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Mirriam Matandela1, Namadzavho Joyce Muswede2, Vhothusa Edward Matahela3
1National Department of Health, Private Bag X828, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Nurse Education in Practice
|April 15, 2026
Summary
Nurses' engagement in continuing professional development (CPD) is linked to their learning dispositions, but more research is needed on how these dispositions influence applying new knowledge in practice. Understanding these tendencies can improve nurse competence.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Professional Development
- Learning Sciences
Background:
- Continuing professional development (CPD) is crucial for nurses to maintain competence and adapt to evolving healthcare.
- Current understanding of nurse engagement in CPD often focuses on motivation and barriers, rather than inherent learning tendencies.
Conclusions:
- The current literature offers more insight into CPD participation than into the transfer of learning to practice.
- Findings represent a map of the evidence base, excluding grey literature and non-English studies.
- Future research should enhance conceptual clarity, improve measurement of dispositions, and investigate learning transfer across various practice settings.
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