December 4th, 2010 
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Analyzing A Nursing Continuing Education Opportunity
Author: Rita Henry
Continuing Education (CE) is vital for the further development of a nursing career, but you shouldn’t choose just any courses to add to your credentials. Each CE program that you choose should enhance your knowledge, make you a more valuable employee and further you on your career path. Evaluating your nursing continuing education opportunities for each of the following criteria can help you choose just the right courses to keep you on the right career and professional path.
Choose courses that enhance your ability to do your job. If your current position is in the school nursing environment, a continuing education course about the latest advances in ER technology isn’t likely to have much relevance to your job. On the other hand, some courses that seem to be irrelevant on the surface may have subtle connections that aren’t obvious at first glance. Is some of your school nursing time spent in a full-service on campus clinic? In that case, that emergency room CE course may just offer something of value.
Does it Enhance my Career Opportunities?
Even if you’re content in your position and have no plans to seek advancement, you should evaluate how a chosen continuing education course fits into your plans. The world of medicine changes every day, and so do expectations of nursing professionals. Keep your eye on advances in your chosen segment of the nursing field to be sure that the courses you choose keep you qualified for the jobs to which you aspire.
Is the Course Accredited?
If your main goal in taking nursing continuing education courses is to garner CE hours toward recertification or licensure, then accreditation is vital. Check to be sure that the courses you choose are accredited by The American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Is it Offered by Respected Professionals in the Field?
Do you recognize the names of the instructors, or of the institution offering the course you’re planning to take? Popularity isn’t always a measure of quality, but it is one way of checking the credentials of instructors and institutions. If you’re not familiar with either the instructors or the offering institutions, ask around. Nurses’ forums on the Internet are great places to find out about programs that you might be considering – and you’ll hear directly from professionals just like you whether or not the course material was helpful and suitable for your continuing education.
Is the Learning Style Accessible for You?
One often overlooked facet of evaluating a nursing course is personal learning style. No one knows better than you do whether you learn best with hands-on instruction, or can absorb more information if left to explore and gather it on your own. Choose classes that are conducted in your best learning style to get the most out of your continuing education hours.
Continuing education courses for nursing represent a substantial investment of your time and money. Take the time to evaluate each course that you plan to take to make sure that it meets all your expectations and needs.
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About the Author
Rita Henry is a contributing editor for Nursing Job Finder, the leading job and resource site for the Nursing Industry. Interested in receiving only the hottest Nursing job listings weekly for free? To learn more visit Nursing Job Finder.
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I am struggling in finding other things to add on this assignment. I am a student studying as a adult nurse, We have been given an assignment to write on at School. My topic is delegation in nursing and we have to write something about our continuing professional development in this topic. I have ran out of words to write, has anybody got some ideas to add on my continuing professional development in delegating. Thank you.
81yr old Dad (strokes) lent $5000+ to NURSE who has been doing toenails his home past few mths is it ILLEGAL?
In Canada – he has been offering to buy people things and also give money – I am his only living child and I take nothing although he put my name on his accounts since 2002, never took one penny or let him buy me so much as a coffee…I keep telling him that if his daughter doesn’t take his money, NO ONE should!! and I am on disability so I am extremely low income caring for adult autistic son and still do not take any. He just inherited $100,000 and I have a few people acting insane now…and this one nurse…he told me he was lending but said he didnt mean to tell me…and wouldnt tell me how much or to who…so since my name was on his accounts, I had a meeting at his bank when he “didn’t mean to tell me” again, that he was getting more money for someone,and I have a photocopy of the cheque with the nurse’s name on it and he will be VERY ANGRY if he knows, but I have reported to Social Worker and that also goes to Mental Health and other professional, but have not yet had return call from Soc. Worker, so do not know what will be done. No – I do not have POA, since another person involved has been telling my father that I am after his money and all sorts of other awful things…which of course, with my name on his accounts all these times, I would already have taken it, but although he trusts me with all that money, he will not do POA…he says he is afraid someone will “pull the plug” if he gives POA, which I and at least 3 mental health proffessional have all told him that if he does POA, he can add a directive that states how he wants his affairs, including medical directives all handled.
What is the law, if anyone knows so far as a medical professional taking large amounts of money from a patient (no this nurse was not a friend before so there is NO excuse).
I am certain that the Social Worker will have to do something about this immediately and I am guessing this will force the issue and the POA issue will be taken out of his hands and given to me, his only living adult competant relative. I hope this happens fast as he will have no money left for his care, if this continues. I will be speaking with another Nurse with more authority tomorrow, who has dealt with the other person (who has been calling Med. Professionals claiming to be his daughter and this nurse (the good one) dealt with her several times by phone before she found out she was not related and this nurse said that this fake daughter was acting very “abnormal” and that she had never dealt with any patient or family member who ever acted like her in all of her years at the MRSA clinic she heads. Poor Dad! People can be awful…and all over lousy money!!!
The story could go on and on, what has happened since October of last year with my father and my dear 94 yr old aunt who died after the wrong person came in from out of town to get POA and that resulted in her death in the nursing home because her POA told the Home to keep her there when she started to die after hip surg instead of doing what at least one nurse there said to do…send her to hospital…and thus the money my father inherited…and the will was not followed by that POA who also got Executrix and that one is now on possession of a few hundred thousand that she was not supposed to have either!! I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN WITH MY FATHER – one way or another this will get under control before this week is up!! I guess if the Dept of Soc Development does not deal with this once and for all, I suppose I will have to go withdraw some of that money and get a lawyer to ask a judge for POA and then simply arrange that he can only withdraw maybe no more than $1000 per month without my signature as well… that might work.
Thanks for any info and I would be interested in hearing of any other experiences like this and how things were resolved.
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Sorry this turned out to be very long, f you just scanned it…no prob, just a quick answer to the main question of if it is illegal for nurse to take or borrow large amounts of money from patient.
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STEPH: Yes, she is a registered nurse in Canada (New Brunswick)
It’s probably against her employer’s rules, and certainly unethical. Contact the licensing authority and let them know what happened. They should be able to tell you whether she is subject to professional discipline.