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Remaining in the nursing profession depends on vocational training and continuing education: A cross-sectional study Abstract. Background: The public discussion about nurses leaving the profession has shown increasing dynamics for years. Burdens on the caregivers, political and (vocational) educational policy mistakes and financial as well as structural framework conditions are given as reasons. However, little is known about the influence of the educational biography on remaining in the nursing profession. Aim: This study examines data on formal and alternative sources of education, the timing of educational measures and the changes of nurses' interests in education over time and thus focuses on the group of nursing staff remaining in the profession. Methods: Nurses with many years of experience in their profession were surveyed (N = 200). Results: The results show that 77.6% of long-term nurses have the minimum required school leaving certificate with average final grades. 65.3% of the nurses have attended specialized training and 74.5% vocational training, which was completed over the entire period of employment. The training topics and the sources of education change over the course of the working life. Conclusions: It turns out that the group of nursing staff who have remained in the profession for a long time is characterized by a high willingness to undertake vocational training, with and without relevance to remuneration.
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The future development of the German health care system needs to recognize patient views of medical treatment in order to foster their health care responsibility. In nursing sciences, practice and clinical research are based on the concepts of self-help and self-care. The principle of Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (S-CDNT), developed by the American nursing scientist D.E. Orem, defines self-care as a trainable and deliberate practice. The theory describes, among other factors, general and situation-specific needs of self-care and dependence care, forms of self-care com petence, and self-care deficit. Clinical studies have focused on self-care activities and deficits of particular patient groups, testing the effectiveness of care interventions. In view of the changes in the German health system (e.g., diagnosis-related groups, reduction of hospitalization periods), the S-CDNT is relevant not only for the treatment of individual patients, but also for the management of care provision. The fostering of self-care and dependence-care competence is an important tool to increase the autonomy of affected patients and their families, as well as to reduce the costs of health care.