IN-SERVICE EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION
In service education is a planned educational experience provided in the
job setting and closely identified with service in order to help the person
to perform more effectively as a person and as a worker. In service
education is the vehicle by which goals and the multiple articulated
means available to achieve them can be explored.
DEFINITION
In-service education is a planned learning experiences provided by
the employing agency.
AIMS
 Improvement of client through upgrading the services rendered with
scientific principles.
 To keep in face in changing society to their needs.
 Acquisition of new knowledge.
 Improvement of performance.
 To develop specific skills required for practice.
 Improves the staff members chances for promotion.
 To develop right concepts of client care.
 To maintain high standards of nursing.
 To observe and bring change in staff behavior.
  It ensures thinking on the job, reduces mechanical action to a
minimum and promotes economy, safety and efficiency of
personnel in their work situation.
 It reduces turnover, absenteeism.
 Effective production will be observed (in work performance).
 To discover potentialities, to alert personnel in working
environment.

CONCEPT OF INSERVICE EDUCATION

 Help a person to improve performance effectively.

 Planned educational activities.

 Provided in job setting.

 Closely identified with services

COMPONENTS
 Orientation skill training program.
 Continuing education program.
 Leadership training (development of).
 Management skills development.
 Staff development program.
ORIENTATION SKILL TRAINING PROGRAMME
Orientation training program introduces a new employee to these
basic aspects of her job. In hospital field, if any new nurse are appointed,
first the supervisor has to discuss with them the job chart, policies,
procedures, and fulfillment of objectives, standing orders, policies of
institution. If she is well oriented to the working situation, she will be
getting adjusted to the new environment very easily and do the work
effectively.
Orientation skill training has to be given for development of
knowledge and skills (cognitive, conative, affective domains).
In community field orientation training camps will be organized to
school teachers, village leaders and MPAW by the health personnel
about the concept of health and illness, etiological factors of disease,
identification of cases, prevention and treatment in order to reach Health
For All (HFA).
CONTINUING EDUCATION
The activities which contribute to the development of 3 domains
and leaderships, management for the nurses. These skills are very
helpful as the nurse is expected to function with the help of auxiliary
personnel in her working condition. Her competence is very much
needed.

TYPES:
1. Centralized in service training: In nursing service department, one
department will held the responsibility for improvement of
knowledge, skills, practice of their nursing staff. They will devote
full time for in service education program and its activities.

2. Decentralized in service education: This is planned for staff

members who work together, giving care for clients with similar
conditions and share common nursing goals. Programs are
planned around the special relevant interests of the employees.
Eg: ICCU units
 3. Combined or coordinated in service education approach: There
will be a central nursing in service education department consists
of nurse in each division, who holds leadership responsibility for
staff development activities, whose time is devoted fully for
teaching – learning situations. They plan, conduct, conduct
evaluates the program and further plan their programs basing on
the needs arise.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING

For the administrators and the senior personnel, for the persons
who possess higher qualifications, who is having the chances for
promotion and the supervisors, the authorities will give in service
training to obtain management skill and leadership skills in order to
supervise the institution to achieve the targets by reaching goals and
preparing the persons to solve their problems if any need arises and to
have smooth environment in their working areas.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

To meet the educational needs of nursing students, there must be
provision for regular staff development program.
COMPONENTS
 Orientation
 In service education.
 Continuing education includes self- instruction.
  Attending –short term courses, workshops, seminars and
presentation of scientific papers.
FACTORS AFFECTING IN-SERVICE EDUCATION
The economic, social, medical, and technological sciences which
affect that society will affect nursing in-service education. The related
factors affect the in-service education programs are:
1. Cost of health care: In-service education program may
increase the efficiency of nursing services, but it adds
additional expenditure on health care delivery system.
2. Man power: In-service education requires need qualified
human resources, leads to increase human resources.
3. Changes in nursing practice lead to frequent changes in the
program and in-service education.
4. Standards for nursing practice.
5. Organization of nursing departmental planned approaches is
regular.
METHODS OF DELIVERING IN SERVICEEDUCATION

 Forum

 Ward teaching

 Discussion

 Laboratory

 Conferences

 Seminars
  Workshops

 Field trips
CONCLUSION
In service education is defined on continued program of education
provided by the employing authority with the purpose of developing the
competence of personnel entire functions appropriate to the position
they hold or to which they will be appointed in service.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. B T Basavanthappa, Nursing administration, JAYPEE
Publications, Ist edition, Page no: 519- 521
2. B T Basavanthappa, Nursing education, JAYPEE Publications, Ist
edition, Page no: 302- 303
3. Jean Barrett, Ward management and teaching, Konark publishers,
Ist edition, 2004, Page no: 346- 348
4. K P Neeraja, Text Book Of Nursing Education, JAYPEE
Publications, Ist edition, Page no: 396- 398
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IN-SERVICE EDUCATION

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Mrs. Raji Raju Mr. Deepu V
Asst Lecturer Ist year MSc (N)
Vijaya College Of- Vijaya College Of-
Nursing. Nursing.

Submitted on: 27-11-12