title: Continuing professional education: individual responsibility, collective consciousness.
abstract: Continuing professional education in the United Kingdom is discussed and the influences examined. Within a framework of national, nursing, and local perspectives, the issues and implications for the various individual agencies and personnel are identified. An overview is provided to include agendas for action.
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authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011361:Professional Competence; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom