Continuous Professional Development in Perioperative Nursing

Continuous Professional Development for Midwives

The South African government implemented a compulsory one year community service strategy to address the shortage of human resources in the health sector since 1998. Medical practitioners (1999), dentists (2000) and pharmacists (2001) and other seven professional groups followed in 2003 and in July 2004. The nursing profession followed after the Health Minister’s announcement, the processing of...

Keeping my professional development continuous

Transforming Roles of Nursing Professional Development Practitioners.

This research was undertaken to delineate the future role of nursing professional development (NPD) specialists. Using a modified e-Delphi technique, seven key roles for NPD (partner for practice transitions, learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion of scientific inquiry, and advocate for NPD specialty) and their concomitant competencies evolved. Results of this study inform...

Nursing Professional Development Organizational Value Demonstration Project.

A common question nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners ask is, "How many NPD practitioners should my organization have?" This study examined correlations among facility size and structure, NPD practitioner characteristics and time in service, and organizational outcomes. Organizations with a higher rate of NPD full-time equivalents per bed had higher patient satisfaction with nu...

Perioperative nursing.

" skipper, " coordinating patient care and case flow of the surgical suite. This role gives nurses autonomy and the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team. Other perioperative nurse roles are: certified registered nurse first assistant (CRNFA), specialty service leader, and perioperative nurse specialist. With perioperative nursing, the nursing process is used to assess, plan, and im...