One need only to scan a newspaper or read a weekly magazine to
be astounded by the number of stories about new medical
breakthroughs, disease processes, emerging threats of disease,
or innovations in medical and health care technology. The World
Health Organization warns us to prepare for a potential
worldwide Bird Flu epidemic, terrorists threaten us with
chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and new protocols for
ACLS are released. How is a working nurse to keep up? Nursing
education provides the basic building blocks of medical,
scientific, and nursing knowledge, but competence in the nursing
profession requires an ongoing process of continuing education.
Continuing education for nurses is necessary for the nurse to
remain up to date with the latest practice issues and it is
necessary for patients safety as well. Some states have made
continuing education for nurses mandatory and require a certain
number of course credit hours be attained before license
renewal, or require certain mandatory course subj