Effects of e-portfolios on developing professional awareness for cardiac nurses

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Abstract Introduction Professional electronic portfolios are becoming increasingly popular among nurses as a means of documenting their lifelong learning and self-reflection, as well as proving that they have fulfilled all of their licensure and certification criteria. An e-Portfolio can help nurses keep track of their renewal and registration paperwork in one location so that they can be updated and used in performance assessments and job applications. All nurses are obliged to participate in continuing professional development activities in order to maintain, update, and to improve their knowledge and practice. In addition, e-Portfolios allow nurses to assess their strengths and weaknesses. Also, establishing an e-Portfolio can help nurses develop a learning strategy to meet those needs. Aim To assess the nurses' feedback after developing their professional e-Portfolio. Process As part of their professional development, nurses at the Aswan Heart Centre were required to compile their professional development records. Even the most recent curriculum vitae (CV) was difficult for most nurses to locate.Using Google sites as the e-platform, the nursing education department established a method for generating the e-Portfolio in a systematic manner. The e-Portfolio contained all of the following dataset (Biography—CV—Nursing, leadership, or teaching philosophy—Teaching Perspective Inventory Result—Learning Style Result—Personality Type—Conflict Style—Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Analysis—Learning Action Plan—Professional Certificates—Research Activities).A brief guide was developed to assist nurses in developing the e-Portfolio to the same criteria. In addition, short courses were designed to assist them in creating a SWOT analysis and learning action plan. Survey Result There were 130 nurses who joined the process, and 70 nurses filled out the survey. What was the best part of creating your e-Portfolio?The majority of the staff members responded that they do collect their professional development records.What was the worst part of creating your e-Portfolio?The staff's biggest challenge during the platform’s development was time. Data Analysis Participants responded that use of the e-portfolio was a way to keep track of their own professional growth and gain a better understanding of who they are as well as help develop their professional identity as lifelong learners by approximately 70%.According to the responses from the participants, using the e-portfolio was a technique to boost their level of creativity as well as their level of proficiency with computer skills by around 65%. Recommendations Building and maintaining an e-Portfolio can also provide nurses with the ability to assess their skills and determine areas in which they require additional training, as well as to create a lifelong learning plan to meet these needs. Additional Content An author video to accompany this abstract is available on https://academic.oup.com/eurheartjsupp. Please click on the arrow next to ‘More Content’ and then click on ‘Author videos’.