ERIC Number: ED090446
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1974
Pages: 16
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Standards for Continuing Education in Nursing.
American Nurses' Association, New York, NY.
The quality of health care depends to a large degree on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of practicing nurses. Continuing education is one way nurses can maintain competence and meet the standards of their profession. Continuing education in nursing consists of planned learning experiences beyond a basic nursing educational program. Providers of continuing education programs might collaborate with other health professionals, nursing personnel, community agencies, and consumers of health care services in the development of continuing education offerings. The American Nurses' Association (ANA), the individual nurse, the faculty, and the employers all have an area of responsibility in continuing education. The ANA has enumerated standards regarding the program, resources, and evaluation of nursing continuing education. The continuing education unit (CEU) is recognized as a means for recognizing participation in nonacademic credit educational offerings on a systematic basis. It should be used in that context only in a nursing Continuing Education Recognition Program. A 3-page glossary is included.) (AG)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education Units, Credits, Glossaries, Leadership Responsibility, Medical Education, Noncredit Courses, Nurses, Nursing, Nursing Education, Professional Associations, Standards
American Nurses' Association, 2420 Pershing Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64108 ($1.00)
Publication Type: Guides - General
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Authoring Institution: American Nurses' Association, New York, NY.
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