Introduction:

Professional improvement in nursing should be directed towards professional problems, which allows to raise the quality of its pedagogical and care performance.

Objective:

To characterize the professional development process of the nursing staff at Hospital Pediátrico Docente Provincial “Dr. Eduardo Agramonte Piña”, in Camagüey.

Methods:

A descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study was carried out at Hospital Pediátrico Docente Provincial “Dr. Eduardo Agramonte Piña” during January and June 2022. The sample consisted of 272 nurses who met the inclusion criteria. The variables studied were sex and age group, years of work experience, categories from undergraduate to bachelor's degree, postgraduate training activities, professionals linked to teaching, and participation in scientific activities at different levels. The data were obtained by applying a survey and reviewing the institution's personnel registry, as well as processed using the SPSS program (version 26.0) on a Pentium V computer.

Results:

There was a predominance of professionals between 20 and 29 years of age (29.0%), of the female sex (92.7%), with less than 5 years of professional experience (25%), mostly bachelor’s graduates (62.1%), and with no postgraduate training activities (64.3%). Only 3.3% had a teaching rank and participated in scientific events at the institutional level (9.9%).

Conclusions:

Professional improvement of the analyzed nursing staff is insufficient; therefore, training strategies should be designed and implemented to respond to this problem.

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