The effects of continuing professional education on the clinical practice of nurses: a review of the literature

Wood, Ian

doi:10.1016/s0020-7489(98)00021-2

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“…Historically a great deal of discussion has occurred arguing whether nurses should be required to participate in mandatory CPD [22,24,41-50]. Currently there are no guidelines of what the CPD needs to consist of except that all health professionals tend to predominantly focus learning towards knowledge relevant to their current practice.…”

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Mandatory continuing professional development requirements: what does this mean for Australian nurses

2013

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BackgroundThis paper presents a discussion related to the recent decision in Australia to introduce mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for nurses. Historically there has been international debate surrounding mandatory CPD requirements; this debate is ongoing as Australian nurses face a diverse range of CPD offerings from a variety of providers.DiscussionThe purpose of this paper is to examine how mandatory CPD requirements for national nursing registration in Australia have evolved and to present an analysis of what this will mean for Australian nurses. What is yet to be determined is how to measure professional development and the effectiveness of professional development education. This is important to the international community with consensus in the literature that professional development is linked to ongoing education. Contradicting arguments are presented about whether this professional development should be mandatory.SummaryPresenting a contemporary discussion about the current and potential impact of mandatory CPD requirements for nurses, this discussion paper utilises the case of Australia’s current national policy and CPD operation to examine the choices that nurses make in order to fulfil their legislative requirements. Additional arguments are presented about the barriers nurses face in undertaking CPD. The quest for effective CPD is complex and should incorporate different situations for nurses and individual learning styles.

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Mandatory continuing professional development requirements: what does this mean for Australian nurses

2013

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“…The CPE and its value to nurses, their employers and service‐users is the topic of numerous review articles (see, for example, Barriball et al. 1992, Wood 1998, Furze & Pearcey 1999, Lawton & Wimpenny 2003). Moreover, the importance of investing in CPE for health professionals has received emphasis in numerous government policy documents (DoH 1998, 1999, 2000, National Audit Commission 2001).…”

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Commitment to nursing: results of a qualitative interview study

Gould¹,

Fontenla

2006

J Nurs Manag

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“…Recent developments within the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service, technological advances and changing health care needs require ever more innovative, flexible, knowledgeable and highly skilled nurses (DoH 1998, Wood 1998. In order to deliver these modern patient-centred services (DoH 2000, DoH 2007 there has been continued emphasis on the role expansion of nurses (DoH 1999b).…”

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“…These difficulties include time, money, work load pressures, lack of support, work pattern, and type of job (Barriball & While 1996, Wood 1998, Nolan et al 2000.…”

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An exploration of the continuing professional development needs of nurse independent prescribers and nurse supplementary prescribers who prescribe medicines for patients with diabetes

Carey

Courtenay

2009

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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University, for producing the statistical analysis reports 2 ABSTRACT BackgroundNurse Independent and Nurse Supplementary Prescribing has extended the role that nurses in the UK have in the management of care for patients with diabetes. Concerns surround nurses' pharmacological knowledge and provision of continuing professional development (CPD) to meet the needs of nurse prescribers. AimTo examine the CPD needs of nurses who prescribe medicines to patients with diabetes MethodsThe NMC database was used to randomly select and distribute questionnaires to 1992registered Nurse Independent/ Nurse Supplementary Prescribers. 1400 questionnaires were returned. Medicines for patients with diabetes were prescribed by 439respondents. This paper reports on the findings of these 439 nurses. ResultsThe majority (63%) of nurses worked in general practice. Over 80% reported CPD was available and that they had accessed it to support their prescribing role. Over 40% of nurses had CPD needs in the areas of prescribing policy, pharmacology for diabetes, and the management and treatment of diabetes related conditions. Senior nurses reported fewer CPD needs. ConclusionAccess and provision of CPD for nurse prescribers has improved since the initial implementation of nurse prescribing. However, nurse's pharmacological knowledge and the provision of CPD continue to be an area of concern which warrant further investigation. 3 RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICEPrevious concerns have been identified about the provision of CPD to meet the needs of nurse prescribers. Pharmacological knowledge is still the greatest CPD requirement of nurses who prescribe for patients with diabetes. Education providers may wish to consider developing the content of CPD programmes to meet these needs.

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The effects of continuing professional education on the clinical practice of nurses: a review of the literature

Cited by 42 publications

References 9 publications

Mandatory continuing professional development requirements: what does this mean for Australian nurses

Mandatory continuing professional development requirements: what does this mean for Australian nurses

Commitment to nursing: results of a qualitative interview study

An exploration of the continuing professional development needs of nurse independent prescribers and nurse supplementary prescribers who prescribe medicines for patients with diabetes

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