INTRODUCTION: Continuous Professional Development (CPD) offers nurses the opportunity to improve their knowledge, skills, and also improve their performance in the healthcare setting. The purpose of the study was to examine if there is a relationship between CPD and job performance and to find if there is a significant difference of job performance when sex, age, and clinical experience are considered.  METHOD: Correlational research design was utilized; 164 registered nurses were conveniently sampled from Ghana. The study utilized a self-constructed survey questionnaire for continuous professional development while Six Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance (SDNS) developed by Schwirian (1978) was adopted and modified to measure the job performance of nurses. The statistical treatments used were Pearson Correlation, t-test, and ANOVA to address the research questions. RESULTS: The study showed that there was a moderate positive significant relationship between continuous professional development and job performance. There was no significant difference in job performance when age, sex, and clinical experience are considered.  DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION: Healthcare administrators should encourage and advocate for the participation of nurses in continuous learning to improve nurses’ knowledge and skills. Institution policies should be properly aligned to help nurses in the participation of professional roles. Further research should explore other variables in relation to continuous professional development to improve the job performance of nurses.

BACKGROUND: Nursing is a profession in the health care sector that is pivotal and solely focused on serving humanity. With having to carry that burden, issues regarding mental health among nurses have been increasing. Stress is often encountered by nurses in the workplace which eventually leads to burnout. Initial evidence suggests that a positive or an increase in psychosocial wellbeing increases job satisfaction. The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between psychosocial wellbeing and job satisfaction. Moreover, it aimed to examine the significant difference in psychological wellbeing and job satisfaction when considering age. METHODS: Utilizing Correlational design, 100 registered nurses were purposively sampled from a public hospital in Baguio City, Philippines. Psychosocial wellbeing was measured using Carol Ryff’s Psychosocial Wellbeing Questionnaire, and job satisfaction were measured using the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) by Paul Specter.  The statistical treatment used was Pearson correlation and t-test to address the research questions. RESULTS: The study showed that there was a low positive significant relationship between psychosocial wellbeing and job satisfaction. There was no significant difference in psychosocial wellbeing and job satisfaction when age was considered.   DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The results of the study showed that registered nurses have high psychosocial wellbeing which makes them have high job satisfaction at their work environment. The study recommends that more studies should be done to identify factors influencing psychosocial wellbeing, job satisfaction, resilience-oriented training for the nurses are suggested to enhance resilience and protect the nurses from extensive stress and burnout as well as to benefit the organization with lower turnover rates and higher nurse-patient outcome.

Abstract   INTRODUCTION: Self-care management has become a theoretical discussion among health professionals and students. As a result of its importance, the International Council for Nurses has incorporated it in their standard of competence. Self-care encourages health and is a fundamental value of the scope and standards of practice. Nursing students are advised to have proper self-care.   METHOD: This study investigated the self-care management practices of nursing students at the Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) and how they align with the institutional outcomes. This quantitative study conveniently samples 47 nursing students as respondents. The study adopted the Circle of Human Potential ' questionnaire by Dossey and Keegan (2009), which assessed self-care management in the areas of physical, relationship, emotional, spiritual, mental, and choice. The application for SPSS 23 was used for the descriptive and t-test analysis as demanded by the research questions.    RESULTS: The results of the study revealed that there is a positive self-care management attitude among nursing students. The ranked of self-care management from highest to the least in the order of spiritual, mental, emotional, relational, choice, and physical assessments. It further revealed that there was no significant difference in self-care management when considering the sex of the students.   DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The outcomes of the study were in accordance with the AUP institutional outcomes of spirituality, critical thinking, professional expertise, service, health and wellness, and positive attitude. The study recommends that nursing students keep up with their positive self-care management.

Abstract Introduction: Throughout hospitalization, patients place emphasis on health professionals to meet their spiritual and emotional needs. Since 1998, the National Inpatient Priority Index ranked emotional and spiritual needs as the patient's second priority. With evidence that shows the importance of spirituality in patient’s health, nurses have a pivotal role in providing spiritual care. The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of nurses of spiritual care practice among hospitalized patients. Methodology: The study used a descriptive research design to examine nurses’ perception of spiritual care practices among hospitalized patients. The study was conducted among registered nurses (RN) working in Ghana. Convenient sampling technique was used to select 180 registered nurses. The study adopted and modified Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutic Scale developed by Mamier and Taylor (2015). Results: The respondents sometimes practice spiritual (m = 3.12, SD = 0.85). They often practice spiritual communication (m = 3.55, SD = 0.69). They sometimes render spiritual support (m = 2.67, SD = 0.88). Discussion: It can be concluded that spiritual care in terms of spiritual assessment and spiritual support was inadequate. Nurses provided adequate spiritual communication with the patients by actively listening to the patient’s illness story. A program under the theme Beyond the Physical was developed to address the problem of spiritual care among nurses. It is therefore recommended that further studies be done to examine whether the personal profile has a significant difference in the use of spiritual care.

ABSTRACT   INTRODUCTION: In the healthcare sector, nurses provide health care services to different clients which can result in compassion fatigue. The resilience of nurses helps to provide control of compassion fatigue. The purpose of this study was to examine if there is a relationship between resilience and compassion fatigue and to find a significant difference in resilience and compassion fatigue in terms of sex, age, and clinical experience.   METHOD: Correlational research design was utilized; 249 registered nurses were conveniently sampled from Ghana. The study utilized a Resilience questionnaire Scale developed by Wagnild and Young (1993) while the Professional quality of life (ProQOL) scale developed by Stamm (2010) was adopted and modified for compassion fatigue. The statistical treatments used were Pearson Correlation, t-test, and ANOVA was to address the research questions. RESULTS: The study showed that there was a high positive significant relationship between resilience and compassion fatigue. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in age and sex on compassion fatigue but no significant difference in clinical experience. Sex and clinical experience showed a significant difference in resilience but no significant difference when age is considered. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The results of the study suggest that registered nurses in Ghana experience high compassion fatigue. In preventing the compassion fatigue of the nurses, measures should be instituted to increase their resilience level. Healthcare administrators should put measures to reduce the compassion fatigue of the nurses. Further researchers should explore other variables in relation to the resilience to help reduce the compassion fatigue of nurses.