A Survey on the Motivational Factors Affecting Nurses Participating in job Training Programs: A Case Study of Nurses in General-Education Hospitals Affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Considering the essential role of nurses and scientific progress in the nursing care, nursing care presentation and excellent quality, will not be possible without training at job and this requires improving the motivation of nurses to participate in these programs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the motivational factors affecting nurses participate in job training program was conducted among nurses of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. A descriptive- analytical study carried out on 238 nurses working in 3 public teaching hospitals covered by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. A questionnaire consisting of two parts of demographic and nurses motivation to attend in-service training programs with 29 questions in 4 dimension of personal, organizational, professional factors and factors related to the planning of period that was set in the Likert 5 options. In order to analyze data, descriptive statistics and independent t-test and Anova and SPSS21 software was used. Among the four factors studied, the highest and lowest mean and standard deviation, respectively, was related to the professional (4.39±0.70) and institutional factors (3.03±0.62). Among hospitals the highest mean was related to Hospital B (4.08±0. 38). Between Professional and organizational factors and gender and well as planning with two variables, age and work experience of nurses; significant relationship was found. These results indicate that professional factors has great importance in planning the training courses for nurses in hospital centers and special attention should be paid And therefore the lack of attention to it in the long term, lead to reduce motivation for nurses to participate in these programs, consequently, reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of training courses.