摘要："Background: There are not many published studies to assess professional development among nurses in relation to nursing services provided in different departments of the hospital and also on importance of professional development among nursing in India. This prompted the investigator to evaluate the existing professional development program. Objectives of the study were to evaluate the current professional development training program provided to the nursing staff, assess the role of these professional development training program on nurses and contribution to their functioning and evaluate the impact that the hospital attains through the professional development in nursing. Method: Descriptive cross sectional study which involved one-to-one interview of randomly selected 70 nursing staff working in various departments of a teaching, tertiary care hospital in Bangalore. Results: Most of the participants were young, who had completed GNM Nursing with 2 – 3 years of work experience as staff nurse. Nurses with less education and less experience wanted to learn and know more about recent advances. All participants agreed that professional development classes were beneficial both for their personnel development and in improving their quality of nursing care provided to people. Conclusion: Professional development trainings are beneficial both to the hospital and participants."
