title: Continuing professional development: a review.
abstract: In the UK health sector, continuing professional development for nurses is now clearly identified as necessary to the continued improvement of clinical services. The clinical governance movement that is driving this improvement has had a great effect on the NHS and it is now necessary to demonstrate service maintenance and improvement. Lifelong learning and the enhancement of skills through training or self-development are mentioned as ways of providing staff governance (DoH 1999, SEDH 1999).
authors.affiliation: University of Aberdeen. s.lawton@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wimpenny
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D006113:United Kingdom