Background: Nurses can often be key frontline healthcare professionals\nworking in remote and rural settings due to resource constraints including an\nacute shortage of medical practitioners. The provision of regular and appropriate\nContinuing Professional Development (CPD) to support nurses to be\nable to provide effective health care therefore becomes even more significant\nin these settings. Engagement and â??buy inâ? from relevant stakeholders at an\norganisational level is a critical step to ensure CPD provision for nurses. Objectives:\nThe overall aim was to achieve consensus on CPD for registered\nnurses working in remote and rural settings among key stakeholders using\nthe Nominal Group Technique (NGT). The objectives were to identify stakeholdersâ??\nperspectives on the priorities for CPD training for registered nurses;\nthe preferred modes of delivery for CPD and perceived barriers and facilitators\nfor CPD access. Methods: NGT was used as a qualitative method with\nkey organisational stakeholders in several iterative stages in the form of a\nworkshop. Results: 22 senior healthcare professionals involved in medical\nand nursing education representing north, northeast, central India and the\nstate of Karnataka in South India participated in the workshop. Three key\nfindings emerged from this study: priorities of CPD; preferred modes of CPD\ndelivery; barriers and facilitators to CPD access. Conclusion: Engagement\nwith key stakeholders to identify CPD priorities can help facilitate strategic\nplanning and provision of relevant and accessible CPD programmes for\nnurses working within remote and rural health care contexts in India.
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