The Master's thesis assesses the professional development policy of nursing professionals in Lithuania. Theoretical aspects ofp rofessional qualification improvement are discussed: the concepts of competence and qualification, components of competence of nursing professionals are defined, continuing professional development in the context of lifelong learning is analyzed. The thesis also examines the human resource management, focused on the effectiveness of professional development, and assessment of competencies. The paper also analyzes the legal acts, regulating professional development of nurses in Lithuania. In order to assess the opinion of nursing professionals on the effectiveness of the compulsory qualification system in the human resource development strategy, a quantitative research – questionnaire survey – was carried out. SPSS 22 was used to analyze the research data. Conclusions and practical recommendations are presented at the end of the thesis.
The Master's thesis assesses the professional development policy of nursing professionals in Lithuania. Theoretical aspects ofp rofessional qualification improvement are discussed: the concepts of competence and qualification, components of competence of nursing professionals are defined, continuing professional development in the context of lifelong learning is analyzed. The thesis also examines the human resource management, focused on the effectiveness of professional development, and assessment of competencies. The paper also analyzes the legal acts, regulating professional development of nurses in Lithuania. In order to assess the opinion of nursing professionals on the effectiveness of the compulsory qualification system in the human resource development strategy, a quantitative research – questionnaire survey – was carried out. SPSS 22 was used to analyze the research data. Conclusions and practical recommendations are presented at the end of the thesis.
Changes in education are the inevitable and complex process, which is influenced by fast globalization, changing economical, social and political conditions, development of information and communication technologies. Traditional teaching is oriented only towards knowledge transmission and reception; it is not yet effective in preparing pupils for activities of unknown future and constant changes. In the context of these changes the school implements the pedagogical system, which experiences transformation, its elements, interrelationship and didactic processes change.
Changes in education are the inevitable and complex process, which is influenced by fast globalization, changing economical, social and political conditions, development of information and communication technologies. Traditional teaching is oriented only towards knowledge transmission and reception; it is not yet effective in preparing pupils for activities of unknown future and constant changes. In the context of these changes the school implements the pedagogical system, which experiences transformation, its elements, interrelationship and didactic processes change.
Changes in health care pose an increasing number of organizational challenges. One of them is to ensure well-organized, high-quality, safe and competent nursing care professionals. While training of nurses is compulsory in Lithuania, it is important to assess the needs of nurses' professional development, taking into account their existing and missing competences, as well as to ensure that the knowledge acquired by nurses is used as effectively as possible in practice. Subject of the study: Improvement of the professional competencies of nurses. Problem: How does competences improvement meet the needs of nurses? Aim of the study: Examination of the improvement of the professional competence of nurses. The tasks of the research: To analyse theoretical aspects of the improvement of the professional competence of nurses; to examine the legal regulation of the professional development of nurses; to analyze the assessment of the professional competence of nurses; to identify the need and frequency of the improvement of professional competences of nurses; to examine the factors affecting the frequency and need of the improvement of competences. Study methods: analysis of scientific literature, documents and legislation, questionnaire survey, statistical analysis: descriptive statistics, weighted averages and frequencies in percentage, cross frequency tables, estimated correlation of Spearman, Cronbach alpha criterion, non-parametric criteria Kruskal Wallis test Conclusions: Nurses professional competence can be described as acquired knowledge, skills, understanding and experience in the exercise of their professional role, compliance with the standards required for the organisation and specific workplace. It is important not only to develop it, but also to assess the needs of competence development, and to ensure the ability to acquire and realise the necessary competences at work. Nurses acquire professional competences during nursing studies and continuously expand their professional qualifications according to the procedure established by Health Ministry. The definition of competences is the subject of discussion. There is no single definition or pattern of care competence, but they all have common elements. The study found that nurses feel the need for improvement in all competence groups, the need for improvement and frequency were mostly influenced by the age of respondents, and less often by education. The most important areas for improvement are personal characteristics, peer support and legal knowledge. The least developed competences were related to training activities. The main influences on the selection of vocational training courses are the subject of courses, the number of hours of improvement received, and the convenience of place and time. Most of all, nurses lack knowledge about their day-to-day activities in vocational training courses, such as practical skills, information technology and psychology and legal knowledge. Work structure: The first part of the thesis deals with professional development, its impact on workers and organizations, the development of the skills of nurses, their relationship with their careers, regulation, competence development and evaluation. The second part of the work presents the results of the quantitative study relating to the improvement of the professional competence of nurses, the factors influencing the choice of competence improvement courses, and the skills that nurses miss in improving competences. Conclusions and recommendations shall be provided.
Changes in health care pose an increasing number of organizational challenges. One of them is to ensure well-organized, high-quality, safe and competent nursing care professionals. While training of nurses is compulsory in Lithuania, it is important to assess the needs of nurses' professional development, taking into account their existing and missing competences, as well as to ensure that the knowledge acquired by nurses is used as effectively as possible in practice. Subject of the study: Improvement of the professional competencies of nurses. Problem: How does competences improvement meet the needs of nurses? Aim of the study: Examination of the improvement of the professional competence of nurses. The tasks of the research: To analyse theoretical aspects of the improvement of the professional competence of nurses; to examine the legal regulation of the professional development of nurses; to analyze the assessment of the professional competence of nurses; to identify the need and frequency of the improvement of professional competences of nurses; to examine the factors affecting the frequency and need of the improvement of competences. Study methods: analysis of scientific literature, documents and legislation, questionnaire survey, statistical analysis: descriptive statistics, weighted averages and frequencies in percentage, cross frequency tables, estimated correlation of Spearman, Cronbach alpha criterion, non-parametric criteria Kruskal Wallis test Conclusions: Nurses professional competence can be described as acquired knowledge, skills, understanding and experience in the exercise of their professional role, compliance with the standards required for the organisation and specific workplace. It is important not only to develop it, but also to assess the needs of competence development, and to ensure the ability to acquire and realise the necessary competences at work. Nurses acquire professional competences during nursing studies and continuously expand their professional qualifications according to the procedure established by Health Ministry. The definition of competences is the subject of discussion. There is no single definition or pattern of care competence, but they all have common elements. The study found that nurses feel the need for improvement in all competence groups, the need for improvement and frequency were mostly influenced by the age of respondents, and less often by education. The most important areas for improvement are personal characteristics, peer support and legal knowledge. The least developed competences were related to training activities. The main influences on the selection of vocational training courses are the subject of courses, the number of hours of improvement received, and the convenience of place and time. Most of all, nurses lack knowledge about their day-to-day activities in vocational training courses, such as practical skills, information technology and psychology and legal knowledge. Work structure: The first part of the thesis deals with professional development, its impact on workers and organizations, the development of the skills of nurses, their relationship with their careers, regulation, competence development and evaluation. The second part of the work presents the results of the quantitative study relating to the improvement of the professional competence of nurses, the factors influencing the choice of competence improvement courses, and the skills that nurses miss in improving competences. Conclusions and recommendations shall be provided.
When Europe entered into Knowledge age, the models of education, training, life and job of society's members began to change very expeditiously. Career counsellors must give qualitative information about possibilities of training and placement, services of vocational orientation which correspond with individual and society needs for people, develop social activity and responsibility of people about their one career. Only competent career counsellors can properly and effectively realize such aims. Enlarged unemployment which was created by financial crisis in Lithuania and social pressure modified the character of career counsellors' activity. Because of this the results of career counsellors training needs surveys, which were made some years ago, couldn't correspond with situation in nowadays. The qualification of career counsellors and its requirements were formally determined only two years ago. The system of career counsellors' qualification development isn't effective till now. Career counsellors lack knowledge and skills which are important for guarantee of effectiveness and quality of their activity. The problem of the paper is related with training needs of career counsellors. In a purpose to afford qualitative services of vocational information and counselling career counsellors must constantly brush up and deepen their professional knowledge and develop skills. Changeable economical, political and societal environment sustain the need of training all the life of career counsellors too. On the other hand, the needs of Lithuanian career counsellors are not identified; there is a lack of empirical studies in this area. The object of the paper is the career counsellors' professional development needs. The research question is formulated: what knowledge and skills have to get career counselors who work in Labour Exchange by seeking to offer qualitative services of vocational information and counselling? The aim of the paper is to reveal the career counsellors' professional development needs. In order to achieve this aim such goals were set up: to define the service of career counselling; to review the functions and skills of career counsellors; to evaluate the knowledge and skills of career counsellors in an area of career counselling. The results of survey reveal that knowledge and skills of majority of respondents are not sufficient. Individuals who have more knowledge about career counselling are susceptible to value their counselling skills better than other ones. Career counsellors have good social skills, they have ability to use information technologies, to train, to organize and plan counselling, to do personality research. On the other hand, their skills to do research of job world state and tendencies, to design career and related with qualifications are insufficient. The obtained results of the study will have practical use for developing of career counselors' training programmes in Labour Exchange.
When Europe entered into Knowledge age, the models of education, training, life and job of society's members began to change very expeditiously. Career counsellors must give qualitative information about possibilities of training and placement, services of vocational orientation which correspond with individual and society needs for people, develop social activity and responsibility of people about their one career. Only competent career counsellors can properly and effectively realize such aims. Enlarged unemployment which was created by financial crisis in Lithuania and social pressure modified the character of career counsellors' activity. Because of this the results of career counsellors training needs surveys, which were made some years ago, couldn't correspond with situation in nowadays. The qualification of career counsellors and its requirements were formally determined only two years ago. The system of career counsellors' qualification development isn't effective till now. Career counsellors lack knowledge and skills which are important for guarantee of effectiveness and quality of their activity. The problem of the paper is related with training needs of career counsellors. In a purpose to afford qualitative services of vocational information and counselling career counsellors must constantly brush up and deepen their professional knowledge and develop skills. Changeable economical, political and societal environment sustain the need of training all the life of career counsellors too. On the other hand, the needs of Lithuanian career counsellors are not identified; there is a lack of empirical studies in this area. The object of the paper is the career counsellors' professional development needs. The research question is formulated: what knowledge and skills have to get career counselors who work in Labour Exchange by seeking to offer qualitative services of vocational information and counselling? The aim of the paper is to reveal the career counsellors' professional development needs. In order to achieve this aim such goals were set up: to define the service of career counselling; to review the functions and skills of career counsellors; to evaluate the knowledge and skills of career counsellors in an area of career counselling. The results of survey reveal that knowledge and skills of majority of respondents are not sufficient. Individuals who have more knowledge about career counselling are susceptible to value their counselling skills better than other ones. Career counsellors have good social skills, they have ability to use information technologies, to train, to organize and plan counselling, to do personality research. On the other hand, their skills to do research of job world state and tendencies, to design career and related with qualifications are insufficient. The obtained results of the study will have practical use for developing of career counselors' training programmes in Labour Exchange.
When Europe entered into Knowledge age, the models of education, training, life and job of society's members began to change very expeditiously. Career counsellors must give qualitative information about possibilities of training and placement, services of vocational orientation which correspond with individual and society needs for people, develop social activity and responsibility of people about their one career. Only competent career counsellors can properly and effectively realize such aims. Enlarged unemployment which was created by financial crisis in Lithuania and social pressure modified the character of career counsellors' activity. Because of this the results of career counsellors training needs surveys, which were made some years ago, couldn't correspond with situation in nowadays. The qualification of career counsellors and its requirements were formally determined only two years ago. The system of career counsellors' qualification development isn't effective till now. Career counsellors lack knowledge and skills which are important for guarantee of effectiveness and quality of their activity. The problem of the paper is related with training needs of career counsellors. In a purpose to afford qualitative services of vocational information and counselling career counsellors must constantly brush up and deepen their professional knowledge and develop skills. Changeable economical, political and societal environment sustain the need of training all the life of career counsellors too. On the other hand, the needs of Lithuanian career counsellors are not identified; there is a lack of empirical studies in this area. The object of the paper is the career counsellors' professional development needs. The research question is formulated: what knowledge and skills have to get career counselors who work in Labour Exchange by seeking to offer qualitative services of vocational information and counselling? The aim of the paper is to reveal the career counsellors' professional development needs. In order to achieve this aim such goals were set up: to define the service of career counselling; to review the functions and skills of career counsellors; to evaluate the knowledge and skills of career counsellors in an area of career counselling. The results of survey reveal that knowledge and skills of majority of respondents are not sufficient. Individuals who have more knowledge about career counselling are susceptible to value their counselling skills better than other ones. Career counsellors have good social skills, they have ability to use information technologies, to train, to organize and plan counselling, to do personality research. On the other hand, their skills to do research of job world state and tendencies, to design career and related with qualifications are insufficient. The obtained results of the study will have practical use for developing of career counselors' training programmes in Labour Exchange.
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government.
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government.
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government.
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government.
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government.
Dissertation analyses the institution of professional self-government in Lithuanian public law. In Lithuanian legal system self-government organizations should be considered as the expression of civil society, where the state power is decentralized to a certain extent and the right to deal with a number of important issues is granted to citizens. Professional self-government organizations are among the most interesting forms of self- government, which, however, has been the least studied in the Lithuanian legal doctrine. Therefore, they do not have clearly defined (or reconstructed) legal traditions. Professional self-government organizations face new challenges, such as constant change in regulation of their activities, imposed obligations to respect the principle of responsible governance and to ensure freedom of fair competition, and initiatives to restrict and even abolish their right to self-government. The research covers the following aspects: relationship of professional self-government with other forms of self-government, constitutional status of professional self- government, properties defining professional self-government, bodies implementing professional self- government, organizational structure of professional self-government, functions exercised by professional self-government and its financing, the relationship between professional self-government and state institutions, as well as the elements specific to the legal status of professional self-government.
