Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

The NMBA Registration Standards are critical because they foster professionalism among registered nurses, ensuring perfection in their work (Gould, Kelly, Goldstone, & Maidwell, 2001). The necessary information is sought in order to conduct the analysis and guarantee that there are no unfavorable outcomes during therapy interventions. Because the world is made up of diverse communities, the standards are concerned with the interests of the beneficiaries and everyone subject to the actions. Some beliefs are religious in nature, while others are cultural in nature, and they are related to issues affecting clients’ adherence to medical procedures. Case studies are carried out and scientific test is done to ensure services offered to patients are of good qualities without bad side effects. The nurses also have to undergo thorough training and get experience to ensure right services are offered. In addition, the nurses are mandated to carry out activities in line with their areas of specialization without crossing boundaries. It is of good help in promoting competence and growth in the field results to perfection. Development of new ideas is encouraged as growth and expansion is experienced. This leads to the achievement of objectives and fulfillment of goals in the medical world. The patients find satisfactory and find hope of living a healthy life.

Question 2

CPD

CPD refers to the process of recognizing and recording the skills, experience and ideas acquired during the period of one’s profession (Gould, Drey, & Berridge, 2007). People get exposed to the environment at different angles while performing their formal duties. New ideas come up and in many occasions contribute to the development of their professions. The standards explain that the nurses need to be equipped with knowledge both formally and informally. It puts into consideration, what else the nurse has grasped during the experience at a given time. CPD helps to expose the gaps in personnel’s duties which triggers up more requirement that was apparently unseen. It helps one remember their cumulative achievements and the steps they have taken ahead. A person can remain on the right track to achieve the goals with the help of CPD. Furthermore, CPD helps keep a record of professional experiences. It provides a review of work experience helping one to decide whether to continue in the field or change their career. However, during the work experience, nurses also encounter shortcomings and make mistakes. CPD helps them to identify the problems and consider correcting them. Perfection will eventually increase the quality of service delivery hence reduced the prevalence of diseases.

Template for Assessment 2

Date

Source or Provider details

Identified Learning Needs

Action Plan

Type of Activity

Description of topics covered during activity and outcome

Reflection on activity and specification to practice

No./Title/Description of evidence provided

CPD Hours

21.8.17

Nurses for Nurses network.

Identifying the barriers for asthma adherence. strategies to support the patient to improve adherence.

Get awareness and knowledge about adherence.

Solving asthma adherence problems.

Self-directed learning.

What are the barriers for asthma adherence and strategies to improve adherence.

Understanding the barriers of asthma adherence and how I can improve the patient’s condition in my nursing practice.

This learning objective helped me know how to plan the curbing of the barriers of adherence.

Now I have the knowledge of asthma adherence and my knowledge and skills has improved and ability to control asthma in health care.

Certificate of completion.

1 hour

23.8.17

Nurses for Nurses network.

I need to learn more about the management of the oxygen in health care facilities and education requirement to the clients in home so that I can promote clients safety at home and in my professional practice.

Review oxygen therapy management and client education.

Self-directed learning.

Explore oxygen therapy and its management in Hospital. Also what education requires assisting the client in using oxygen therapy. Fully knowledge of oxygen therapy either for acute or chronic clients and the education of using this therapy for client at home.

This information has widened my take on the need to understand oxygen therapy. This also brings ideas on strategies to be used in client education on the same.

Certificate of completion.

1 hour

24.8.17

National Medicine Wise training.

I want to learn the inhaled medicines management in COPD with minimal side effects because I want to minimize the side effects to the clients.

Management of inhaled medicines with COPD clients.

Reduce the side effects of these medicines.

Self-directed learning (Case Study).

The management of inhaled medicines with COPD clients and how we can reduce the side effects of it.Also what are the practice points for these medicines.

Fully knowledge of inhaled medicines management and ensure optimal symptom with minimal side effects in COPD.

Understood the effects of inhaled medicines and the intensity of its side effects. This enables me to find a way of preventing the occurrence of side effects to COPD clients. In case of a side effect which action to be taken to stop it keeping in mind that COPD is an acute illness.

Certificate of completion.

1 hour

26.8.17

Life in the Fast lane.

I want to learn what are the ECG Rate and Rhythm.

Also ECG leads positioning to be more accurate and profession in ECG at my scop of practice.

Review the normal rhythm for adults and children.

Allocate the 12 leads of ECG.

What are the types of ECG and how to read them?

Self-directed learning.

Rates and Rhythms of ECG.

12 leads positioning and how you allocate them.

I understood the 12 leads of ECG and how I can read it accordingly and the types of ECG that it will be helpful in my nursing practice.

There is more knowledge on rates and rhythm of ECG and how to accurately identify abnormal rates when dealing with a client. Mostly when dealing with clients with heart related problems where the blood pressure is altered.

Documented as I learned.

2 hours

26.8.17

Medical-surgical nursing: critical thinking for person-centred care V3.

It’s important to me to learn more about how I response to altered respiratory function due to using the best assessment on clients and accurate diagnose.

Important observations for assessing a client’s respiratory system.

Describing physiology and functions of the respiratory system.

Self-directed learning ( in text book )

The respiratory system functions.

Physical assessment and gas transport.

Understanding how to do physical assessment to the clients and abnormal findings. Also demonstrate accurate interpretation of data obtained from a client that needs to review their respiratory system.

Well informed on how to carry out comprehensive assessment which helps to critically analyse on the intervention activities.

Developed my nursing skills into the scope of practice and using the best respiratory assessments for the clients to promote a safe practice.

Documented as I learned.

2 hours

27.8.17

Stroke care : a nursing perspective

I want to learn nursing care for client who had stroke and the risks factors of it to get the best care that would improve their health and minimise the risks factors of srtoke.

Review the risks factors of stroke and nursing care needs for it.

Self-directed learning (Article).

Identifying the main areas of nursing care for clients with stroke and what are the main risks factors.

Fully knowledge about the risks factors of the stroke and what specific care needs for a clients who had a stroke to promote patient safety and care.

Helped in formulation of specific care plan in line with the analysed assessment findings.

Helped in identification of specific risk factors of stroke and therefore able to develop strategies on how to prevent them.

Documented as I learned.

1 hour

28.8.17

Emergency treatment of asthma

I want to learn the emergency treatment of asthma so that I can reduce the risk of such emergency and improve client’s respiratory system.

Get knowledge of emergency treatment of asthma and the first aid of it.

Self-directed learning (Article).

Initial assessment in the emergency department and the treatment.

Medications for asthma, management of respiratory insufficiency and client education on asthma control.

I Totally understood the first aid for emergency of asthma and the medications that would control asthma and the management of it. Also how to educate the patient in controlling this disease and about inhaler technique.

It’s a good article which achieved my care plan by explaining asthma treatment and how to control it.

Gained information that improved my knowledge in nursing skills on asthma, especially in case of emergency. For example in first aid performance.

Documented as I learned.

2 hours

30.8.17

Advances in Prevention and Treatment of Stroke and TIA

I want to learn about Stroke and transient ischemia attack (TIA) prevention and treatment because it’s an important to me as a nurse to know the different between Stroke and TIA and apply into my nursing practice.

Understanding the prevention and treatment of stroke and TIA.

Review the different between them.

Self-directed learning (Article).

Primary and secondary prevention.

Acute management and rehabilitation.

Fully knowledge of the different between stroke and TIA. Also, the prevention and the nursing care need of these diseases.

Got a comprehensive description stroke and TIA, causes, symptoms and this has helped in development of a good treatment plan.

As a nurse I will be able to perform a good care for a stroke or TIA patient and be aware that the TIA is a sign of stroke so I can reduce the risk of patient from having a stroke.

Documented as I learned.

1 hour

Reference

Gould, D., Kelly, D., Goldstone, L., & Maidwell, A. (2001). The changing training needs of clinical nurse managers: exploring issues for continuing professional development. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34(1), 7-17.

Hughes, E. (2005). Nurses’ perceptions of continuing professional development. Nursing Standard, 19(43), 41-49.

Gould, D., Drey, N., & Berridge, E. J. (2007). Nurses’ experiences of continuing professional development. Nurse education today, 27(6), 602-609.