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Jeanne B Jenkins¹, Elaine L Smith

¹Continuing Education Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA. jenkins.jeanne@yahoo.com

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Nursing professional development specialists can enhance nursing practice by designing effective learning activities. This article outlines a step-by-step method for creating continuing education programs using the nursing process framework.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Professional Development

Background:

Increasing expectations for nursing professional development specialists to create learning activities.
Importance of these activities for achieving excellence in nursing practice.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a structured, step-by-step approach for developing continuing education programs.
To utilize the nursing process as an organizing framework for program development.

Main Methods:

Application of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation) as a framework.
Step-by-step guide for designing and implementing learning activities.

Main Results:

A clear, replicable framework for developing continuing education programs.
The nursing process provides a systematic approach to educational program design.

Conclusions:

The nursing process is an effective framework for developing continuing education programs for nurses.
This systematic approach supports the advancement of nursing practice through targeted professional development.