Item

N (%)

Continuing nursing education pattern (multiple choices)

Hospital training

154 (77.0%)

Distance education

124 (62.0%)

Self-study

54 (27.0%)

Academic conferences/lectures

64 (32.0%)

Workshops

13 (6.5%)

Seminars

10 (5.0%)

Correspondence courses

19 (9.5%)

Other

17 (8.5%)

Advanced education

8 (4.0%)

Continuing nursing education contents (multiple choices)

New basic theoretic knowledge

143 (71.5%)

New nursing techniques

124 (62.0%)

Nursing teaching

72 (36.0%)

Nursing management

69 (34.5%)

Nursing safety

112 (56.0%)

Health management and health education

95 (47.5%)

Psychological nursing knowledge

34 (17.0%)

Nursing scientific research knowledge

11 (5.5%)

Behavioral and social science knowledge

18 (9.0%)

Reasons for no or rare participation in continuing nursing education (multiple choices)

217

No unit support

17 (7.8%)

No personal interest to continuing education

11 (5.1%)