Introduction
The cardiotocography training development project focuses on addressing the major issue in the hospital through the assessment of the problem and determination of a solution. Recently, the clinic received additional new nurses to enhance the pool of employees and boost the operations. However, the managerial team noticed a challenge based on the diversified profile framework for the hospital involving the insufficient interpretation of CTG results by the new nurses. CTG outcome fosters the insight concerning the health of the woman and the fetal growth process. Different ideologies foster the impact of pain amid patients and mainly entail perception. The prominent solution to the excruciation experience among the victims of heart diseases includes the development of psychoeducation self-management skills as an empowerment tool for improving the quality of living. It is a multidimensional phenomenon that integrates certain concepts as a cognitive-behavioral framework and the approach of self-help informational interventions. Therefore, the training program evaluates the needs of the pregnant women, CTG functionality, and the means of improving expertise among nurses in the hospital.
This study involves the quantitative and qualitative analysis of data in a hospital in Saudi Arabia among nurses concerning the optimal utilization of the cardiotocography machine. In this case, the researcher evaluates the variables during the development of a training plan for the nurses. Apart from the assessment, the researcher integrates the trickle-down effect relative to the health index among the infants based on proficient prenatal care.
Background of the Study
Cardiotocography is a practice that highly affects the health index of a mother and the unborn child. It involves measurement of the fetal heart rate in addition to the contractions of the uterus. The initiative fosters a significant monitoring perspective of entities while determining the labor intensity to the woman. One of the key challenges hindering the efficiency among nurses in the hospital includes the misinterpretation of the cardiotocographic results. The problem stems from the essence of diversity among the staff from different countries with dynamic skill set and working cultural background. The main reason enshrines the distinction concerning the professional practice and ideological overview. Visual and computerized analysis stimulates the derivation of crucial information based on the welfare and the effect of certain habits. I will develop a CTG nurses’ training project for the sufficient observation of the fetal development while in the womb while determining the best birthing strategy. The advancement of computerization in the department demands the acquisition of necessary skill set for the nursing project in utilizing cardiotocography.
Statement of the Problem
The nursing sector received a report from Department of Risk Management articulating that certain issues negatively attribute the utilization of CTG insights. The issue poses the hindrance towards the determination of factors affecting the health index among the women and fetus. One of the major challenges among medical practitioners involves the insufficient supply of expertise in the maternal department (Sowmya et al., 2013). The electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation is an essential factor during prenatal care due to the provision of insights to integrate during the birth process and monitoring high risk of pregnancy. Discerning the CTG performance outlier contributes in the intensification of big data for in-depth evaluation of pregnant women. It is crucial to evaluate the major problem of misinterpretation of CTG outcomes due to the new practitioners from different countries and practicing distinct philosophical constructs. As a result, women encounter complications from the untimely manner among the professionals in performing an informed service delivery aspect.
Research Questions
- What are the key indicators of the maternal health index?
- What is the necessary skill set for nurses while handling pregnancy-based issues?
- What is the appropriate intervention program towards promoting training and development among the medical practitioners regarding antenatal care?
Description of the Training Development Project
The training project engulfs empowering the nurses with proficient skillset regarding the operability of CTG. It is an initiative that enhances the adoption of healthy practices between the personnel while intensifying the pool of knowledge. It is crucial to establish the key variables involving the cardiotocography to elevate the interdependent relationship. The derived insights further establish the significant gaps in the field that affect the service delivery system and the solution towards integrating technology with profound perspectives.
Significance of the Study to Nursing Practice
The study provides an in-depth analysis of training development among nurses on using dynamic technological tools amid pregnant women. The determination of a practical approach fosters the prominent aspect of improving healthcare services. Learning the optimal use of cardiotocography renders a significant advancement of service provision across the maternal department to elevate the quality of living.
Training Development
Topic
Based on the background information, it is crucial to establish a training program enhancing the skill set between the nurses concerning the use of cardiotocography. Understanding the utilization of the tool fosters the derivation of timely and actionable details among pregnant women in Saudi Arabia during clinical checkups. The training plan focuses on developing a scheduling aspect upon the integrative use of results on heartbeat rate, uterus contractions, and frequency for the unborn and the female counterpart. Various software and platforms facilitate the supervisory exercise, such as clinical decision, executive, and decision support systems for profound productivity (Salam & Al-Kharif, 2020). The utilization of dynamic components fosters improved performance among staff in delivery due to the ability to provide in-depth and objective details regarding the alternative solutions to specific pregnancy-related problems (Subashi et al., 2020). The main objective encapsulates contributing to the prevention of any undesired outcomes.
Significance in Nursing Practice
Record keeping in healthcare is an essential factor in monitoring patients’ performance and improvement based on the treatments. On the one hand, the documentation empowers professionals in the medical field with data focused on the effect of certain therapeutical aspects. On the other hand, the registration of medical conditions among pregnant women contributes in the development of a pathway for optimal correlation with the CTG results (Rahman et al., 2020). Technology rendered an optimal impact to the sufficiency in the investigation of emergent matters such as the increasing rate of lifestyle diseases and the alternatives to the disparities in accessibility of the services.
Incorporating information systems fosters the prominent management of details based on the easy accessibility of patients’ records across the institution. On the one hand, the technology provides a platform utilized in the administration of a clinic. It is an initiative that empowers employees with adequate knowledge and skills during service delivery due to sufficient insights. On the other hand, the structures formed a foundation for the concept of marginalized care regarding the balance between client interaction and the feeding of records (Alsaiari et al., 2019). Shepherd et al. (2019) argue that cultural multiplicity among nurses initially poses a barrier to optimal productivity. The healthcare industry spans disparate specialists whose role contributes to effective treatment strategies in hospital (Said & Ali, 2020). Although the controversy lies in the service experience, incorporating the clinical and administrative information systems enhances the optimal therapy among the participants, mainly under the spectrum of metaparadigm nursing (Brown, 2020). As a result, it is vital to assess the effectiveness of the arbitration strategies to improve the treatment and recovery process among pregnant women and the optimal fetal growth.
Purpose
The project’s purpose engulfs the development of a plan intensifying the expertise among nurses regarding the optimal use of cardiotocography. It is essential to establish the necessary measures to improve the standards of operations among medical practitioners during prenatal and maternal care. The conception process is a susceptible framework and demands the use of dynamic insights, mainly heartbeat rate and uterus contractions to assess the normal condition of the parties. The efficient exploitation of electrocardiography fosters the prevention of emergent complications.
Program
Problem and Needs Assessment
The study’s primary objective involves establishing the solution mainframe regarding the inefficiency among nurses in rendering prenatal care services among pregnant women. One of the significant aspects during checkups includes correct CTG interpretations and identifying any risks. However, nurses lack the necessary skill set to offer assistance to doctor during the examinations. Therefore, it is the responsibility of relevant stakeholders to develop a plan on empowering counterparts with the expertise as a strategy alleviating such conditions complicating the care due to wrong interpretation of the CTG results. Research by Alsaiari et al. (2019) indicates that Saudi Arabian parents highly appreciate certainty from the gathered insights on antenatal outcomes. This study aims at integrating the accelerating and decelerating techniques for the project training evaluation. Apart from training the professionals on computer tools, the Framework addresses the limits of engagements and interaction with patients.
Data Collection
The determination of an effective training development program enshrines the prominent use of dynamic initiatives satisfying the needs of patients. The sources of information encompass an intrinsic and extrinsic overview of approaches regarding diversity of policies on the use of cardiotocography (Rahman et al., 2020). However, the tool’s lack of utilization also exposes the medical practitioners towards unethical practice during conception. The main reason entails lack of adequate and actionable information. In this case, the training project steers the collection of data from primary and secondary materials to enhance objectivity and alleviate the bias margin.
Evaluation
The efficiency of training regards the use of scheming maps to establish the dynamic improvement in operations standards. In research by Cahapay (2021), learning is a process and essential tool within the healthcare sector cause of the trickle-down effect to optimal medical care. Apart from the questioning session, the nurses enhance the expertise through practice with assistance from the doctor in the readings and coherent interpretations. The application of the training knowledge will be followed up immediately after the end of the theoretical construct and taken through systematic tours of nursing quality department targeting the trainees.
Feedback
One of the key indicators of efficiency between nurses is the reflection of job performance through the increased prenatal and neonatal care among pregnant women. In this case, it is crucial to decide the integral approach on determining the effectiveness based on patients’ satisfactory remarks and competence of the medical practitioners. The primary role of nurses entails protecting the life of sick individuals (Cahapay, 2021). As a result, attaining feedback through distinct pillars renders proficient influence of the mainframe on the empowerment entity.
Used Training Development Theory
The utilized training development theory engulfs optimal assessment of induction approach involving the mentorship of distinct stakeholders. The construct involves incorporating dynamic strategies empowering personalities with critical initiatives for optimal improvement of performance outlier. Therefore, workers follow the established procedural Framework while on duty to boost their expertise. The mainframe attributes the vital insight among nurses on the exploitation of cardiotocography and the ideological care of the fetal and the woman while in maternal department.
Financial
The hospital persistently faces financial difficulties due to the demand for extra equipment and medication. The scarcity of resources negatively affects the quality of healthcare services among entities, hence incorporating the empowerment tool. Intensifying the expertise among medical practitioners fosters the spectrum on optimal management of available elements for highly competent standard operations. The main objective for the activity involves improving expertise among new employees while intensifying the efficiency within the hospital. The training project seeks to use a distinct formula to determine the budgetary costs and the outcomes. Using the tool that will be adopted for calculating costs, the equation involves calculating the training cost per employee equivalent to the total training cost divided by the total number of trainees. The low expense renders the strength of the project as a feasible study process across the industry. The total number of trainees comprises 5 while the training cost is $3,500.
Training cost per employee = $3,500/5 = $700
Eligibility Criteria
The eligible personnel for training include all nurses and employees in the maternity department within the hospital. Non-eligible individual comprises of the unqualified medical practitioners within the institutions. A significant percentage of the global population migrate from one region to another and the trend persists to the current date since 1800s (Alsadaan et al., 2021). In this case, it is vital to establish the inherent value of involving persons from diverse backgrounds, such as immigrant professionals, in the data collection process. In a different aspect, the trainers’ qualification enshrines at least five years of working experience within the maternity department and operating the cardiotocograph machine.
Timeline Table
Literature Review
Permission Considerations
Cardiotocography is a medical practice that highly affects the health index of a mother and the unborn child. The nursing department has sent a proposal for the training program to the Academic Affairs department for approval through continuing nursing education.
Summary and Conclusion
The training program takes four months for completion of the activity within the hospital. The study encompasses an integration of the theoretical and practical data to establish the outcome from the analysis. Therefore, the vital outlines from the training project include the acquisition of skills on cardiotocography utilization and the ability to interpret results to a patient independently. The aspect renders significant advancement in the standards of operations across the healthcare institutions, either public or private.
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