CCYN Member Survey 2017 Summary of Findings

CCYN Member survey 2017 – Summary of findings

The NZNO College of Child and Youth Nurses (CCYN) undertook a survey of members in early March 2017 to better understand current and potential member characteristics and interests, to inform how CCYN might best support child and youth nurses, and advocate for improved outcomes for children and youth. An email with a link to the electronic survey was sent to current and recent members of the college, and recipients were invited to forward it to colleagues who also worked with children and youth and their families, to encourage the widest possible response. The findings include:

Barriers to CCYN membership: 45.2% of respondents were not aware of CCYN before completing the survey, and 12.3% felt that the levy cost is a barrier.

CCYN’s strengths: 50% of respondents to this question said that information-sharing/communication and promoting connection is a strength, while 45.6% said they were not sure.

Suggested changes for CCYN: 20.5% of respondents recommended that CCYN improved the visibility of the college, while 15.4% called for CCYN to share more information on current issues, and 15.4% were not sure about changes.

Likelihood of recommending CCYN membership to others: According to the software calculations for such questions, just 19% of respondents were considered to be ‘promoters’ of CCYN

Responses about SNIPS bi-monthly e-newsletter: 40% respondents found SNIPS to be useful and 26.7% found it informative while 10% found the information to be ‘jumbled’ and overfull.

Professional Development:

Most respondents (60.3%) accessed in-service education days, and the next most frequently marked response was reading professional journals (26.7%)

The most popular day of the week for attending PD was Wednesday (29.5%), followed by Friday (22.7%).

The most popular time of day for attending PD was tied between “school hours” and “afternoons” (28.9% each), and “lunchtime” and “Morning” tied next on 18.1% each.

The topics with most responses were mental health (21.3%) and nutrition/overweight (16.9%)

The NZ Child Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF):

Use of the KSF ranged from “I haven’t used it (yet)” (32.5%), to reporting its use in preparing education (17.5%) and guiding of individual clinical practice (10%)

Ways CCYN could support greater use of the KSF included improving nurses’ awareness of it (29.2%), and providing time for nurses to become familiar with it (20.8%)

Other activities CCYN should be involved in: Nearly a quarter of respondents asked CCYN to lobby for child and youth health issues and resources, and 14.3% asked for liaison with other clinical networks/feedback. 28.6% said they didn’t identify any other activities for CCYN involvement.

The CCYN Committee will soon review the draft report of the survey responses and develop a work plan in response to the findings.

Following the review, the final report will be accessible through the CCYN web-page and members informed of this.

Thanks to all that participated.