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LESOTHO
DEVELOPING A CONTINUING
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF NURSING PRACTICE THROUGH
LICENSURE RENEWAL IN LESOTHO
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LESOTHO
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Country Team/Quad
• ‘Makholu Lebaka, President of Lesotho Nurses Association
• ‘Mamohapi Flavia Moetsana-Poka, Registrar, Lesotho Nursing Council;
• ‘Mants’ebo Moji, Chief Nursing Officer • Tjoetso Veronica Lehana, Director Academic,
National Health Training College – Representing Nurse Training Institutions
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Country Team Picture
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Background • LNC was first established by Act No: 8 of 1966, now Nurses
and Midwives Act No: 12 1998, Draft Bill of 2008;
• Nursing Standards, Rules and Regulations, Scope of practice, Disciplinary Procedures and Code of conduct at varying stages of review
• Lesotho Nursing Council in the process of developing Strategic Plan
• Complaints that nurses and midwives are not given equal opportunities for capacity building
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Background Continued
• Health Sector Human Resource Needs assessment (2004) showed unsafe practices by health professionals
• The MoHSW developed national Continuing Education strategy for health professionals 2010.
• Health profession’s Councils were responsible to design the CPD program for their profession
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Lesotho in ARC Project
• The Lesotho Quad responded to call for Proposals
• Project Grant received in 2010
• The plan action developed with the following objectives
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Project Objectives
Introduce the concept of CPD to relevant stakeholders
Develop the CPD Program
To implement the CPD Program
To monitor and evaluate the CPD Program
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Project Activities • Held sensitization forums for Nurses, Midwives, Nursing Assistants
and other relevant stakeholders
• Developed CPD committee – Technical working group
• Developed, printed and distributed draft for CPD framework & logbook
• Held consultative meetings for feedback on draft
• Trained Nurses in charge of all Health facilities on usage of the CPD Logbook
• Conducted PILOT STUDY to assess the logbook usage;
• Reviewed Project implementation
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The CPD Technical Working Group
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Implementation Activities • Drafted communication strategy(flyers, brochure)
• Developed and printed the final CPD framework & logbook
• Proposed dates for Launch of the CPD program was 21st May 2012
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Budget • Lesotho Nursing Council opened a separate CPD project
account
• It covered a lot of project preparatory activities
• Reporting was done using the provided guidelines
• The major challenge was limited Accounting skills
• The funds were limited and did not cover all activities
• Submitted the new proposal for 2nd year grant to complete the CPD activities
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Next Steps
• Draw a schedule for supervisory visits and to pre-test a draft M&E tool
• Orient nurses in charge on CPD M&E
• Conduct supervisory visits
• Write a supervisory report (pilot district)
• Administer Evaluation tool and write Summative report for publication
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Lessons Learned • Achievements made in ARC year 1 surpass the challenges
• Strengthened collaboration of the National Quad beyond the ARC project
• Networking with other countries working on the same project
• The Nursing pioneered CPD can influence its use among other health professionals
• There is improvement in the re-licensure process
• There was appropriate tools, adequate support and guidance from the ARC Faculty
• There was a general buy-in from all stakeholders
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Challenges
• CPD was a new concept
• Information did not reach all the targeted users
• Competing agendas beyond the ARC project control affected commencement and progress
• The CPD program was developed for the professional Nurses & incurred adaptation costs for Nursing Assistants
• Limited time frame to complete project
• Change in the Quad members
• Delay in the Launch
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Thank You
Rea Leboha
Lebaka, Poka, Moji, Lehana
LESOTHO