Importance Of Promotion In Nursing

 Concept 6- Promotion: This concept is taken from BBN007”ORGANISATION,PLANNING AND STAFFING”,module no.12 and Human Resource Management entitled as” Promotion and Superannuation”. Promotion is a change with in the organization to a higher position with greater responsibilities and used more advanced skill than in previous position.It usually involves higher rank and increase in pay.The promotion policy is one of the most controversial issues in every organization.The management usually favours promotion on the basis of merits and the union generally favour promotion on the basis of seniority.

The promotion policy is one of the most controversial issues in every organization.A clear cut promotional policy is essential for healthy organizational

Staff development is the process directed towards the personal and professional growth of nurses and other personnel while they are employed by a health care agency.

It is essential for the upliftment of professional as well as administrative field.Staff development programme helps in updating the knowledge and practice of professionals.It is applicable not only to the nursing field but also to all the professional field. It provides the opportunity for nurses to continually acquire and implement the knowledge ,skills and attitudes,ideas and values essential to maintain high quality nursing care.It fill the gaps between theory and knowledge.Nursing practice and experience in daily life are integral parts of staff development.Planned approach to the daily assignment of nursing responsibilities is both a benefit to the development of the nurse practitioner and prerequisites to high quality patient

7.3 Application in current job:

Staff development programme is the part of nursing practice.In my work place we have a staff development coordinator who is responsible for continuing and in-service education programmes.In my hospital doctors and nurses are conducting educational activities monthly.Nominated staffs list are published by the staff development coordinator.This educational activities helps to improve knowledge,skill, and attitude of nurses of every level and it helps to change the attitude of nursing personnel and motivate them to work whole heartly.It helps to keep all the nursing personnel up to date with all the nursing technology and thus improves the professional