2.6 Continuous Professional Development

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

2.6 Continues Nursing Development

Learning 1. Describe continuous
outcome professional development

Learning i. Continuous professional
experience development

1. Degree

2. Specialization

3. Master

4. Doctorate



What is • The Nursing Board Malaysia with the
Continuous cooperation from Continuing
Professional Professional Development (CPD) Unit,
Developmen Ministry of Health (MOH), has produce
t (CPD)? the Continuing Professional
Development Guidelines that
describes the activities of registered
nurses in relation to continuing
professional developments.

Definition of CPD in this context is defined as
CPD
• “a process of lifelong learning aimed at
meeting patients’ needs and improving
health outcomes by systemic
improvement and broadening of
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”.

Continuous • To maintain professional competence in an
Professional ever-changing technological environment
Developmen alongside numerous challenges, increasing
t (CPD) public expectations and demands for
quality and greater accountability, nurses
should embark in CPD.

• Nurses face these challenges in embracing
new methods of care delivery and
integration of new knowledge into
practice that will provide quality services
that is truly patient/client – centred.

The Malaysia Category Minimum annual CPD
Nursing Board points
recommends:
• Nursing Matron / Nursing Sister
- 35 points

• Registered Nurse - 25 points

• Assistant / Community Nurse -
15 points

OBJECTIVE • To enable nurses to maintain, improve
OF CPD and broaden their professional
knowledge, expertise and competency
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

Degree • 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
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.

Degree • 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.

• 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.

Specializatio • Concentrated area of expert clinical
n In Nursing practice with focused knowledge and
competencies.

• Nursing specialists study specific areas
within the field to become experts and
then test to prove that they have
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.

Master • 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
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.

Doctorate • Professional doctoral programs in nursing
(DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply
research findings to clinical nursing.

• Other doctoral programs emphasize more
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.