research consist of two hypotheses, this include null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis. The null hypothesis is the hypothesis that has no significant difference between the specified populations while alternative hypothesis is the hypothesis that has a significant difference between the specified populations.

Hypothesis one

Null hypothesis: There is no significant difference between the respondent views.

Alternative hypothesis: There is a significant difference between the respondent views.

Or

H0: μr=μr where r represent respondent views

H1: μrμr

Hypothesis two

Null hypothesis: There are no significant factors led to decline in the attendance of the nurses to the CPD activities for the last two years.

Alternative hypothesis: There are significant factors that led to decline in the attendance of the nurses to the CPD activities for the last two years.

Or

H0: μ=0

H1: μr0

Methods of analysis

Based on the method used to collect data and the type of data collected, the method of analysis that will be appropriate to this research will involve both qualitative and quantitative research. Qualitative analysis involves describing the responds given by the respondent while quantitative analysis involves gives information based on numbers. Therefore, we shall convert the qualitative data collected to quantitative data to carry out quantitative analysis. One sample test will be used to test the significant of the questions and descriptive statistics will be used to identify the answers that have more response. Also; the statistical tool that will be used to analyze the data will be SPSS (Savin-Baden, 2014).

Results output

One-Sample Statistics
	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
What motivates you to undertake CPD activities?	11	22.7273	19.73875	5.95146
What strategies do you consider in enhancing your CPD activities?	11	9.0909	8.23959	2.48433
How these strategies made impact on you as a learner, to your colleagues or the organisation in which you work?	10	14.6000	9.47746	2.99704
How do you measure the impact of the CPD you attended on your growth and development and the effectiveness of the strategies identified?	16	13.9375	14.95089	3.73772

One-Sample Test
	Test Value = 0
	t	df	Sig. (2-tailed)	Mean Difference	95% Confidence Interval of the Difference
					Lower	Upper
What motivates you to undertake CPD activities?	3.819	10	.003	22.72727	9.4666	35.9879
What strategies do you consider in enhancing your CPD activities?	3.659	10	.004	9.09091	3.5555	14.6263
How these strategies made impact on you as a learner, to your colleagues or the organization in which you work?	4.871	9	.001	14.60000	7.8202	21.3798
How do you measure the impact of the CPD you attended on your growth and development and the effectiveness of the strategies identified?	3.729	15	.002	13.93750	5.9707	21.9043

Descriptive Statistics
	What motivates you to undertake CPD activities?	What strategies do you consider in enhancing your CPD activities?	How these strategies made impact on you as a learner, to your colleagues or the organization in which you work?	How do you measure the impact of the CPD you attended on your growth and development and the effectiveness of the strategies identified?
N	Valid	11	11	10	16
	Missing	9	9	10	4
Minimum	4.00	2.00	4.00	1.00
Maximum	64.00	28.00	34.00	44.00

Bar graphs

The central tendency of the first question is 22.7273 which is higher as compared to other questions. This implies that most individuals respondent to the first questions. Also, the first question had a high standard deviation which means that there were more spread response to the question as compared to others. Based on the result of one sample t test, the degree of freedom of the questions were, 10,10,9 and 15 respectively. The P-value of all the questions are 0.003, 0.004, 0.001 and 0.002 respectively. These P-values are less than 0.05, which means the questions were all significant. Thus we shall reject the null hypothesis for hypothesis one and accept alternative hypothesis which says that there is a significant difference between the respondent views (Verma, J. 2013).

Furthermore, based on descriptive statistics the maximum values represent the question that had more response as compared to other questions. Also, the bar graphs displays the highest bar shows the most preferred needs by the nurses. Therefore, most of the individual claimed that the motives that made them to undertake CPD activities was the updates knowledge and skills and closely followed by the collection of CPD credit points. Also, most of the respondent considered reading and reviewing internet in enhancing their CPD activities. However, these strategies impacted most of the individual’s knowledge and skills updates and improved and increased competency. The measure of impact of the CPD attended by every individual on their growth and development along with the effectiveness of the strategies identified had a significant difference. Based on the results, most of the respondent claimed that it has improved the quality of care such as work patient care, efficient in patient care and less patient incident and admission. In addition, other claims that CPD has helped to apply the new practice to clinic. From these results, the null hypothesis will be rejected and we conclude that there are significant factors that led to decline in the attendance of the nurses to the CPD activities for the last two years.

Conclusion

The aim of the research was to collect data using questionnaires on what motivated the nurses to attend the continuing professional development (CPD) activities along with the impact of these activities on the nurses’ performance as they perceived. This was due to the decline in attendance by nurses to CPD activities. We therefore realize most of the nurses were motivated by update knowledge and skills. Also; we shall incorporate the reading and review from internet to capture the nurses’ attention to attend the CPD training. These strategies helped most of the nurses to gain knowledge and skills updates and increased their competency in working. Previously, the measure of CPD was rated as a tool to improve quality of care including work patient improvement, efficient in patient care and less patient incident and admission.

Reference

Verma, J. (2013). Data Analysis in Management with SPSS Software. doi:10.1007/978-81-322-0786-3

Savin-Baden, M., & Wimpenny, K. (2014). Issues of Analysis, Intepretation and Representation. A Practical Guide to Arts-related Research, 63-79. doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-815-2_5

	3 Exemplary	2 Proficient	1 Basic	0 Does not Meet Requirements
Introduction	Clearly and concisely states the research purpose and scenario. Includes details of study inclusion/exclusion, sample size, type of data collected (measurement level), independent variables, dependent variables to be assessed, and study design. ***Includes credit of source of data set	States the research purpose and scenario in general. Includes only some of the details of study inclusion/exclusion, sample size, type of data collected, independent variables, dependent variables to be assessed, and study design. ***Includes credit of source of data set	States the research scenario and purpose of the study. Lacks sufficient detail to understand the rational for and the design of the study. ***Includes credit of source of data set	Fails to include research scenario and study purpose ***Excludes credit of source of data set.
Hypotheses	Clearly states the Null and research Hypotheses in terms of the research undertaken. Also includes the Null Hypothesis and the Research Hypothesis in mathematical terms	Clearly states the Null and Research Hypotheses in terms of the research undertaken.	States the Null and Research Hypotheses in mathematical terms only	Does not correctly state the Null and Research Hypotheses
Method of Analysis – Selection	The selected method of data analysis fits the data type (measurement level).			The Method of analysis was not correct for the data type and study design.
Method of Analysis – Write up	The data analysis method that was selected was defined. The rational for the method of analysis selected was explained as related to the data set analyzed and the study design.		The data analysis method that was selected was defined but no justification for use was included	No explanation of the method of data analysis selected was given.
Method of Analysis – Running the Analysis	SPSS was used to analyze the data. All necessary tests of assumptions were run correctly. The correct decisions were made from these preliminary tests. If needed transformations were employed and assumption tests rerun. The subsequent data analysis process was run correctly as assessed by the output tables and graphs provided in the paper.		The main statistical analysis test was run correctly using SPSS. No evidence of preliminary assessment of the data was provided in the paper. Or the Preliminary assessment was incorrect or incomplete.	The main data analysis was run incorrectly using SPSS or the data analysis was run correctly or incorrectly while NOT using SPSS.
Results - Visual	All tables and graphs generated by the assumptions tests and the analyses are correct and included. All tables and graphs are labeled to explain what is in the table or graph. Tables and graphs are presented in the order in which they are discussed in the Results – Write-up Section.		All tables and graphs generated by the main analyses are included and are correct. Some labels are missing or incorrect. Tables and graphs are not presented in the order in which they are discussed in the Results – Write-up Section.	Some tables and graphs generated by the main analyses are not included or are incorrect due to errors in analysis or method of analysis selection. Labels are missing or incorrect. Tables and graphs are not presented in the order in which they are discussed in the Results – Write-up Section.
Results – Write-up	A complete write-up of the results presented as tables and graphs is included. All tables and graphs are explained. All test statistics, degrees of freedom, p-values, effect sizes, measures of central tendency, measures of variability, statement of Null Hypothesis rejection or acceptance. A meaningful interpretation of the results is included	A semi-complete write-up of the results is included. Some but not all of the test and data information are included. A statement of Null Hypothesis rejection or acceptance is included. A meaningful interpretation of the presented results is included.	The write-up includes only the most basic of information (Test statistic, test statistics, degrees of freedom, and p-values). A statement of Null Hypothesis rejection or acceptance is included. A meaningful interpretation of the results is included but limited.	The write-up includes only the most basic of information (Test statistic, test statistics, degrees of freedom, and p-values). There is limited to no interpretation.
Conclusion	A restatement of the research question is included. A decision (as found in the analysis) is written. A final assessment of what the findings mean is provided		A decision (as found in the analysis) is written.	Conclusion statement lacks a restatement of the research question and a final assessment of what the findings mean.
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Grading Explanation:

Your project will be graded objectively according to the rubric provided. If you complete the project by following the directions and including all components in their highest level of completion, you will receive an A on this project.

Points:

Points will be awarded if the objectives are met.

Points are 3 Exemplary

2 Proficient

1 Basic

0 Does not meet requirements

Total points possible = 27

Grades:

Grades will be converted to a 100 point scale

A = 27-25

B = 24-22

C = 21-19

D = 18-17

F = 16 and below

Point Deductions:

-5 points if the project is not typewritten in a word document

-5 points if the project is not organized as designated

-3 points if tables and graphs are not placed into the manuscript in the visual format identical to the SPSS output

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-2 points if the tables and graphs are split between 2 pages. (see above for directions to copy a picture and scale it down)

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