6.5 CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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PERSONAL AND





PROFESSIONAL






DEVELOPMENT







2.6 Continues Nursing Development

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Learning 1. Describe continuous





outcome professional development

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i. Continuous professional


development
Learning 1. Degree





experience 2. Specialization


3. Master



4. Doctorate

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What is • The Nursing Board Malaysia with the





Continuous cooperation from Continuing

Professional Development (CPD) Unit,

Ministry of Health (MOH), has produce
Professional the Continuing Professional


Development Guidelines that

Development describes the activities of registered


nurses in relation to continuing

(CPD)? professional developments.

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CPD in this context is defined as



• “a process of lifelong learning aimed at

meeting patients’ needs and improving


Definition of health outcomes by systemic

improvement and broadening of


CPD knowledge, understanding and skills in
the development of personal qualities

which are necessary for the execution


of professional duties, including the

acquisition of new roles and

responsibilities”.

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• To maintain professional competence in an

ever-changing technological environment
Continuous alongside numerous challenges, increasing


public expectations and demands for

Professional quality and greater accountability, nurses

should embark in CPD.


Development • Nurses face these challenges in embracing





(CPD) new methods of care delivery and

integration of new knowledge into

practice that will provide quality services

that is truly patient/client – centred.

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Category Minimum annual CPD



The Malaysia points


• Nursing Matron / Nursing

Nursing Board Sister - 35 points





recommends: • Registered Nurse - 25 points


• Assistant / Community Nurse -


15 points

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• To enable nurses to maintain, improve

OBJECTIVE and broaden their professional


knowledge, expertise and competency

OF CPD to meet their obligation to provide

ethical, effective, safe and competent

practice.












http://nursing.moh.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CPD-
NURSES-GUIDELINE-EDISI-2018-edited-7-JAN-2019.pdf

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• The Nursing (Hons.) programme


in most of University in Malaysia


is four years duration and


incorporates a substantial


amount of guided clinical

practice in hospitals and health



Degree care settings as well as a range of

campus-based theoretical and


laboratory-based teaching /

learning activities.










Joseph T. Catalano. (2012). NURSING NOW!: Today’s Issues,

Tomorrow’s Trends, 6th ed. F. A. Davis Company: USA.

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• After obtaining a baccalaureate degree in nursing,
nurses can pursue graduate education leading to a
master’s or doctoral degree.





• A nurse completing a graduate program can receive
a master’s degree in nursing.





Degree • The graduate degree provides the advanced
clinician with strong skills in nursing science and
theory, with emphasis on the basic sciences and
research-based clinical practice.





• Nurse manager positions usually require at least a

baccalaureate degree in nursing, and director and
nurse executive positions generally require a
master’s degree.

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• Concentrated area of expert clinical
practice with focused knowledge and

competencies.






• Nursing specialists study specific areas
Specialization within the field to become experts and


then test to prove that they have

In Nursing mastered the skills needed to work in the
area.






• Instead of providing the routine care a

registered nurse does, specialist nurse are
directly involved in the treatment and

diagnosis of their patients.







Joseph T. Catalano. (2012). NURSING NOW!: Today’s Issues,
Tomorrow’s Trends, 6th ed. F. A. Davis Company: USA.

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• A master’s degree in nursing is important for the
roles of nurse educator and nurse administrator,

and it is required for an advanced practice
registered nurse





• Most students who enter master’s degree
programs attend classes on a part-time basis

while they are working and may take up to 5
Master years to complete the requirements.






• Many universities have recognized this trend and
have tailored their programs to meet the needs
of these part-time students; universities now

offer courses over the Internet, distance
education in the evening and on weekends, or 1-
day-aweek programs.









Joseph T. Catalano. (2012). NURSING NOW!: Today’s Issues,
Tomorrow’s Trends, 6th ed. F. A. Davis Company: USA.

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• Professional doctoral programs in nursing

(DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply
research findings to clinical nursing.






• Other doctoral programs emphasize more


Doctorate basic research and theory and award the
research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy

(PhD) in nursing.






• The major purpose of early doctoral
degrees was to prepare the individual to

conduct advanced research in a particular

area of interest.








Joseph T. Catalano. (2012). NURSING NOW!: Today’s Issues,
Tomorrow’s Trends, 6th ed. F. A. Davis Company: USA.

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