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Iranian Clinical Nurses' Activities for Self-Directed Learning: A Qualitative Study.

Shahrzad Ghiyasvandian¹, Morteza Malekian, Mohammad Ali Cheraghi

¹. mortezamalekian@ymail.com.

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|December 15, 2015

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Iranian clinical nurses engage in self-directed learning activities to enhance their knowledge and skills. They revise personal performance through intellectual and experiential learning, a crucial process for expertise acquisition.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Lifelong Learning
Professional Development

Background:

Clinical nurses require continuous learning to adapt to evolving healthcare environments.
Self-directed learning is a key strategy for lifelong learning in nursing.
This study investigates self-directed learning activities among Iranian clinical nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the self-directed learning activities undertaken by clinical nurses in Iran.
To understand how nurses engage in continuous professional development.

Main Methods:

Qualitative study utilizing 23 semi-structured interviews with 19 clinical nurses.
Data collected from nurses in four Isfahan Social Security Organization hospitals.
Content analysis approach applied to interview data (June 2013 - October 2014).

Main Results:

Nurses' self-directed learning activities fall into two categories: knowledge acquisition and skill development.
A central theme identified was 'Revising personal performance based on intellectual-experiential activities'.
Nurses employ mental activities (e.g., self-evaluation) and practical activities (e.g., apprenticeship) for growth.

Conclusions:

Iranian clinical nurses continuously refine their performance via self-directed intellectual and experiential activities.
Expertise acquisition is a linear process involving sequential knowledge and skill development.
Nurses utilize specific mental and practical strategies to achieve expertise, emphasizing a step-by-step approach.